Mid-Winter Americana Auction
Lot 129:
Description
Tall octavo, 75pp., illustrated. One of 390 copies printed for friends and members of the Kennedy family. First issue, with wings printed in red on the title page (note that the second issue, with wings in black, is almost identical physically, but was printed a full two decades later). A near fine copy, crisp, bright, and clean with the exception of some staining in the front cover, with sharp corners and strong hinges, lacking the fragile glassine dust jacket. A very nice copy of this early work by John F. Kennedy, a loving tribute to his late brother, Joe, Jr., who died in World War II. The contents consist of tributes, illustrations from photographs, and some of Joe’s own writing. Joe had been the one groomed by his father to enter politics, but his early death in combat eventually led to his brother John taking up the mantle.
Condition: Very good 1st edition with minor stain on front cover
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