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The Great Defamers. (1970)
EN HC FEISBN: 9780091047009 bzw. 0091047005, in Englisch, John Long, London, gebundenes Buch, Erstausgabe, mit Einband.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Weiser Antiquarian Books, Inc. [495581], Cape Neddick, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Black textured papered boards lettered in white on spine. Index. A collection of accounts of great British libel and slander trials with leading figures as diverse as Marie Stopes, Winston Churchill, Horatio Bottomley, Oscar Wilde et al. It includes four or five pages on the "Laughing Torso" case brought by Aleister Crowley. From the collection of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, with his pencilled ownership name on front free endpaper. Front board slightly bowed, bumps to top-corners of boards, top-edge foxed, else a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored).
Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Black textured papered boards lettered in white on spine. Index. A collection of accounts of great British libel and slander trials with leading figures as diverse as Marie Stopes, Winston Churchill, Horatio Bottomley, Oscar Wilde et al. It includes four or five pages on the "Laughing Torso" case brought by Aleister Crowley. From the collection of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, with his pencilled ownership name on front free endpaper. Front board slightly bowed, bumps to top-corners of boards, top-edge foxed, else a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored).
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The Great Defamers (1970)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780091047009 bzw. 0091047005, in Englisch, John Long Ltd, London, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe, mit Einband.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Print Room [53698307], Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom.
First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, very slight yellowing to extremities, not price clipped (35s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 175pp. Judge Gerald Sparrow (1903-c.1980), was a slightly eccentric British barrister who served as a judge in Bangkok in the International Court for two decades. One of the less acceptable causes he championed was that of polygamy for men. Polygamy, he wrote was a solution for the problem of the numerical inequality in the sexes. He declared 'Unless we come to it, thousands of women who now have to lead unwomanly lives will remain unhappy. At present we have about a million women in Britain who cannot have husbands (this was just after the war). It is a tragedy. Many of these women suffer terribly from frustration.' Mr. Sparrow himself decided to settle for only one wife, a Siamese lady whom he married secretly. In 1974 during a visit to South Africa Judge Sparrow became involved in a protest against the sporting isolation of South African teams. He wrote a long series of entertaining 'true crime' books, this one includes accounts of notorious libel cases involving the Prince of Wales, Marie Stopes, Winston Churchill, Horatio Bottomley, Oscar Wilde and Aleister Crowley.
First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, very slight yellowing to extremities, not price clipped (35s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 175pp. Judge Gerald Sparrow (1903-c.1980), was a slightly eccentric British barrister who served as a judge in Bangkok in the International Court for two decades. One of the less acceptable causes he championed was that of polygamy for men. Polygamy, he wrote was a solution for the problem of the numerical inequality in the sexes. He declared 'Unless we come to it, thousands of women who now have to lead unwomanly lives will remain unhappy. At present we have about a million women in Britain who cannot have husbands (this was just after the war). It is a tragedy. Many of these women suffer terribly from frustration.' Mr. Sparrow himself decided to settle for only one wife, a Siamese lady whom he married secretly. In 1974 during a visit to South Africa Judge Sparrow became involved in a protest against the sporting isolation of South African teams. He wrote a long series of entertaining 'true crime' books, this one includes accounts of notorious libel cases involving the Prince of Wales, Marie Stopes, Winston Churchill, Horatio Bottomley, Oscar Wilde and Aleister Crowley.
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The Great Defamers (1970)
EN HCISBN: 9780091047009 bzw. 0091047005, in Englisch, John Long, gebundenes Buch, mit Einband.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Eastleach Books.
John Long, 1970. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 175pp, index, aq fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Details of some of the more unusual & interesting libel & slander trials from around the World. Those featured [ presumably those seeking damages ] are Edward VII, Winston Churchill, Aleister Crowley and Oscar Wilde.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Eastleach Books.
John Long, 1970. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 175pp, index, aq fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Details of some of the more unusual & interesting libel & slander trials from around the World. Those featured [ presumably those seeking damages ] are Edward VII, Winston Churchill, Aleister Crowley and Oscar Wilde.
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