Lief Alfred Editor (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Ed. 277 pages. Light soiling, foxing along page edges. Dust jacket worn, chipped along the edges and at the corners. Titles for the six sections of the book: I--Our Vanishing Freedoms; II--Perversion in the Name of Reform; III--Big Government's Blunders and Excesses; IV--The Backfire of Foreign Aid; V--Socialism's Fantasies and Failures; VI--Let Us Return to Self Help. Individualism Vs. Collectivism.…

Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii+677 pages including notes, glossary and index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NY: Vanguard Press, 1931. Hard Cover no DJ. First Edition. Forward by Harold Laski. 8vo, 313pp plus index. Black covers with gilt text are clean and solid. The interior is crisp and clean, with no marks or signatures. Bindings are fresh showing no wear. Clipped piece from DJ tipped inside front cover leaving shaded outline of the paper on the next page. Book: VG. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed. Domestic orders include USPS Tracking. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 324 pages. In Very Good condition with Good dust jacket. Light brown spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has light sunning to spine, chipping to tail edge of spine, chipping to head edge of front cover, slight tearing to edges of rear cover, and mild shelf wear. Price clipped. Boards have mild edge wear. Textblock clean. Shelved ND-A. 1383513. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in black cloth covered boards with gilt titles, with a Good price-clipped dust jacket. Some edge wear to boards, cloth bubbling in some areas. Toning, chipping, a few small tears and edge wear to jacket. Interior is evenly toned and unmarked. 8vo. 9 1/2"h x 6 1/4"w. Arranged and introductory notes by Alfred Lief. Foreword by George W. Kirchwey.…

1931, 1st Edition. (Cloth) Near fine. 319pp. Frontispiece. Former owner's inscription on endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/lite wear only, clipped price, in mylar; black c w/gilt titles; lite wear; 419 clean, unmarked pages/index; lite toning. Frontis Portrait (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1930; First Edition; stated 2nd printing. Frontis. photo of Brandeis. Foreword by Charles A. Beard. A collection of Judge Brandeis' Supreme Court opinions, as well as, writings and speeches from before he became a judge. 419 pp. Hardcover tight unmarked. Black cloth, spine and front cover lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge black. No dustjacket.…

First Edition. Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Lief, Alfred [1901-1971], Editor. The Social and Economic Views of Mr. Justice Brandeis. With a Foreword by Charles A. Beard. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1930]. First edition. xxi, 419 pp. Publisher's black cloth. Deckle edges. Worn and soiled. Hinges cracked, but holding. Number stamp to rear free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. Tattered dust jacket laid in. A good copy. $85. * First edition. This volume includes selections from his significant opinions delivered while serving as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. It also features material from his career as a prominent lawyer and public advocate before his judicial appointment, providing context for the views he later expressed from the bench. The work considers how Brandeis's legal and social principles applied to the modern development of society, particularly concerning industrial and economic situations. An insightful anonymous contemporary review in the Boston Transcript notes: "The papers are primarily the work of a great lawyer. His work is considered to have a tremendous effect upon not only the body of law already assimilated and codified but also upon the law which is being called into being in response in response to the modern development of society, particularly as regards the industrial situation." Boston Transcript, November 22, 1930, cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University(1953) 1061. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vanguard Press, New York. 1930. 419 pages with index. First edition, first printing. Original rare DJ with $4.50 price intact on flap. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Book is near fine with only a slight scuff on front panel near bottom corner. Pages and endpapers are clean. A neatly written previous owner's name and 1933 date, written near gutter of front pastedown. Uncommon original DJ not as nice as book but the mere fact it is present is an incredible achievement, as the majority of these have crumbled away. DJ shows a half-inch by one-inch open chip on spine, with chipping along crown. Minor light soiling and sunning elsewhere. A beautiful copy of the first edition, first printing in its rare, original DJ. In regard to Justice Brandeis, aside from legendary justice status, he is best remembered as a champion of social reform, legal innovation, and a Zionist lion, whose concepts of free speech and privacy still resonate today.These are his thoughts on society in general, along with his economic views. NF/VG.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Vanguard Press, New York. 1930. 419 pages with index. First edition, first printing. Original rare DJ with $4.50 price intact on flap. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Book is VG+ with minimal rubbing to exterior. Pages and endpapers are clean. Uncommon original DJ not as nice as book but the mere fact it is present is an achievement, as the majority of these have crumbled away. DJ shows separation, but neatly in place under fresh mylar protector. DJ shows a couple of open chips, with slightly larger than small open chip at heel and crown. Pasted-in on front endpaper is a presentation card from the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau presenting their 1934 President, this very edition. The honoree is Harvard Law alum, and later, Dean of Law at the University of Buffalo Law School, Jacob "Jack" D. Hyman. At the base of the pasted-in presentation card, is a 1984 re-gift inscription. An attractive copy of the first edition, first printing in its rare, original DJ. In regard to Justice Brandeis, aside from legendary justice status, he is best remembered as a champion of social reform, legal innovation, and a Zionist lion, whose concepts of free speech and privacy still resonate today.These are his thoughts on society in general, along with his economic views. VG+/G+.…