Autumn 2020 Catalogue

39 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 Profiles In Courage , Inscribed By John F. Kennedy 38. KENNEDY, John F. Profiles in Courage. New York, 1956. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $9000. Click for more info Later printing of Kennedy’s Pulitzer-winning examination of “that most admirable of human virtues,” inscribed: “To Florence Zaks, Best regards, John Kennedy.” Recipient Zaks worked on Kennedy’s presidential campaign in Maryland. “A series of sketches of American politicians who risked their careers in the cause of principle… The book was popular history of high order, and it received the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957” (DAB). Illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photographic plates. With publisher’s code “B-K” on copyright page indicating that this copy was published February 1960 (the first printing was December 1955). Dust jacket supplied from another copy. Recipient’s owner signature alongside Kennedy’s inscription. Zaks worked on the Kennedy campaign in Maryland; on May 13, 1960, Kennedy was campaigning in the Hagerstown, Maryland area. Book with a touch of rubbing to extremities; dust jacket with shallow chip to head of mildly sunned spine, exceptionally good.