Description
The first edition, first printing of A Living Bill of Rights by Associate Justice William O. Douglas.
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.
