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Ten Thousand Public Enemies. By Courtney Ryley Cooper. With a Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice. With Illustrations, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. First Edition, Third Printing. Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover (also signed by Hoover's deputy Clyde Tolson), Includes two pieces of ephemera, one with an inscription from Hon. Dwight J. Dalbey, Assistant Director FBI. xii, 356 pp, 8.75 x 5.75", 8vo. In fair condition. Black cloth boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Red painted lettering dulled, but clean and legible. General scuffing and shelf-wear to boards. Top edge painted red. Toning found on front paste-down and end-page, probably from laid in ephemera. Hoover inscription found on front end-page, in ink: "To Frederick K. Schloss, With most cordial regards from J. Edgar Hoover 5/9/44; with kindest regards Clyde Tolson 5/9/44." Very light toning throughout text-bock, mostly to edges of leaves. All plates present and intact. Binding tight and intact. Ephemera lightly toned around edges and creases (if any). Ink signature found on pamphlet. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI in 1924. After 11 years in the post, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI in June, 1935, where he remained director for an additional 37 years until his death in May 1972 - serving a total of 48 years leading both the BOI and the FBI. Hoover expanded the FBI into larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List. From the 1940s, rumors circulated that Hoover, who was still living with his mother in his early 40s, was gay. Historians speculated that Clyde Anderson Tolson (1900-1975), who became an assistant director to Hoover in his mid 40s and became his primary heir, had a sexual relational with Hoover until the latter's death. Hoover reportedly hunted down and threatened anyone who made insinuations about his sexuality. Hoover described Tolson as his "alter ego," the men worked closely together during the day and, both single, frequently took meals, went to night clubs, and vacationed together. Hoover bequeathed his estate to Tolson, who moved into Hoover's house after Hoover died. Tolson accepted the American flag that draped over Hoover's casket. Tolson is buried a few yards away from Hoover in the Congressional Cemetery. Dwight J. Dalbey (1913-1984) was an Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving as an undercover agent in Chile during WWII as part of an operation that broke up two German espionage rings. He also served in FBI offices in Baltimore, MD. In 1955, Director J. Edgar Hoover placed Mr. Dalbey in charge of FBI legal research and then in 1965 named him inspector. Mr. Dabley held the title of assistant director and legal counsel from 1971 until his retirement in 1973. Dalbey was a guest speaker for the Advertising Club of Baltimore, held at Lord Baltimore Hotel in Parlor B on Wednesday, November 8, 1972 at 11:45 A.M. His inscription reads: "To Fred Schloss, With warm regards, 11/8/72 Dwight J. Dalbey". Previous owner Frederick K. Schloss was the nephew of David E. Schloss (1864-1943), senior vice-president of Joseph Schloss & Son, Inc., Charles Street Tailors. RAREA1935FMOQ 04/24 - HK1458. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREA1935FMOQ
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