MacMillan Company, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black dust jacket with red and white lettering. Flat signed by Edvard Benes on half-title. Mild edge wear on boards, foxing on all edges of text block, top edge additionally toned. End papers toned, previous owner emboss stamp on ffep; small bit of writing in ink on top of half-title page above title and author signature. Chipping, foxing, edge wear and closed tears on jacket; lower front jacket flap significantly clipped. Binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Scarce signed and in such good condition with jacket. Edvard (also spelled Eduard) Benes was the President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and then again from 1939 to 1948 (from 1939 to 1946 he was the leader of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II). Very Good / Good. Item #006463