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The TEMPTING OF AMERICA (THE POLITICAL SEDUCTION OF THE LAW)
by Robert H. Bork
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0029037611
- ISBN 13
- 9780029037614
- Seller
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
£68.81£61.93
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About This Item
Free Press. New York. 1989. Black boards with gold lettering to spine. Fine first edition with number line ending in "1". Unclipped ($22.50) fine jacket shows nominal shelf wear that is protected with a removable mylar cover. A nominee for the supreme court, Judge Bork writes about his social and legal philosophy in what is described on the front flap as "the definitive formulation of the wisdom and necessity of interpreting the Constitution according to the "original understanding" of the framers and the people for whom it was written." Inscribed by the author in 1989. Please excuse the glare on the jacket photo. 9.75 x 6.5. 432 pg.
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93
- Title
- The TEMPTING OF AMERICA (THE POLITICAL SEDUCTION OF THE LAW)
- Author
- Robert H. Bork
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0029037611
- ISBN 13
- 9780029037614
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989-11
- Pages
- 432
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- law, supreme court, judge
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