The Oregon Question Examined: In Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full green cloth with blindstamped borders and central device, title in gilt to spine panel, light yellow endpapers, large folding map frontis, 391 pp. + 32 publisher's ads. Old label to spine, "Bound by Westleys & Clark" label to rear endpapers, previous owner has written their name/address on first page & rear endpapers. Map looks great, some pages unopened. "Published in January of the year that England and the United States would finally agree on the Oregon Question, Twiss' book provided legal ammunition for England's claim to the territory north of the Columbia River. This is the counterpart to Greenhow'sMemoir (which is frequently attacked by Twiss). Twiss was a brilliant jurist, and if the Question had been left to technicalities of international law, England's claim might have carried the day with Twiss' guidance" (Givens, Oregon 100)