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Author: Kennedy, John F.
Title: Why England Slept
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Willard Funk, Inc.
Date Published: 1940
Description:

Foreword by Henry R. Luce. Red cloth, dust jacket.

John F. Kennedy's first published work, a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College, where he graduated cum laude in international relations. This is the first edition, second printing.

Condition

Jacket rubbed, chipped and creased with small closed tears along edges, spine sunned, rear panel toned with a hint of foxing, tape repair to reverse; volume corners bumped; toning to endpapers, very good.

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