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Lot #108
John F. Kennedy

Signing his ghostwritten Pulitzer Prize–winning classic

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Signing his ghostwritten Pulitzer Prize–winning classic

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “John F. Kennedy.” Autographic condition: very good, with a strip of toning over first name of signature, and some other scattered light toning and foxing to signed page. Book condition: VG-/VG-. Black cloth-covered spine and blue paper-covered boards; mild wear to edges, with bumps and small tears at corners; front board bows up; large blocks of white soiling to interior and exterior of covers along the fore-edge; lightly yellowed and foxed, with faint waterstain to upper textblock edge (exterior only); gentle crease to rfep. Dust jacket has small chips/tears and creases along edges; spine and portion of front sunned; slightly yellowed and foxed (foxing heavier on reverse); light scuff to spine; price-clipped. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #420 - Ended December 11, 2013





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