Clarence Darrow for the Defense, Inscribed to Darrow's Granddaughter.
Inscribed by the Author to Darrow's Granddaughter Mary Stone, Irving [1903-1989]. Clarence Darrow for the Defense. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., [1941]. xi, 570 pp. Cloth very good in worn and chipped dust jacket. Internally clean, gift inscription to front free endpaper: "To sweet Mary-/ because she is a chip/ off her Grandpa's block-/ and because she helped/ me write this book./ May you always be my/ friend!/ Irving Stone/ Encino/ Oct. 6, 1941." $350. * First edition. This copy of Stone's well-received biography of famed American attorney Clarence Darrow was presented to Darrow's granddaughter Mary Darrow Simonson [1912-2003]. Hunsberger, Clarence Darrow: A Bibliography 854.
Price: $350.00
Book number 77731