A Living Bill of Rights

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1961

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Octavo, 72pp. Publisher's black cloth boards, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $1.50 retail price, light shelf wear, an attractive example. A Living Bill of Rights presents the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution as active guarantees of individual liberty. William O. Douglas (1898-1980) served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975, the longest tenure in the Court's history. Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas became one of the twentieth century's most influential and controversial jurists, noted for his strong defense of civil liberties, free speech, privacy rights, and environmental conservation.

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Title
A Living Bill of Rights
Author
Douglas, William O.
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York
Publication year
1961
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
near fine
Binding
Cloth
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The first edition, first printing of A Living Bill of Rights by Associate Justice William O. Douglas.
Edition
First Edition, First Printing.
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Law, Politics & Social Sciences

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