Description: An outstanding copy of the 1940 First US Edition of John Kennedy's "Why England Slept." It was the first published version of the thesis written by Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard. This is the first U.S. Printing from Wilfred Funk, New York. The book was published with the help of Kennedy's influential father Joseph P. Kennedy and his friends. It sold 80,000 copies in the United Kingdom and the United States, generating $40,000 in Royalties for Kennedy. He donated royalties from the British sales to Plymouth; a British city that had recently been bombed by the Luftwaffe. Condition: 8vo. 252 pages - In near fine condition and rebound for the discriminating collector in the full red cawburn goat leather binding, and hand marbled Italian endpapers from J. Hewit & Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland. A bit of age toning to the paper, and a few small creases to several pages.
Price: 699.95 USD
Location: Chester, Vermont
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Wilfred Funk Inc.
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1940
Unit Type: lb
Language: English
Illustrator: n/a
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Full Leather Binding
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Region: North America
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: John F. Kennedy Books
