Moncrif's Cats; Les Chats de Francois Augustin Paradis de Moncrif -- Signed Limited Edition, Inscribed to Famous Whistleblower Peter Buxtun

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Number 48 of 100 copies specially bound in deluxe morocco binding. INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR REGINALD BRETNOR to famous whistleblower Peter Buxton: "To Pete Buxtun, all best and kindest, Reginald Bretnor" with caricature of a cat beneath his signature. In fine condition, bright and clean inside and out. Housed in the original slipcase which is near-fine with slight rubbing. Laid in are three related pieces: A greeting card signed by Bretnor and his wife; a catalog page featuring the book with an attached note from Bretnor to Buxtun; and an article written by Bretnor about the history of cats in the American West. Peter Buxtun was a former employee of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) who was the whistleblower responsible for ending the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment. In 1965, Buxtun heard about a study by the USPHS where African-American servicemen were not treated for having syphilis. He began a campaign within the USPHS to have the men treated, but for seven years was rebuffed. Despairing of ever getting the men treated, he told The New York Times about the story which led to his testimony before a Senate committee and subsequently to the National Research Act of 1974.