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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.