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ROGUE JUSTICE: A Thriller.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2023) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - The second thriller featuring Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene. SIGNED on a publisher's bookplate on the half title page by this political and voting rights activist. 348 pp. ISBN: 978-0385548328.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87867More details Price: $30.00 -
BLACK ODYSSEY: The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (c 1971, 1977). The true story of the slave ship which was taken over by its captives in 1839. Bibliography, index, 183 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0046941.
Condition: Fine (as new)
Book ID: 27536More details Price: $9.50 -
DISSENT: The Radicalization of the Republican Party and Its Capture of the Court
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Twelve, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which focuses on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court - but also looks at it as part of a larger story of the Republican Party's move to the right. Illustrated with full color photographs. Notes, index. xv, 477 pp. ISBN: 978-1538700792.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (a few corners creased)
Book ID: 88455More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FOUR MS BRADWELLS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Her third novel, the story of four women, friends since law school, who get together as one of them is awaiting Senate confirmation of her appointment to the Supreme Court. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 9780345517081.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 56309More details Price: $25.00 -
THE FOUR MS BRADWELLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third novel, the story of four women, friends since law school, who get together as one of them is awaiting Senate confirmation of her appointment to the Supreme Court. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-0345517081.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78845More details Price: $18.50 -
BROKEN GOVERNMENT: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The concluding volume of a trilogy of books on current political events in the United States, in which the the former White House legal counsel for President Nixon examines the effects of three decades of Repulican rule - and especially the presidency of George W. Bush, one noted for its secrecy, lack of accountability and the ascendency of the self-interests of the members of the administration and their supporters. This book focuses on the process of government, how these processes have been ignored and how they can be repaired. Extensive notes, index. 332 pp. ISBN: 9780670018208.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 39037More details Price: $40.00 -
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the young black lawyer who came to prominence when she testified against Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court nomination hearings. Index. 397 pages. ISBN: 0-385-476256.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 17000More details Price: $16.50 -
9 SCORPIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thrller, set in the world of the Supreme Court. SIGNED on the title page. 373 pp. ISBN: 0-671-019392.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (initials on top edge, toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 50477More details Price: $20.00 -
9 SCORPIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A legal thrller, set in the world of the Supreme Court. 373 pp. ISBN: 0-671-019392.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 64625More details Price: $15.00 -
AMISTAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Marlowe & Company, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, based on the actual events surrounding the uprising of 53 slaves on the Spanish slaver Amistad in 1839. After the ship was towed to Connecticut, there were a series of trials to determine if they should be returned to Havana or given their freedom, culminating in a Supreme Court hearing with former President John Quincy Adams representing the Africans. Sources. 292 pp. ISBN: 1-56924-748x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71461More details Price: $17.50 -
COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF PROMISSORY NOTES, and Guaranties of Notes, and Checks and Banks and Bankers. With Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe.
Edition: Fourth Edition.
Boston: Little Brown, 1856. Hardcover - The last of Story's commentaries, originally published in 1845; the editor of this fourth edition, Edmund Hastings Bennett, states that more than 400 cases have been added. Joseph Story, who is perhaps best known for his opinion in The Amistad case, was not only the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court at age 32, he was also one of the most influential, serving on the Court for 34 years, first under Marshall and then Tanney, until his death in 1845. List of cases cited, index. xxxvi, 696 pp.
Condition: Good condition overall, although the original tan leather binding has significant rubbing, previous owner's name on front endpaper and discoloration from binder's glue on endpapers, this is still a sturdy, tight copy.
Book ID: 68086More details Price: $400.00