60 Great Books - 51 - Bauman Rare Books Warmly Inscribed By JFK As President And Signed By Jackie To President Kennedy’s Personal Physician, Janet Travell Powell: The White House: An Historic Guide, One Of Only 75 Presentation Copies, Specially Bound In Full Morocco 49. (KENNEDY, John F.) (KENNEDY, Jacqueline). The White House: An Historic Guide. Washington, 1962. Large octavo, original full red morocco. $28,000. Limited second edition of this guide to the White House, the second of two limited editions, number one of only 75 presentation copies specially bound in full morocco, warmly inscribed by President Kennedy to his personal physician at the White House: “For Dr. Travell—with warm personal regards, John Kennedy,” and signed beneath this inscription by the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. With laid-in printed White House presentation card from “The President and Mrs. Kennedy. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy “took an interest in ‘restoring’ (as opposed to redecorating) the White House. She had it placed on the National Register of Historic Places. She also wrote and edited the first White House guidebook, which was sold to tourists. The proceeds from the book were used to help finance her restoration of the White House with historic antiques” (ANB). This second edition was published the same year as a limited first edition of 100 copies bound in green morocco. The softcover first trade edition was also published in 1962. This copy also has a laid-in presentation card with the envelope calligraphically addressed to “Mrs. Janet Travell Powell” (matching the JTP monogram on the front board). The card features the Great Seal on the front while the inside bears an inserted printed presentation card from the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Dr. Janet Travell Powell was President Kennedy’s personal physician in the Senate and at the White House for his entire time in office, offering advice and largely noninvasive and/or behavioral treatments for everything from his debilitating back pain to his allergies. In fact, she was responsible for Kennedy’s iconic rocking chair, which he purchased after sitting in one she owned. Fine condition.
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