THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT

Los Angeles: Published by the author, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Comprehensive study of the agreement on the allocation of water resources in the Colorado River basin signed by seven states in 1922. In particular, it examines the complex constitutional questions of rights to the water of an interstate stream as between the states themselves, and as between the states and the federal government. Olson, a law professor at University of Southern California School of Law, submitted this work as the thesis for his doctorate at Harvard University. Octavo: xxiv, [4], 527 pp. textual illustrations. Original cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titles (truncated) and borders. Mild bump to the top edge; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78371)