Description
First edition of John F. Kennedy’s Profiles In Courage, in 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” noting first printing. Residual tape marks where dust jacket was previously attached. Wear along bottom edge of boards. Publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.50 price on front flap, with “In Courage” on cover in vibrant red, “No. 4622” on back panel and “No. 5922A” on bottom of front panel. Dust jacket in very good condition, with vibrant colors on spine and front panel, residual tape mark on front and rear flaps, fold mark along bottom edge. An overall excellent copy.
Profiles in Courage won the Pulitzer prize for Biography in 1957.
