The Alms Race: The Impact of American Voluntary Aid Abroad

Octavo, green boards and blue cloth lettered in gilt; unclipped dust jacket. First edition, first printing. A presentation copy, inscribed: "For Philip and Lois Jessup, with the greatest admiration and respect. Eugene Linden, July 4, 1977," on the front endpaper. Lois Walcott Kellogg Jessup worked tirelessly for the American Friends Service Committee, the U.S. Children's Bureau (preparing reports on children in Europe during Second World War, and the United Nations, advocating for women's rights around the world. She married Philip C. Jessup, a judge on the International Court of Justice and veteran U. S. diplomat, credited with playing a major role in ending the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. A significant work with a distinguished provenance.