Description
The first edition, first printing of Profiles in Courage, inscribed by John F. Kennedy, in the publisher’s first state dust jacket.
Octavo, xix, 266pp. Blue cloth, black cloth spine, title in gold on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page, with “M-E” code noting the first printing. Light wear at the head of the spine, faint offsetting to endpapers.
In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.50 on front flap, with “In Courage” on cover and spine in vibrant red, “No. 4622” on back panel and “No. 5922A” on bottom of front flap. Trivial wear to white print on jacket, inscription on the front flap noting a corresponding article in 1957. A near fine example. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell, title in gilt on the spine over a morocco label.
Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Henry Mazer / With every good wish / John F. Kennedy / 1959.”
This copy is likely inscribed to Henry Mazer (1918-2002), the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti. In 1985, he moved to Taiwan, where he helped found and lead the Taipei Philharmonic (and its Sinfonietta), becoming a key figure in the island’s classical scene until his death in 2002.
