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Kennedy Family. As We Remember Joe. Privately Published, 1945.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: John F. Kennedy's rare second printing distributed by Robert F. Kennedy. 6 x 9 moderate wear with small discoloration on cover. Privately printed by the Kennedy family as a remembrance to Joseph Kennedy who died in combat during WWII.Scarce second edition denoted by title page printed in black ink as opposed to a mix of red and black in the first. This second printing is more scarce with only 250 produced at the direction of RFK and hand distributed by him during the Christmas season of 1965. Illustrated throughout with photos, letters and other imagery.Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Rare and desirable Kennedy collectible.
Seller: impopcult1/Rivkin, Wheeling, IL, U.S.A.
KENNEDY, John F.. As We Remember Joe. Privately Printed at University Press, Cambridge, 1945.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Issue, red at title page. Tall octavo, original red cloth, gilt lettering at title and front cover. Good, front inner hinge broken, spine end and corner cloth modestly well worn, light stain to top fore-edge corner of most pages. Custom made clamshell case, black cloth with gilt lettered spine label.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tall octavo, 75pp., illustrated. One of 390 copies printed (with no limitation statement) for friends and members of the Kennedy family. First issue, with wings printed in red on the title page (note that the second issue, with wings in black, is almost identical physically, but was printed a full two decades later). A near fine copy, crisp, bright, and clean, with sharp corners and strong hinges. Previous owner's neat blindstamp on the front free endpaper, else unmarred, and lacking, as seemingly always, the fragile glassine dust jacket. A very nice copy of this early work by John F. Kennedy, a loving tribute to his late brother, Joe, Jr., who died in World War II. The contents consist of tributes, illustrations from photographs, and some of Joe's own writing. Joe had been the one groomed by his eponymous father to enter politics, but his early death in combat eventually led to his brother John (the editor of this book and author of its brief Foreword) taking up the mantle. Scarce in commerce, particularly in this condition.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
John F. Kennedy. As We Remember Joe. Privately Printed, 1945.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very Fine Copy 2nd Issue 1/250 Copies Private Printed For The Kennedy Family. Rare In This Condition Beautiful Fresh Copy. Very Scarce.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Autograph; xi, (1), 75, (1) pages; First edition, second issue. Original burgundy cloth binding, frontispiece, additional illustrations. A privately printed book intended for the Kennedy family and close friends. Inscribed by Robert Kennedy Sr. on the front free endpaper, "For Kay and Rowly / Bobby / Christmas 1965." John F. Kennedy edited this collection and wrote "My Brother Joe", the first of these 20 essays memorializing his eldest brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who won the Naval Cross and was killed in action in 1944. Privately printed for family and friends. There were 390 copies printed in the first issue with winged device on title page printed in red and 250 printed in this second issue with winged device on title page in black printed for Robert Kennedy Sr. with most copies personally distributed by him.; Signed by Notable Personage, Related
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$2600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: As We Remember Joe. Privately printed, Cambridge: The University Press, 1945. Limited edition, 1/360, first printing with red Navy wings on title page. Octavo. 75 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt-lettered spine and black cloth label on front board, lettered in gilt. Corners just bumped, minor edgewear, head and foot of spine just pushed, boards somewhat rubbed. Lacking original glassine wrappers. Very good. A beautiful tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy, killed in action in 1944. Edited by his younger brother, John F. Kennedy, who also wrote the forward and the first essay; this work contains essays and photos from a number of the Kennedy family and close friends. The first issue was printed in a run of 390 copies.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Kennedy, John F.. As We Remember Joe (Peter Lawford's copy). University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1945.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Second issue with title page printed only in black; this issue was printed for Robert Kennedy with most copies personally distributed by him. This copy has an interesting Kennedy family association, being Peter Lawford's copy. He was the brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, having been married to Kennedy's sister from 1954 to 1966, an actor, and member of the Rat Pack. The volume has the ownership signature of Lawford's fourth wife, Patricia Seaton Lawford, whom he married just months before his death in 1984. She apparently wasted little time laying claim to the books in her deceased husband's library. She would write his biography in 2015. [xii], 75 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with black title label on front board, gilt lettering and ruling. A few faint smudges to cloth, else Fine. A privately printed book intended for the Kennedy family and close friends, in memorandum of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., JFK's older brother who died in World War II. A beautiful copy with an interesting provenance.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Kennedy, John F.. As We Remember Joe. University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1945.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue with title page printed only in black. This issue was printed for Robert Kennedy with most copies personally distributed by him. [xii], 75, [1] pp. Fine, in the fragile unprinted dust jacket, small closed tear to front panel, a little creasing, curved crease to rear wrap. Rare in the jacket.A privately printed book intended for the Kennedy family and close friends, in memorandum of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., JFK's older brother who died in World War II.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Kennedy, John F.. As We Remember Joe. [Privately Printed] University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1945.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. First issue with wings printed in red on the title page. Bound in original maroon cloth lettered in gilt with tittle blocked in black on the front cover; lacking the unprinted glassine wrap. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth at extremities and front cover, small abrasion to front free endpaper and pages lightly toned. A privately printed book intended for the Kennedy family and close friends, in memorandum of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., JFK's older brother who died in World War II. The first issue was printed in a run of 390 copies.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Kennedy, John F.; Robert Kennedy. As We Remember Joe.. University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1945.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, secondÂissueÂ(of only 250 copies), of this tribute to the eldest of the Kennedy brothers. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Robert Kennedy on the front free endpaper, "For Bill Walton Bob Kennedy Christmas 1945." American journalist William Walton was a confidant of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy and played critical roles in managing the funeral and burial services of John F. Kennedy. In near fine condition. John F. Kennedy edited this collection of 20 essays (and also wrote the first, "My Brother Joe") memorializing his eldest brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who won the Naval Cross and was killed in action in 1944. Privately printed for family and friends. There were 390 copies printed in the first issue with winged device on title page printed in red, and 250 in this, the second issue, with winged device on title page printed in black.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Second Issue. Illustrated. Designed and Printed at the University Press, Cambridge. 1 vols. 8vo. Bobby to Senator George Smathers. Inscribed to Florida Senator George Smathers from Bob Kennedy Christmas 1965 on the front free endpaper. Original burgundy cloth. Fine copy Illustrated. Designed and Printed at the University Press, Cambridge. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
KENNEDY John F. KENNEDY Robert POWERS Dave. As We Remember Joe. , 1945.
Price: US$6800.00 + shipping
Description: "(KENNEDY, Robert) KENNEDY, John F. As We Remember Joe. Cambridge, MA: Privately Printed University Press, 1945. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6800.First edition, second issue (one of only 250 copies privately printed for family and friends), of this tribute to the eldest of the Kennedy brothers, an exceptional presentation/association copy inscribed by Robert Kennedy to President Kennedy's beloved friend Dave Powers, "For Dave, Bob Kennedy, Christmas 1965." John F. Kennedy edited this collection of 20 essays (and also wrote the first, "My Brother Joe") memorializing his eldest brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who won the Naval Cross and was killed in action in 1944. Privately printed for family and friends. There were 390 copies printed in the first issue with winged device on title page printed in red, and 250 in this, the second issue, with winged device on title page printed in black. With numerous photographic illustrations. David Powers' "loyalty, sense of humor and contacts throughout Boston's Irish community made him a close friend and aide to John F. Kennedy and a fixture at the Kennedy White House." At Powers' death in 1998, Edward Kennedy wrote: ''Jack loved Dave Powers like a brother, and so did all of us in the Kennedy family.'' The two met in 1946 when JFK was running for Congress and Powers worked "on each of Kennedy's subsequent campaigns, for the House, the Senate and then the Presidency. After winning the 1960 election, Kennedy named Powers a special assistant in the White House But his real role was First Friend, someone with no agenda of his own who could share a silence, reel off baseball and football statistics or make Kennedy laugh with one of his endless supply of tales and jokes Powers was in the motorcade in Dallas when Kennedy was killed, and after the assassination, he remained close to the Kennedy family, visiting often with the slain President's children In 1970 Powers, Kenneth O'Donnell and Joe McCarthy wrote Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, a nostalgic biography of Kennedy" (New York Times). Faint trace of paperclip to front pastedown and upper edge of several early leaves not affecting text.A fine presentation copy with a especially memorably association."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
KENNEDY, JOHN F. As We Remember Joe. Cambridge, MA Privately Printed 1945, 1945.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Signed and inscribed by John F. Kennedy in his early handwriting contemporary with the bookÕs issue. Inscribed: ÒFor Frederick Marshall, a great friend of JoeÕs. John F. Kennedy.Ó A tribute book printed in the small edition of 360 copies. The correct first edition with the wings on the title page printed in red. Copies that have the wings in black are actually the second edition which was printed by Robert F. Kennedy in 1965 (despite saying 1945 on the title page) after John F. KennedyÕs death and were largely distributed by Robert F. Kennedy at Christmas, 1965. Generously illustrated with thirty-three photographs and facsimiles, including a number with John F. Kennedy present. The are illustration photos of Joe in a kilt in Scotland (1936), as a member of the Harvard football team, with his mother and brother Jack in a swimming pool in Florida (1942), in uniform at Cape Cod (1942), arriving in Dublin from London with his father (1938), receiving his Naval commission from his father (1942), sailing in 1936, with Jack and their sister Kathleen on their way to Parliament in London (1939), a Kennedy family portrait (1936), and various letters and news clippings. Original burgundy cloth binding with the front cover stamped in black and gilt and with the spine stamped in gilt. With very faint tape stains to the endpapers, else a fine fresh copy. This book was created by the future President in memory of his elder brother, Joseph Kennedy Jr. (1915 - 1944), wae killed in military action during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross (their highest award) and a destroyer was christened in his honor. In addition to his foreword, John F. Kennedy has written a memoir of his brother. Amongst the contributors are a very young Teddy Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Arthur Krock, Harold J. Laski, and some of JoeÕs Harvard friends and associates, including Timothy J. Reardon, Richard Flood, U.S.N.R., Dr. Payson Wild, Jr., Robert Downes, and Mrs. Alice Harrington. An intimate portrait of a beloved brother and American hero.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.