Why England Slept by Kennedy, First Edition (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Jacket is creased and chipped around margins with pieces missing at corners. Copy has red cloth on boards. Sine is sunned at tip and foot where jacket part is missing. Free of inscriptions with clean contents. Age-tanning around edges of pages. Firm binding.This item has dust jacket which is scarce in this first edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Not dated but assumed 1940 based on catalogue date to rear. 1st edition. 256pp + 40pp catalogue to rear. Good/Fair. Red cloth boards with faded patch to bottom of spine. Contents generally clean and tight but some browning to page edges. Nice price-clipped DW by Cicocamon, with minor loss, some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, some creasing, spine faded, minor soiling, label mark to back, couple of small tape repairs. A thesis, written by the future President of the US in his final year at Harvard College. The title alludes to Churchill's 1938 book 'While England Slept'. It examines the build up of German/Nazi power in Europe prior to WWII, and the British government's failure to respond to Hitler's threats of war and to prevent outbreak of the war in 1939. The work argues that Chamberlain's appeasement policies were the best approach to take for Britain and that earlier confrontation with Nazi Germany would have been far more disastrous for Britain and potentially for the rest of Europe - a view shared by his father Joseph Kennedy, the then Ambassador to the Court of St James, a position he held between 1938 and 1940. Forword by Henry R Luce. A nice copy of the rare British 1st edition with very scarce DW.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 252 Pp. Probably The Earliest Printed State Of The Book, Pre-Publication, Signatures Neatly Stitched With Nine Sets Of Stitching, But Unbound, Three Preliminary Blank Leaves, Four Final Blank Leaves. Red Pencil Note On Front Sheet, "Publication / Aug 1St /Price $2.00", (Actually Published In July According To Doris Kearns Goodwin), With Small "10", Written In Black Pencil On Verso., Possibly A Numbering For Control Of The Pre-Publication Copies. With The Unclipped Dj, With Printed Excerpt From Foreword On Rear Cover. Spine And Edges Worn And Chipped But Essentially Complete, Not Price-Clipped [$2.00], No Loss Of Lettering Or Design, Considerable Tape Reinforcement Inside, One Small Clear Tape Exterior Reinforcement. This Comes With With What May Be The Original Mailing Cardboard Reinforcement, Prestamped "U. S. Postage Paid 30 [Cents], St. Paul Minn Permit #4021, Special 4Th Class Book". A Rare Issue, As Are Any Advance Copies Of Presidential Books Prior To The 1970'S; These Seldom If Ever Become Available In The Trade.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Why England Slept. John F. Kennedy. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1940. First Edition, Stated Fifth Printing. Original dust jacket. 252 p, 8.25 x 5.75 , 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket shows the most wear: clipped corners; creased & toned\/soiled hinges; head and tail of spine chipped (no loss of text); rear cover soiled; spine tanned. Red cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn at corners. Head and tail of spines cuffed. Top edge of text-block stained black. Sticker residue\/scuffing to front paste-down (removal of bookplate). Ownership signature, in green ink, on title page. Many fore-edges remain UNCUT. Fore-edge of pages 238-9 chipped from improper page separation. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title alludes to Winston Churchill's 1938 book Arms and the Covenant, published in the United States as While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. Kennedy's book examines the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II and its initial lack of response to Adolf Hitler's threats of war. First Edition, Stated fifth printing. Original dust jacket. RAREA1940DJKW - 08\/25 - HK2553.

21x15 cm. First edition, second printing. Dust jacket is present, but has been edged with black tape (approx. 1 cm. wide) and had flaps of dust jacket crudely taped to endpapers. The book, in red cloth, is very good, with residue on endpapers from tape. This is the second printing of John F. Kennedy's first book, published by Wilfred Funk one month after the first printing. The title is a take-off on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published two years earlier.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. First edition, first printing of Why England Slept by John F. Kennedy. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxx, 252pp, [5]. Red cloth boards, title stamped in white over blue, light wear to top edge of spine. First printing, with no additional printings mentioned on the copyright page. Solid text block, free of any marks or notations. Offsetting to endpapers, light dust along top edge of text block. (Newcomb 10) Lacking the publisher's first state dust jacket. "Why England Slept" originated from John F. Kennedy's senior thesis at Harvard University. Originally titled "Appeasement at Munich," Kennedy's work delved into the reasons for Britain's policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in the lead-up to World War II. His primary focus was on the years 1937-1939. After graduating from Harvard, Kennedy sought to get his thesis published. With some editing and revisions, particularly to make it more accessible to the general public, the work was published under the title "Why England Slept" in 1940. The title change was an allusion to Winston Churchill's earlier work, "While England Slept," which reflected similar themes.

Second printing, published one month after the first of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchillâs work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedyâs. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why Englandâs leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK Printing published by Hutchinson & Co., London in 1940 (nd). 8vo., original pink cloth with publisher's name diagonally in black across lower corner of front board; lettered in black along spine; in the unclipped wrapper (3/6 net) with a design featuring a union jack and a review from the Sunday Express; The BOOK Is in Very Good++ condition; the pages evenly toned, as usual due to the cheap wartime quality of the paper stock used , endpapers a little spotted and offset; with previous ownership name and address in blue ink pen to the front free endpaper; 40 pages of adverts to the rear as issued. The Very Good paper thin fragile WRAPPER is rarely encountered ; red colouring faded along the backstrip, with creases and nicks, and losses to the spine ends, extending just into the panels; two longer closed tears to spine (2.5cm approx), and one (4 cm approx) to the front panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition of Kennedy's first book, which began life as his undergraduate thesis at Harvard. The title is a thinly-veiled allusion to Churchill s While England Slept (1938), which also examined the development of German power. Kennedy first began writing on world affairs in the 1930s, while studying in his senior year. Originally entitled Appeasement at Munich , Kennedy was encouraged by his father to publish as a full-length work, and allowed him to enlist the help of Henry Luce (magazine magnate who founded Time, Life and Fortune) to write the Forward, and Arthur Krock (Pulitzer-prize winning journalist), to help redraft the thesis. Upon publication, the book sold over 80,000 copies, and was later printed in 1961 when the author became president. Analysing England's unpreparedness for war, Kennedy noted the shortcomings of democracy and the British Government when confronted by the dangers of totalitarianism. In particular, it focuses on the United Kingdom s disastrous policies of appeasement between 1937-1939, and served as a warning to Americans who believed that remaining neutral in the face of war was a viable option. An increasingly elusive title. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. First edition, first printing of Why England Slept by John F. Kennedy, finely bound by Whitman Bennett. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxx, 252pp, [6]. Full red morocco, raised bands, gilt line paneled boards, title in gilt on the spine. Bound by Whitman Bennett Book Studio of New York. The first printing, with no additional printings mentioned on the copyright page. Marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins. Gilt presidential seal on front cover. All edges gilt. Light sunning to spine, internally fine. (Newcomb 10) An attractive presentation. "Why England Slept" originated from John F. Kennedy's senior thesis at Harvard University. Originally titled "Appeasement at Munich," Kennedy's work delved into the reasons for Britain's policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in the lead-up to World War II. His primary focus was on the years 1937-1939. After graduating from Harvard, Kennedy sought to get his thesis published. With some editing and revisions, particularly to make it more accessible to the general public, the work was published under the title "Why England Slept" in 1940. The title change was an allusion to Winston Churchill's earlier work, "While England Slept," which reflected similar themes.

xx, 252 pp. 8vo. First edition. First edition. xx, 252 pp. 8vo. The first edition of John F. Kennedy's first book, inscribed to Arthur Krock: "To Mr. Krock. Who Baptized, Christened, and was Best Man for this book with my sincere thanks, Jack Kennedy." Arthur Krock (1886-1974), the "Dean of Washington Newsmen," was Washington correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times and wrote the "In the Nation" column. He was a close friend and political ally of Joe Kennedy and his children. He advised John F. Kennedy with the revisions of his 1939 senior honors paper, "Appeasement in Munich," in preparation for its publication the following year. It was Krock who suggested the new title, Why England Slept, a response to Churchill's While England Slept. Krock would continue to advise the young Kennedy, who thanked him In the Preface to Profiles in Courage. Ted Kennedy wrote admiringly of Krock in his tribute volume to his father: "Mr. Krock has long been one of the most respected newsmen and columnists in Washington. He was won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He met Dad [Joseph Kennedy] during the New Deal years and won his deep admiration. Mr. Krock advised President Kennedy in the writing of his first book, Why England Slept, and has been a source of valued help to my brothers and myself" (Edward Kennedy, The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy, p. 112). [With:] As We Remember Joe. Edited by John F. Kennedy. Privately Printed: Cambridge, Mass, 1945. First edition, second issue. Original burgundy cloth. Fine copy. Inscribed, "For Martha and Arthur Krock, Bob Kennedy. Christmas 1965." Krock contributed a short reminiscence of Joe Kennedy from the 1940 Democratic National Convention, pp. 39-41. KENNEDY, Robert F. The Enemy Within. Harper & Brothers: New York, 1960. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Spine faded. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, With the thanks and admiration of his friend, Bob Kennedy." Krock wrote the foreword to The Enemy Within. The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy. Collected by Edward M. Kennedy. Privately Printed, 1965. Original blue cloth. Some scuffing to front cover. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, Who helped make The Fruitful Bough possible. With appreciation. Ted Kennedy. Sept 6 1965." With carbon of typescript of Krock's contribution to the volume as submitted for editing. Publisher's rose cloth. Spine faded, light wear to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A near fine copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates - in an unclipped dustjacket with incidental wear at ends of spine, which is a wee darkened compared to panels. A collectible copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing (no additional printings listed). Newcomb 10. Light wear to the extremities. The binding is discolored in spots. The endpapers are foxed. Otherwise unmarked and in a tight binding with hinges intact. A handsome copy of the scarce first printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. First edition, with 1940 on title and copyright page. Book near fine, top stain somewhat faded. Dust jacket very good, minor wear and rubbing, some foxing to inside dj.

First edition of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a copy of Kennedy's Inaugural Address. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchillâs work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedyâs. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why Englandâs leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, first edition book in very good minus dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with stylized lion on the front board in blue and white. Title on spine is in white lettering against a navy blue background and with white decorative borders; author's name and publisher are in white lettering. Boards are clean. Board spine is lightly sunned; upper and lower outermost edges of boards are somewhat sunned. Upper and lower edges of spine are creased, more so on the lower edge. Small shallow bump along lower edge of front board panel. Fore-edge corner tips are softened and lightly scuffed but not rubbed through, small bump on the lower fore-edge corner of back panel. Upper external page edges are tinted but speckled with loss of color - see photo. Paste-downs and end-papers are darkened from have publisher's glue and transfer stains. First two blank pages have shallow diagonal creasing across fore-edge corners, front paste down and FFEP each have one small speck/stain; back free end-paper has a shallow, slightly diagonal crease the length of the page and near the center. One dog-ear crease on pp. 25-26. Text is age-toned else internally clean. Text block is slightly shaken. Dust jacket is soiled overall (more obvious against the white background of back panel), and scuffed/scratched. All folds are heavily creased. Rub throughs on folds and closed tears have several old tape reinforcements on the reverse side. Significant loss or damage at head and tail of spine, lower edge of front panel and upper fore-edge corner of front panel. To detail a few: Irregular loss at head of jacket spine of approximately 1 3/4" by up to 3/4"; adjacent to that loss is a 1 1/4" slightly diagonal closed tear, with several adjacent creases to the upper edge and across the front panel to the fore-edge fold; lower edge of front panel has a slightly diagonal vertical closed tear of 2 3/4" up through the center; lower right corner has irregular-shaped loss of 1 7/8" up to 1"; loss at tail of jacket spine and carrying over to lower edge of back panel of 2 1/8" by up to 1/2"; upper right corner has loss of 7/8" by up to 1/2" with a number of adjacent diagonal creases, rubs and closed tears. Additional losses at other three fore-edge corners. Upper and lower edges of jacket, including upper edges of inside flaps, have a number of creases, rubs, chips and additional smaller closed tears of 1/2" or less. Back jacket panel has two shallow diagonal creases from the upper to lower edges. Inside flaps have spotting akin to foxing. All flap corners have uniform small clips. Price of $2.00 is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. J.F. Kennedy's first book. No major damage. Mild browning to pages. A few chips to cover. In excellent condition for age. No Dust Jacket.

First edition, early printing of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed in a contemporary hand "Jack Kennedy" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchillâs work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedyâs. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why Englandâs leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), rubbed at the surface and edges, a few small chips, two strips of reinforcement at the head and foot of the spine. Red buckram with blue and white ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a dark blue top stain, clean internally. The first published edition of Kennedy's honor's thesis from his time at Harvard University. He examines the Munich episode and "why catastrophe has enveloped England," while making connections to contemporary American defense.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition, first printing in dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.00 intact. 252 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth. Very Good, with patches of paper adhered to rear cover pulled from blank verso of the dust jacket. End sheets offset from binder's glue, small vintage bookseller's ticker to front free end paper. In a Very Good dust jacket with rubbing at the folds, soiling, chipping at the corners and spine ends, darkening to spine panel, and light staining which is mostly visible from the blank verso. Originally written as a thesis while JFK was still at Harvard, the book was conceived as a follow-up to Winston Churchill's While England Slept.

First edition of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Brown with many thanks for her help in bringing out this book Best wishes Jack Kennedy." The recipient, Mona Brown was a personal assistant and secretary to Joseph Kennedy for seven years, a period of time which included his ambassadorship to the United Kingdom. She was part of the Kennedy household's innermost circle and spent a considerable amount of time with the Kennedy children, especially young Jack and Kathleen. She transcribed Why England Slept for Jack, the basis for which was his Harvard thesis. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchillâs work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedyâs. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why Englandâs leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10).

First edition of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, "For Asa Bordages with best wishes Jack Kennedy." The recipient, Asa Bordages was a feature writer for the New York World-TelegramÂand playwright known for the 1941 play Brooklyn USA. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice presentation. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchillâs work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedyâs. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why Englandâs leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket chipped, spine sunned. Previous owner's book-plate. boards a bit faded. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: World War II; Great Britain. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20726.

KENNEDY, John F. Why England Slept. New York: Wilfred Funk, 1940. Octavo, original red cloth, dust jacket supplied from another copy of the same edition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $16,000.First edition, sixth printing, of John F. Kennedy's first book, issued four months after the first printing, of JFK's striking analysis of Britain's lack of preparation for WWII, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to his good friend and long-term neighbor Nancy Tenney Lloyd, "To Ten from Ken!" and further inscribed on the rear pastedown, "Ten: It's my hope that this book will interest youÑas it is pregnant with significance as are you."Published the year JFK graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Churchill's While England Slept, issued about two years before. Kennedy's work focuses on why England was so poorly prepared for WWII and why its leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in America who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war were viable options. It became a bestseller and went through several printings in its first year. "For all Americans who are wide awake enough to readÉ this book is invaluableÉ [It is] a remarkable book in many respectsÉ If John Kennedy is characteristic of the younger generationÑand I believe he isÑmany of us would be happy to have the destinies of this Republic handed over to his generation at once. This book has the rare and immensely appealing quality of combining factuality and breadth of understanding with the truest instincts of patriotism" (Foreword, Henry Luce).While this book is a sixth printing from October, 1940, Kennedy likely inscribed it in 1943 when recipient Nancy Tenney Lloyd (later Nancy Tenney Coleman) was pregnant with her first child, who was to be the godchild of Kennedy's sister, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy. Nancy Tenney Lloyd had been a long-time neighbor to the Kennedys at their Hyannis Port residence and was one of Kathleen Kennedy's closest friends. In the recently published White House by the Sea, Tenney described herself as "I was like one of the [Kennedy] children." Kick and Nancy referred to each other as "Ken and Ten," and it is clear from this inscription that JFK Jr. also picked up the nickname. At the time, Nancy was married to Navy pilot Demarest Lloyd, Jr. and was expecting her first child, Tangley C. Lloyd. This volume was likely inscribed during Kennedy's service in the Naval Reserve during World War II and just prior to his heroic command of PT-109 in August 1943. Tangley Lloyd was born in April 1944, and tragically her father would be killed in action just a few months later at the Battle of Saipan. Nancy would go on to marry Robert S. Coleman in 1947 and raise a family of six children in Greenwich, CT, but she remained in touch with the Kennedy family, particularly Rose Kennedy in her later years. Stated "Sixth Printing, October, 1940" on copyright page. Recipient's ink signature on front pastedown.Slight rubbing to corners and ends of gently toned spine, a few faint stains to cloth. Wear to dust jacket, with shallow chipping along top edge, mostly at spine. A very good inscribed presentation-association copy. Signed.