Leopold and Loeb (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 2nd printing. New York & London: Grune & Stratton, (1971). Second Printing. Large 8vo. vii,879pp, Index. Cloth, good condition, no dj. Cloth moderately soiled and water-stained, interior clean, bookplate on ffep.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 879 pages.

First Edition. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1924. First Edition, First Issue, of Darrow's Plea for Loeb and Leopold Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd, 23rd & 25th, MCMXXIIII, In Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. on Trial for Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with a Brief Summary of the Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, [1924]. [ii], 121 pp. Red and black paper wrappers, deckle fore and bottom edges. Light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally fresh. A very nice copy. $100. * First edition, first issue, with "Price 35c" printed on lower front cover. The Loeb-Leopold case was one was on eof the most sensational trials of the twentieth century. It remained in the public imagination for decades and was dramatized by Hitchcock in his classic thriller Rope (1948). Clarence Darrow's famous closing argument, which he delivered in a three-day-long plea to the judge, argued against the death penalty and for life imprisonment. He contended that Loeb and Leopold's actions were the result of their troubled upbringings, privileged backgrounds and mental state. Hunsberger, Clarence Darrow: A Bibliography 159. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1924. (illustrator).…