Description
Signed by Earl Warren, the first edition of Earl Warren: A Great American Story by Irving Stone.
Octavo, [14], 176pp. Blue cloth, title printed in red on spine. Light wear from handling to cloth, internally clean. No additional printings noted. Photograph of Earl Warren and his wife affixed to front free endpaper. Ownership signature on front free endpaper. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, bright illustrations, archival tape repair to verso, a very good example.
Signed on the front free endpaper: “With the best wishes of Earl Warren.”
Earl Warren (1891-1974) was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1969. Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Warren is best known for his leadership in landmark Supreme Court cases that transformed American law and society, including Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Before his tenure on the Supreme Court, Warren was the Governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1948.
