Tight, clean, crisp, sharp, flat and square book in jacket with minor nicks and chips. Stated first edition. Note in the previous owner's hand (?) regarding the suicide (?) of the author.

This book came from a sizable estate lot bought at auction. Nearly all the books in the lot were by Adamic, first printings, and were signed, inscribed to either Dr. or Mr. Mally and dated. The rest were wartime histories of Yugoslavia. They represented an association of some importance. A bit of research found that Dr. Mally was a local physician of some considerable importance to the Slavic community in Cleveland. He married [Mayor] Frank Lausche's sister, but far more importantly he served as the mid-western Consulate for the exiled Yugoslavian State and received King Peter in 1942. Adamic was, perhaps, the most significant Slavic author of the times--having established himself as a man of letters in the late 1920's.

Mally's offices and home are now known as the Slovenian Hall in the Collinswood area of Cleveland.

This book is Adamic's last. The book closes with a hand written note, presumably by Counsul Mally, of his countryman's untimely demise and the suspicions held by that country's officials.  Yugoslavia never came under the Kremlin's thumb. The last two pictures are from White House Dinner book. I'm sure the only reason Adamic did not sign this book and gift it to his friend is that he was no longer among the living when it was published.