Description
The first edition of We The Judges: Studies In American and Indian Constitutional Law, signed by Supreme Court Justice, William O. Douglas.
Octavo, 480pp. Black cloth, title stamped in silver and red on the spine. Stated “first edition” on the copyright page. Solid text block. faint dust remnant along top edge. Bookseller’s label on the front free endpaper. Internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $6.00 on the front flap, shelf wear to panels, a few closed tears, chip missing at head of the spine.
Signed on the front free endpaper by Justice William O. Douglas.
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.
