Signed book: Masters of Deceit. First edition. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 374 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, "J. Edgar Hoover." In fine condition, with a light band of toning to the signed page and a couple tiny edge tears to the dust jacket. An uncommon, uninscribed first edition example of Hoover's detailed critique of communism in the United States, written as both a warning against the perceived threat of communist infiltration and a guide to identifying and combating subversive activities.
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