Description
The first English edition of Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy.
Octavo, xxiii, [3], 266pp. Publisher’s blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Publication information on tipped-in leaf, affixed to title page. Top edge dyed blue, light dust along edges. Previous ownership signature on front free endpaper. Yellow endpapers. In the publisher’s dust jacket, “21s. net” retail price on front flap, chipping at spine, a few short closed tears, a very good example. Not listed in Newcomb.
Includes the preface written by Allan Nevins in November of 1960 for the Inaugural Edition of Profiles in Courage.
