first edition
1942 · New York
by [LAW] HAYS, Arthur Garfield
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; xviii,[2],3-482,[2]pp, with photographic portrait frontispiece of the author and eight plates of illustrations. Light dustiness to cloth, touch of offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), lightly edgeworn, dust-soiled on rear panel, with several small closed tears and creases; Very Good+. Detailed memoir by Hays (1881-1954), co-founder and general counsel of the ACLU, who notably took part in the Scopes trial and the Sacco and Vanzetti case. 83724. (Inventory #: 83724)