Ready for the Defense

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good-. 1971. Uncorrected Proof. Plastic comb binding. 0374247668 . Blue card covers show edge wear, first page missing top fore corner, paper rust marks extend to title page. ; A tight solid book. This is an uncorrected proof galley copy - 11' x 6" with card covers, pages are hand numbered. Publisher has pasted on label with title and author's name typed in and proposed release date and price pasted on. Out-of-print. ; Trade PB; Thin 4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages; Garbus was a civil rights lawyer and this book is comprised of transcripts and lawyer's notes from the trials of 'The State of Mississippi for the Use and Benefit of Henrietta Wright against Wages", 'The People against Lenny Bruce', 'Mrs. Sylvester Smith against Ruben King and George Wallace', The People against Manfredo Correa and Frederick Charles Wood' & ' The People against Timothy Leary'. Martin Garbus' reputation as one of the country's top attorneys is confirmed by his long and impressive list of clients, for example, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Penguin Books, Al Pacino, and Miramax. Mr. Garbus has also been appointed the attorney/executor/trustee for several high-profile estates, including those of Igor Stravinsky, John Cheever, Marilyn Monroe, and Margaret Mitchell. Recently, Mr. Garbus represented Eric Corley in the first copyright case, a landmark case, tried under the new Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He has represented prisoners of conscience throughout the world. .