The speech that mourned Justice Cardozo
Irving Lehman delivered this tribute to the American Bar Association on July 25, 1938, shortly after Cardozo’s death, and the Overbrook Press printed it in Stamford. This copy came with Lehman’s compliments in December 1938.
The story
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo sat on the United States Supreme Court and was among the most influential American judges of his era. Soon after his death, Irving Lehman, a colleague from his own time, spoke in his memory before the American Bar Association, and this small book keeps what he said.
Its value now is that it is a contemporary speaking: not a later biographer’s verdict but a tribute given while the loss was recent, by a fellow member of the profession. The Overbrook Press of Stamford, Connecticut, printed it, and the book interests collectors of fine printing as much as readers of legal history and of the Supreme Court.
The compliments slip from Lehman that came with this copy carries what appears to be the name S. M. Linowitz. That may point to Sol M. Linowitz, later a lawyer and diplomat, but the link has not been verified. The original binding, the portrait plates and the collation have still to be checked.
Details
- Date
- 1938
- Publisher
- Overbrook Press, Stamford, Connecticut
- Condition
- Pages and tipped-in/laid-in presentation slip photographed; minor age toning and small spots on slip. Dark binding visible near page edge. Original binding, portrait plates and collation remain to be checked.
- Label
- With the compliments of Irving Lehman / December 1938
- Inscription
- S. M. Linowitz