The Law of Foreign Corporations and Taxation of Corporations...

1904. Boston: W.J. Nagel, 1904.. Boston: W.J. Nagel, 1904. Beale on Foreign Corporations and the Taxation of Corporations Beale, Joseph Henry [1861-1943]. The Law of Foreign Corporations and Taxation of Corporations Both Foreign and Domestic. Boston: W.J. Nagel, 1904. xxvi, 1149 pp. Contemporary law sheep with gilt red and black lettering pieces to spine. Blind frames to boards. Worn with spotting and rubbing to spine. Hinges cracked, but holding. Previous owner's presentation inscription "Presented to U.S.F./ 5/8/33 by/ Judge [Chas.?] W. [Slack]" to front pastedown. Some offsetting to edges of endleaves. Ex-library with property stamps to page edges, pastedowns and title page, otherwise internally clean. A good copy with a very nice provenance. $150. * "The great and growing practical importance of the law of Foreign Corporations, rather than any intrinsic difficulty in the subject, must be the excuse for this treatise. At this time, when so large a part of the commerce of the country is carried on by foreign corporations, a knowledge of the law and the authorities herein discussed is needed with great frequency; and such a knowledge this book aims to supply" (Preface, [iii]). Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:137. This copy is from the library of the top Californian judge Charles William Slack (1858-1945). When the New York Times ran Judge Charles W. Slack's obituary, they headed the article, "Dean of Legal Profession in San Francisco...