[ Autograph ] Eduard Benes 1884-1948 Czech patriot and statesman, a disciple of Masaryk who helped found Czechoslovakia. T.L.S. on official letterhead of the exiled government in London, 1p. 4to., Apr 23, 1940 he thanks a man for sending along his biography of Masaryk,commenting: '...I am very glad that the life and ideas of our great President-Liberator, will once more be accessible, to the British public... you have really succeeded in making an excellent work...' Folds, very good.