Buy this book on-line Bok, Curtis : Commonwealth V. Gordon et al; The Opinion of Judge Bok, March Eighteenth, 1949(Blanche and Alfred Knopf), San Francisco, 1949
(v), 57 pages, cloth backed patterned boards, 12.5 x 10", cardboard slipcase, with printed presentation slip enclosed. Nice copy, one corner of slipcase split. The decision of a censorship case involving the seizure of nine books from Philadelphia booksellers, including: "The Wild Palms" by William Faulkner; " Studs Lonigan Trilogy" and "A World I Never Made" by James T. Farrell; "God's Little Acre" by Erskine Caldwell; and "Never Love a Stranger" by Harold Robbins. Publisher Alfred Knopf and his wife Blanche thought highly of Judge Bok's decision in the obscenity case and commissioned the Grabhorn Press to print 500 copies to distribute as a Christmas keepsake in 1949 "to give it this permanent and beautiful dress.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Bok, Curtis : Commonwealth V. Gordon et al; The Opinion of Judge Bok, March Eighteenth, 1949. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, out of print books, used books, libri rari and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |