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Kennedy, John F. The Strategy of Peace.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the selected foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, and national security delivered by Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a very good jacket. Edited by Allan Nevins. "Readers will find here instruction and sagacity on our knottier problems. They will find also a true philosophy of government, for the Senator has his own vision and his own system of ideas. The speeches will accomplish their best aim if they raise others to the level of the vision. They are rooted in a faith that the greatness of the nation lies in its plain people, who have always profoundly believed that America has a mission, and in that belief are ready to respond to calls to their higher motives" (Allan Nevins, Introduction).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Senator John F. Kennedy. The Strategy of Peace. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960.
Price: US$599.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Foreign Policy Speeches and Statements on Defense, Peace, National Security and Related Domestic Issues of a Leading Presidential Candidate are Here Edited by an Eminent Historian, Who has Also Contributed an Introduction. The Book Includes the Senator's Annotations and an interview With Him by John Fischer. Edited by Allan Nevins. The book is signed and inscribed on the front pastedown to "Edythe our best volunteer from Mike Feldman" who served as a political aide to both Kennedy and Johnson as a speech writer Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Kennedy, John F. The Strategy of Peace.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960.
Price: US$8800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the selected foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, and national security delivered by Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of John F. Kennedy with his ownership stamp to the half-title page, "Senator John F. Kennedy." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Edited by Allan Nevins. An exceptional example with noted provenance. "Readers will find here instruction and sagacity on our knottier problems. They will find also a true philosophy of government, for the Senator has his own vision and his own system of ideas. The speeches will accomplish their best aim if they raise others to the level of the vision. They are rooted in a faith that the greatness of the nation lies in its plain people, who have always profoundly believed that America has a mission, and in that belief are ready to respond to calls to their higher motives" (Allan Nevins, Introduction).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$16146.97 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To James Corman with regards and best wishes, Jack Kennedy". The recipient James C. Corman (1920-2000) was then-Los Angeles City Councilman. As a California Congressman he later had a significant impact on the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Corman served in the House of Representatives for California from 1961 to 1981. He "helped steer the 1964 Civil Rights Act to passage. He was one of ten members appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Kerner Commission, which investigated the causes of race riots in scores of cities in 1967 and concluded that the country was becoming 'two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal'. He gave crucial support to civil rights causes and furthered the 1964 legislation as a member of the Judiciary Committee" (New York Times obituary, 5 January 2001). In the 1970s he campaigned for welfare reform, reflecting his upbringing as a Kansas miner's son who moved to California in the Depression. He was an important ally to Jimmy Carter, but lost his seat alongside Carter's defeat, and the move of California to Reagan and the Republicans. The Strategy of Peace collects the speeches of Kennedy, then the front-running Democratic candidate for the presidency. The speeches cover numerous domestic and international questions, and are expanded by Kennedy himself for their publication here. The historian Allan Nevins provides an introduction, and the book concludes with an interview with Kennedy by John Fischer. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Housed in a black cloth chemise within quarter morocco slipcase. Light rubbing; unclipped jacket a little rubbed and worn at extremities: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom