A very attractive, signed copy of probably the most influential book feeding the "Red Scare" of the time. Inscribed to Chief Charles V. Main, Police Chief of Fredericksburg, Maryland, just outside of Washington D. C. 

Hoover, J. Edgar. J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation: Masters of Deceit, The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It. New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1958. 374pp.

A good + copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with generally bright pages and light foxing. Corner bumped, as shown. Crisp otherwise.