First edition, first printing of ''Why England Slept'' by John F. Kennedy, housed in original dust jacket with price of $2.00. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1940. With a foreward by Henry R. Luce. Kennedy's first book was reprinted several times in its first years of publication, making the first printing rare. Runs 252pp., bound in red boards with blue and white embellishments. Top edge blue. Slight cocking, and light shelf wear, overall in very good plus condition. Some creasing to jacket, also in very good plus condition.