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Lot 378
[PRESIDENTS] John F. Kennedy Inscribed "Profiles in Courage"
Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
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PROFILES IN COURAGE BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963). Profiles in Courage. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
8vo. Original black cloth-backed blue boards, spine gilt-lettered. Unclipped first issue dust jacket.
INSCRIBED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY to front free endpaper: "To Mrs. Owen Jackson / with my warm regards / John F. Kennedy".
A boldly inscribed copy of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of biographies of United States senators who defied party politics. An early printing of the first edition, with code "G-F" to copyright page indicating it was printed in July 1956. With original, unclipped dust jacket bearing the correct $3.50 price.
[Presidents, Politics, Books, Biographies, Memoirs] [JFK, John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]
Condition
Small tear to jacket.
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