signed first edition
1938 · New York
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. First Edition. Very Good binding. Signed. Presentation copy from Van Loon "For the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from Hendrick Willem van Loon, who believes so much in Freedom that on a few rare occasions he is even willing to forget his love for Peace. 1939". A nice association with the WILPF, the venerable activist organization which evolved from Jane Addam's Women's Peace Party. The WILPF presciently denounced the peace treaty ending World War I as a scheme of revenge which would lead to another world war. In this book van Loon argues that "we had better follow [Hitler's] example, and take him quite as seriously as he takes himself". Very Good binding. (Inventory #: 271634)