Description
First edition of An Honorable Profession by Robert Kennedy. Octavo, 182 pp. Black cloth, title in silver on spine, lightly faded. Publishers slipcase in near fine condition, title on label affixed to side panel. Inscribed by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Edwin O. Guthman to Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Inscription reads: “For Nick and Lydia, With admiration and all good wishes. Ed Guthman. Oct. 30, 1968.” Book contains tributes to Robert F. Kennedy, shortly after his death in 1968.
Comments: Edwin O. Guthman was a writer for the Seattle Times. He appears third on Richard Nixon’s notorious “Enemies List.” The recipient of this book, Nicholas Katzenbach, served as United States Attorney General for Lyndon B. Johnson. While serving as Deputy U.S. Attorney General , he notoriously confronted Alabama Governor George Wallace at the University of Alabama, demanding the school be integrated. Shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Katzenbach advised Johnson that an independent investigation into the assassination was needed, leading to the creation of the Warren Commission.
