Clarence Darrow
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An Inscribed Copy
of Darrow's First Book
1. Darrow, Clarence S. A Persian Pearl: and Other Essays. East Aurora:
Roycroft, 1899. 175 pp. Quarter reversed calf, gilt. Head and tail of spine
chipped, wear to extremities. Small stain on front endpapers, binding
somewhat soiled, embrowned. Inscribed by Darrow. A solid copy. Preserved
in a handsome quarter calf clam shell box. $2000.
* First edition. Number 819 of 980 copies. Inscription reads: "Mrs.
Steinberg / with the compliments of / C.S. Darrow." (A pencilled note
states that this is Sara Steinberg). Darrow's first book is rare and the
cornerstone of any Darrow collection. Printed by Elbert Hubbard at the
Roycroft Shop in a limited edition, Darrow's book was preceded by only a
few newspaper and periodical contributions and by two or three pamphlets.
It consists of five essays, the title essay treating the Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam, with others on philosophical matters, Walt Whitman, realism in art
and literature, and Robert Burns. Hunsberger 18.
2. Darrow, Clarence S. An Eye for an Eye. New York: Fox Duffield &
Company, 1905. 213 pp. Reprinted 1996 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN
1-886363-07-2. Cloth. $40.
* An Eye for an Eye was Darrow's only fictional work, aside from his
autobiographical novel, Farmington, published in 1904.It tells the story of
Jim Jackson, who struggles with poverty and harsh circumstances, before
finally murdering his wife in a fit of rage. Faced with the gallows,
Jackson confesses: "If ther'd been forty scaffolds right before my eyes,
I'd have brought down the poker just the same." Darrow's novel is a
sociological polemic which foreshadows such later works as Theodore
Dreiser's An American Tragedy and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Abe Ravitz
in his Clarence Darrow and the American Literary Tradition (1962), observed
that An Eye for an Eye was worthy of a trophy not only for sociological
veracity but also for genuine literary achievement.
3. Darrow, Clarence and William J. Bryan. World's Most Famous Court Trial.
Tennessee Evolution Case. A Complete Stenographic Report of the Famous
Court Test of the Anti-Evolution Act, at Dayton July 10 to 21, 1925,
Including Speeches and Arguments of Attorneys. Cincinnati: National Book
Company,[1925]. [4], 339 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LC 97-38485. ISBN 1-886363-31-5. Cloth. $65.
* Complete transcript of the celebrated "monkey trial," the case of the
State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes, a 24-year old high school
teacher accused of violating a recently enacted state law that banned the
teaching of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Perhaps the first modern
media event, the trial attracted enormous national and international
attention. A star-studded cast of trial attorneys included the great orator
and three time Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and
the brilliant trial lawyer and champion of the downtrodden, Clarence
Darrow, among others. The climax of the trial came on the seventh day when
the defense put the senior Bryan on the stand as an expert on the Bible and
he was ruthlessly interrogated by Darrow. As a milestone in the American
struggle between modernity and the forces of Protestant fundamentalism, and
a vivid manifestation of
the clash between two valid principles, academic freedom and democratic
control of the public schools, the Scopes case has tremendous historical
significance. This edition also includes statements by scientists entered
at the defense's request, and the text of a lengthy concluding speech that
Bryan prepared but never delivered.
Clarence Darrow
Autograph Letter Signed
4. Darrow, Clarence. Autograph Letter Signed. 5-3/8" X 8-3/8". Written
wholly in Darrow's hand on light-green stationery of the Greeley Gas and
Fuel Company. Very good. $1500.
* The letter is dated Saturday, August 4th (doubtless prior to 1928, when
Darrow and his son, Paul, liquidated their holdings in the Greeley Gas and
Fuel Company and unfortunately invested the proceedings in exchange-listed
securities that soon went bust). The letter reads: "Dear Mr. Sloan, Came
here to visit my son and the family soon after you were at my home. Did not
think of the book until after I left. Shall be back for ten days on Friday
of next week and will see that you get the book and hope that you will like
it. It was nice to see you at the [?]. Hope you will be up soon and call on
us. Truly, Clarence Darrow."
5. Darrow, Clarence. Crime. Its Cause and Treatment. London: George G.
Harrap & Co., Ltd. n.d. x, 292 pp. Original cloth. Cover worn. $125.
* Darrow's views on crime and punishment. "You might as well hang a man
becase he is ill as because he is a criminal."
6. Darrow, Clarence. An Eye for an Eye. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius.
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1926?]. 8vo. 86, [10] pp.
Original printed wrappers. Slight wear, embrowned. $100.
* Darrow's sociological novel was first published in 1905. Hunsberger 192?.
7. Darrow, Clarence. Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd, 23rd & 25th,
MCMXXIIII, in Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. on Trial for
Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with a Brief Summary of the
Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, [1924]. 8vo. [2], 121 pp. Paper.
Spine chipped at top and tail. Slight soiling to front. Else a solid copy.
$150.
*Contains Darrow's plea for clemency that spared the defendants the death
penalty for their attempt at a so-called "perfect crime." Marke 993.
Hunsberger 1265.
8. Darrow, Clarence. Resist Not Evil. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius
Company, [1925]. 8vo. 64 pp. Original printed wrappers. Slight chipping to
wrappers, embrowned. $100.
* Big Blue Book No. B-18. Reprint of 1902 and 1904 editions. Darrow was
greatly influenced by Tolstoy in his views on pacifism, but in the preface
to this edition states that "man can never reach a state of
non-resistance." Hunsberger 180.
Signed by Darrow
9. Darrow, Clarence. The Story of My Life. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1932. Colored frontispiece of Darrow, and twenty-
three additional illustrations. xiv, 465 pp. Orig. white cloth, red spine
label lettered in gilt. Some cover soiling. A firm, crisp copy, very good.
$1500.
* Signed, limited edition. When Clarence Darrow died in 1938 at the age of
81, few disputed that he was one of the great advocates of his generation.
There were other lawyers in his lifetime who contributed more to the
development of legal science, who rose to positions of greater influence,
or who won larger financial rewards, but perhaps none who could match his
record as a rough and tumble crusader for the common man. Hunsberger 271.
10. Darrow, Clarence. A Persian Pearl. And Other Essays. East Aurora, NY:
The Roycroft Shop, 1899. 175 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-886363-27-7. Cloth. $50.
* Reprint of the first edition (1899) which was printed by Elbert Hubbard
at the Roycroft Shop in an edition of 980 copies. Darrow's first book is
rare and the cornerstone of any Darrow collection. It was preceded by only
a few newspaper and periodical contributions and by two or three pamphlets.
It consists of five essays, the title essay treating the Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayam, with others on philosophical matters, Walt Whitman, realism in art
and literature, and Robert Burns.
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