(HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr.) BENT, Silas — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. A Biography
New York. The Vanguard Press. First Edition. Second printing. SIGNED on the front endpaper: "Oliver Wendell Holmes/October 22,1932." From the dustwrapper: "Here for the first time is presented a full-length, unified picture of this beloved leader of American thought.". Contemporary personal library stamp on rear pastedown. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Holmes served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1899 until 1902. In 1902 he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt, a position he held until his retirement in 1932. Holmes became famous for his liberal interpretations of the United States Constitution and was known as the "Great Dissenter" because of his disagreement with the views of his colleagues on the Court.
