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Kennedy | John F. [Eunice Kennedy Shriver]

As We Remember Joe

First Edition / First Issue

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Description

Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s personal copy of As We Remember Joe by John F. Kennedy.

Octavo, xi, [1], 75pp. Blue leather, title stamped in gilt on spine. Floral endpapers, decorative gilt turn-ins. One of a limited printing of 360 copies, with red wings on title page to distinguish edition. This copy is signed in pencil by Eunice Kennedy Shriver on the front flyleaf, with her address in Chicago below the signature. Includes notes on the contents page. From the estate of Robert Luddington, a confidante and interior designer for the Kennedy Family.

The first edition, first issue of this book is distinguished by the red wings in the center of the title page. The second issue of this book, privately printed by Robert Kennedy in 1965 as a Christmas Gift for family and friends, has the title page printed in all black. Only 250 copies of the second edition were believed to be printed. This book was edited by John Kennedy as a tribute to his brother, Joe Kennedy, who was killed in action during World War II, while serving as a bomber pilot.Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009) founded the Special Olympics in 1968. In 1953, she married Sargent Shriver, who became an active member of the Kennedy administration and Democratic nominee for vice president in 1972. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 for her work on behalf of children with disabilities. She passed away in 2009.

Additional information

Location Published

Cambridge, Mass.

Publisher

University Press / Privately Printed

Edition

First Edition / First Issue

Date Published

1945

Binding

Leather bound

Condition

Near Fine

Author

Kennedy | John F. [Eunice Kennedy Shriver]