The Tempting of America

New York: The Free Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Bork's second wife, Mary Ellen, to Lura Lynn Ryan, the wife of Illinois governor George Ryan. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.50), faded at the spine, toned at the back panel. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Bork's "clear and complete statement of his social and legal philosophy" written after his doomed Supreme Court nomination. A unique association copy.