Crime: Its Cause and Treatment, First Edition, Inscribed by Darrow.
Inscribed by Darrow to His Sister Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Publishers, 1922. x, 292 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine and front board. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, light fading to spine, moderate toning to interior, light foxing to first few leaves, presentation inscription "To my sister Jennie D Moore/ with the affection of/ Clarence Darrow/ Chicago/ Oct 15th 1922" to front free endpaper. $1,250. * First edition. This sociological study of crime, punishment and humanity is the source of Darrow's famous statement: "You might as well hang a man because he is ill as because he is a criminal." Viola "Jennie" Darrow Moore [1868-1955] was Clarence Darrow's youngest sibling. She worked as a teacher in a Chicago school where her sister, Mary Darrow Olson, was principal. Hunsberger, Clarence Darrow: A Bibliography 144.
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