[Rarebooks] FS: Clarence Darrow's Autobiography Inscribed to Rabbi Bernstein

[Charles Agvent]

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DARROW,  Clarence.  THE  STORY  OF MY  LIFE.  New  York:  Charles
Scribner's  Sons 1932. First Edition. First Trade Edition. Illustrated
with   a  frontispiece  portrait   and  numerous  photographs.  Darrow
describes  his  personal and professional life including his roles  in
some  of  the most famous trials of the twentieth century: The  Scopes
Monkey  Trial, Sacco and Vanzetti, Leopold and Loeb, etc. This copy is
INSCRIBED  and SIGNED by the author on the half title page: "To  Rabbi
and  Mrs.  Bernstein/With  all good wishes  from/Clarence  Darrow/Dec.
12th  1934."  Inscribed  trade editions of this book are not  easy  to
come  by.  This Bernstein, who has written his name in pencil  on  the
front  endpaper,  is likely the Rabbi Philip Bernstein who  served  as
Jewish  adviser to the U.S. military government in Germany during  the
Second  World  War. Small piece of cello tape above the  printed  half
title  and  a small skimmed mark from removal of such on the  opposite
page.  Slight  wear  to spine tips. Very Good or better,  lacking  the
dustwrapper.                                                  $2000.00

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