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Frankfurter ALS
250. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965].
Autograph Letter on Supreme Court Stationary, Signed “F.F.”
3-1/4" x 4-1/4" note card on heavy stock housed in acrylic sleeve.
Vertical crease through center, else very good. $250.
* Friendly note (dated May 18th?) in Frankfurter’s hand: “Dear
Harry-/You know what I/ think of Herbie—and/ I shall be very glad to
tell/ anyone who asks me./ I hope this awful world/ is kind to you.
Yours F.F.” Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court from 1939 to 1962.  
1950 Letter From Eleanor Roosevelt
to Felix Frankfurter
251. [Frankfurter, Felix].
[Letter From Eleanor Roosevelt to Felix Frankfurter, With Reply.]
Glazed and double-matted 14-1/2" x 24" wooden frame containing a 6"
x 8-1/2" typed letter from Eleanor Roosevelt with a response in
pencil by Frankfurter flanked by 5" x 7" black and white portrait
photographs. Very good condition. $850.
* The letter on Roosevelt’s stationary is dated December 12, 1950
and bears a large signature. It reads: “Dear Mr. Justice:/I imagine
this is meant/ for you./ With cordial greetings,/ I am/ Very
Cordially yours, Eleanor Roosevelt.” The bottom half contains a
reply from Frankfurter: “Dearest Telly/ Going over my/ accumulated
unanswered/ mail I came on this. How/ pathetic-and how impotent/ one
feels/ Love Felix.”
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter
252. Frankfurter, Felix.
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Cambridge: Harvard
University Press, 1939. 139 pp. Original cloth, light shelfwear,
fading to boards and spine. Presentation inscription from author to
front free endpaper, internally clean. $600.
* Fourth printing. The inscription reads: “For Harry [illegible], in
whose/ unpretentious courage and gay [illegible] Holmes J. would/
have delighted./ F.F./ April 10 47” “These lectures are essential
reading for anyone, lawyer or layman, who hopes intelligently to
consider the problems of judicial supremacy.”: Mark Howe, Jr.,
Books, 13 November 1938 cited in Marke 1093.
253. [Story, Joseph]. Story, William W., Editor.
The Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story, Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States and Dane Professor of
Law at Harvard University, Edited by His Son, William W. Story.
Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown , 1852. x, 828 pp. Reprinted 2001
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-058559. ISBN 1-58477-072-4.
Cloth. $125.
* Justice Story’s enormous influence on American law is demonstrated
in this collection of his writings, edited by his son. Includes his
autobiography that was written in the form of a fascinating long
letter to his son, and many other articles, essays, lectures, and
biographical sketches of judges and lawyers (including Chief Justice
John Marshall and Associate Supreme Court Justice Bushrod
Washington). Topics include a proposed course of legal study,
maritime law, piracy and the slave trade, commercial law,
codification of the common law and much more.
254. Supreme Court Reporter, West’s.
St. Paul, MN: Thomson West. Volumes 1 to 123A regular bound volumes
(1882-2003) with Interim bound volumes 123B to 124B (2003-2004).
Ex-private law firm library, very good condition. Publisher’s Price
$4,250. Special $1,995.
* Provides complete information on all case law issued by the U.S.
Supreme Court including memorandum decisions as well as the full
text of majority opinions and dissenting and concurring opinions.
Official page designations are included. Regular bound volumes
include all corrections made by the Court in the opinions and
orders. Includes Key number digest sections, and tables of statutes
cited. See illustration below.
255. United States Supreme Court Reports Lawyers’ Edition. General
Index to Decisions, Annotations, and Digest.
Charlottesville, VA: LexisNexis, 2001. 5 Vols. Cloth. With November
2004 supplements. Ex-private law firm library with stamps on top
edges and inside covers, else very good. Publisher’s Price $250.
Special $95.
* An index to U.S. Supreme Court decisions appearing in 1-533(Part)
US, 1-100 L Ed and 1-150 (Part) L Ed 2d, 1-121 (Part) S Ct.
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