Description
Deluxe inaugural edition of Profiles in Courage by President John F. Kennedy, with secretarial signature.
Octavo, 266pp. Blue leather, gilt title on spine, presidential seal in gilt on front cover. All edges gilt. Lacking the scarce blue display box. Faint rubbing to tips of spine, solid text block.
This special inaugural edition includes a limitation page, inscribed with the following: “This Copy Presented To: ___ – In Recognition Of His Friendship And Generous Support To The Democratic Cause – John Kennedy – The White House, Washington, D.C.” The signature of John F. Kennedy was done by a presidential secretary.