The Spirit of Liberty, Inscribed by Hand.
Inscribed by Learned Hand to the Wife of Bertrand Russell Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected, And With an Introduction and Notes, by Irving Dilliard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. xxx, 262, [2] pp. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust jacket, light soiling to rear panel. Author inscription to Edith Finch Russell on front free endpaper, light toning to interior. $1,500. * First edition. The inscription, dated August 16, 1952, reads: "To Edith Finch/ Whose unsullied/ spirit shines for all/ those who love her/ like a good deed in this/ particularly naughty/ world." One of the most significant American jurists of the twentieth century, Hand was a judge of the U.S. Southern District of New York from 1904-1924 and a judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, from 1924 to 1956. His judgments were renowned for their lucidity and elegance. Russell [1900-1978], an American writer and biographer, was the fourth and last wife of Bertrand Russell, the great British philosopher, mathematician and political activist.
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