The Law That Never Was: The Fraud of the 16th Amendment and Personal Income Tax - Signed Two-Volume Set
Language: English
Published by Constitutional Research Associates, South Holland, Illinois, 1985
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Hidden Shelf Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Hidden Shelf Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Signed two-volume hardcover set of The Law That Never Was, Bill Benson’s controversial work arguing that the Sixteenth Amendment was not properly ratified. Volume I, co-authored with M. J. “Red” Beckman, is stated second printing, June 1985. Volume II is stated first printing, April 1986. Published by Constitutional Research Associates, South Holland, Illinois. Both volumes are signed by Bill Benson with the inscription “Together we shall win,” dated January 14, 1987. The set is in Near Fine condition, with bright blue gilt-stamped boards, tight bindings, clean pages, and only minor evidence of handling. No dust jackets, apparently as issued. A laid-in warning/memorandum sheet is also present. A scarce signed association-era set connected to the 1980s tax-protest and constitutional research movement. Offered as a collectible historical, legal, and political artifact. No endorsement of the legal theories advanced in the text is implied; buyers should regard the set as historical/collectible material and conduct their own research.…
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- Title
- The Law That Never Was: The Fraud of the 16th Amendment and Personal Income Tax - Signed Two-Volume Set
- Author
- Benson, Bill; Beckman, M. J. "Red"
- Publisher
- Constitutional Research Associates, South Holland, Illinois
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9992545933
- ISBN 13
- 9789992545935
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 5.9 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8.25 inches width by 11.25 inches height by 1.25 inches depth
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