The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Published by New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940

About this Item

Small octavo, black cloth lettered in gilt; slightly rubbed. First edition, fourth printing. A presentation copy, inscribed: "To Lois and Phil Jessup with gratitude for our meeting, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, April 1977," on the title page; with Philip C. Jessup's ownership signature on the front endpaper. ---- The recipient Jessup, a judge on the International Court of Justice and veteran U.S. diplomat, was credited with playing a major role in ending the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. Jessup was a U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly, as well as a member of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. He also served as a U.S. ambassador at large from 1949 until his resignation in 1953. During that time, he was one of the closest advisers of then-Secretary of State Dean Acheson. After Jessup was maligned by Senator Joe McCarthy for purported communist "affinities," General Dwight D. Eisenhower heralded Jessup's "devotion to the principles of Americanism." McCarthy's charges kept Jessup from being reappointed to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations in 1951 but President Harry S. Truman made him an alternate delegate the following year. A powerful anti-Nazi tract with a distinguished provenance. Seller Inventory # ABE-16376371861

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith

Publisher: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company

Publication Date: 1940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)