The Constitution of Canada. An Introduction to its Development and Law
London, etc. Oxford University Press, 1922. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Tall 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered. Spine lightly faded, endpaper discolored, but a very good copy. Item #409566
First edition. The dedication copy ("To Robert Morrison MacIver") inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For R. M. MacIver with gratefully acknowledged thanks from the author W. P. M. Kennedy. February 14, 1923." Kennedy (1879-1963) was Assistant Professor of Modern History in the University of Toronto, where MacIver (1882-1970) was Professor of Political Science (he was later president of the New School for Social Research). Kennedy's early constitutional scholarship argued against the concept of the nation state as applied in the Canadian context" (Wikipedia).
Price: $150.00