Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Signed Presentation Copy Frankfurter, Felix; Phillips, Harlan B. Antiquarian & Scholarly

New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. 1st ed 1st prt. Inscribed by Frankfurter to Edith Benham Helm Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn Secker & Warburg dust jacket, 7" x 5" black-and-white promotional photograph of Frankfurter, which has a small chip to its bottom-edge, laid in. Presentation inscription from Frankfurter to front free endpaper reads: "For Edith Helm,/ with happy memories/ and good wishes,/ July 18, 1960/ Felix Frankfurter." Edith Helm [1874-1962] was the White House social secretary for First Ladies Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman. $500. * First edition, first printing. This incisive and fascinating memoir was transcribed from a series of interviews with Phillips conducted for the Columbia University Oral History Research Department. The only commercially published oral history conducted with a United States Supreme Court justice, it traces his life, career and his thoughts on such topics as religion and the function of judges.