The Sixties Catalogue

T h e S I X T I E S 10 Inscribed By Roy Cohn, Chief Counsel At The McCarthy Hearings 8. COHN, Roy. McCarthy. New York, 1968. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket. $600. Click for more info First edition of Roy Cohn’s flattering biography of Joseph McCarthy, published during Cohn’s own legal battles amidst charges of unethical conduct, inscribed: “To S— Best wishes, Roy Cohn.” One of 20th-century America’s most notorious and controversial figures, Roy Cohn is forever linked to McCarthyism as Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel in his 1950s Senate investigations into Communism. A fine copy. “I don’t want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is.” —Roy Cohn