Description: Reynolds, Quentin. Courtroom. The Story of Samuel S. Leibowitz. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. xiv, 419 pp. Cloth. Shelfwear. Spine sunned. read more
Description: Reynolds, Quentin. Courtroom. The Story of Samuel S. Leibowitz. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. xiv, 419 pp. Cloth. Shelfwear. Covers discolored. read more
Description: Reynolds, Quentin. Courtroom. The Story of Samuel S. Leibowitz. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. xiv, 419 pp. Cloth. Shelfwear. Spine sunned. read more
Description: Reynolds, Quentin. Courtroom: The Story of Samuel S. Leibowitz. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Co., 1950. xiv, 419 pp. Cloth, moderate shelfwear. Small check marks to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. read more
Description: 3rd printing, 8vo, xiv, 419pp. Hardcover in red cloth with price-clipped dustjacket. Dustjacket has edge wear, edge tears. Owner's sig to ffep. VG/G+ read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Co., New York, NY
Date Published: 1950
Description: VG/VG. W/Dust Jacket 419pgs 1/8" high DJ chip head/foot of spine, page ends dull & short ink gift note on front free endpaper, o.w. clean & tight. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus
Date Published: 1950
Description: Description: xiv, 419 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Leibowitz, Samuel Simon, 1893-. Trials (Murder)--United States. Crime and criminals--United States. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains patrticularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 419. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus
Date Published: 1950
Description: Description: xiv, 419 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Leibowitz, Samuel Simon, 1893-. Trials (Murder)--United States. Crime and criminals--United States. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains patrticularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING
Binding: Red Boards
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Co, NY
Date Published: 1950
Description: Good. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Boards are soiled with bumped corners, light stain on fore edge and inside edges of many pages, small amount of red stain from boards on paste down pages and bottom of page edges, gutter tear on about half of second fly page, sunned spine, 419pp. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company, New York
Date Published: 1950
Description: No Jacket. The red cloth hardcover book measures 5 ½" x 8 ½". Binding is in very good condition, tight with spine. Wear to spine head and toe. Front and back covers in good condition with corners rounded and worn. No dustjacket. All 419 pages are present and very clean, corners crisp with previous owner's name marked out on front endpage. A study of Samuel Leibowitz's courtroom technique and the people he defended. A QUICK RESPONDING BOOKSELLER WITH DAILY SHIPPING! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus
Date Published: 1950-01-01
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Heavy edge and corner wear to the front and back cover. Pages and binding are in good shae with no marks. Small stain on the gutter margin at the bottom of the book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Co., NY
Date Published: 1950
Description: Fourth edition. Good hardcover without dustwrapper. 4th Printing. The book spine ends and cover corners have light fraying. The book spine and back cover has some fading. The inside front cover has small amount of ink marking. The text is clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good. 1950 4th Printing Hardcover, Very Good condition, no DJ. Light shelf wear, clean pages, tight binding, no marks, not a library copy. read more
"Reynolds did a fine job with this biography of Liebowitz, noted criminal defense attorney of the "gangster era" and later Kings County. New York, trial judge. "Courtroom" should be required reading for prospective trial lawyers.
Expertly written, the book probes deeply into many of Liebowitz's courtroom experiences, analyzing his instincts, his attention to detail and his techniques, without ever becoming bogged-down or dull. We learn how the master selected jurors and then reached out to them with his courtroom manner and compelling arguments. We watch as his determined cross examination turns up the slightest flaw in a prosecution witness's testimony and as he uses that flaw to shred the witness's credibility.
Reynolds spends considerable time on the historic Scottsboro Boys case and deals with Liebowitz's defense of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, Al Capone, Bruno Richard Hauptmann (Lindbergh baby case), and others. Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone, Murder Inc. leader Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Owen Madden and Dutch Schultz make brief appearances in the narrative.
The author also uses his work to deal with some of the major criminology and law enforcement issues of Liebowitz's era. These include anthropological criminology (Liebowitz opposed the theory that violent criminals were evolutionary throwbacks) and police brutality.
Shortcomings in the work include the lack of an index and the absence of photographs. Those interested in American Mafia history could be let down by the short attention given to Liebowitz's prominent mob boss clients."
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