Civil Liberties

Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley is the editorial director of the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco. Formerly the California correspondent for the London Spectator, he has written for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Daily News, and San Francisco Chronicle. He divides his time between Sacramento, the Bay Area, and Southern California.

New York and Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. 2003. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 440 pages. Looks at the motives behind protecting America from terrorism and the subsequent loss of privacy and civil liberties. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Chelsea House. VG/VG. 1977. Hardcover. 0877540373 . 0877540373. Red/blue boards/gld lettering. Clean/tigh/not much usage showing. Light water stains on outside bottom of pages. Nothing major. DJ shows some water staining along edges. Price clipped. ; Large 8vo; 594 pages .

New York: Pegasus, (c.1969). Hardcover. near fine/very good. Octavo, blue cloth covers, 277 pages. Book is in near fine condition; dust jacket has a couple of small closed tears on rear panel, light rubbing, still very good.100704A

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1951. first edition, as stated. hardcover. near fine/very good. Octavo, gray cloth spine over pale green boards. 221 pages. Unclipped dust jacket has some chipping at edges, still very good. "ONE WOMAN'S FIGHT is the story of courageous young mother whose uncompromising fight against religious instruction in the public schools led her in a bitter battle to the Supreme Court of the United States." 061507B

Civil Liberties Publication, Melbourne, 1976. Reprint. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. black and white photograph of the author to the verso of the front panel. Plain text card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel. A small booklet put out by the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties on various subject matters, including family law, wills and estates, tenants' rights and rights of mental patients, current to the year 1976. Rubbing to the book corners, book edges... Read more about this item

Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, (2000). first edition, first printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, gray cloth covers with black spine titles. X + 342 pages. Includes black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. "A vivid depiction of the hysterical and brutal suppression of the Witnesses during the 1930s and 1940s and how their legal resistance tranformed the civil liberties of all Americans. A story of cowardice and courage, well... Read more about this item

New York: Published by the National Civil Liberties Bureau, 1918. softcover. Good. Stapled pamphlet, (approx. 5 1/2" wide by 8 3/8" tall) 21 pages. Publication date on top cover : November 21, 1918. "Men, striking in protest against the treatment of fellow prisoners, are manacled in solitary confined in dark underground cells on a diet of bread and water. It is only a question of how many days they can last before physical or mental collapse puts an end to this phase of their suffering." Slip laid... Read more about this item

Chemung County Historical Society. VG+. 2002. Softcover. Number 3. Very good plus condition with only light usage showing. This issue devoted to women's rights regarding the 19th amendment ratified in 1920. Contents include temperance and suffrage in Elmira, NY from 1852-1917; strength and perseverance of the women of Elmira; short story of Hawaiian Queen Lilioukalani in 1899, etc. Gift quality. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; Vol. 47; B&W... Read more about this item