Description
Deluxe limited edition of The Burden and the Glory by President John F. Kennedy, signed by First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
Octavo, xvii, [3], 293pp. Deluxe blue morocco binding, title in gilt on spine, presidential seal stamped in gilt on front cover. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Light wear to spine, as is typical with this binding. In publisher’s marbled slipcase, felt lined interior, solid binding, rubbing to lower panel and tips. (Newcomb, 2)
Signed on front flyleaf: “With appreciation Jacqueline Kennedy.”
From a limited edition of 100 copies, printed the year following President Kennedy’s death in Dallas, Texas. A handful of copies of the deluxe edition were personally inscribed and distributed by Jackie Kennedy, with others given to attendees at the first John F. Kennedy Presidential Library fundraiser in 1964.
