AMERICANA 56 73KENNEDY, John F. Typed letter signed. WITH: As We Remember Joe. The Palace Hotel, San Francisco; and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945. Single leaf, measuring 7-1/4 by 10-1/2 inches; typed on recto and verso for two pages. Book: octavo, original maroon cloth, glassine, mailing box; in two custom clamshell boxes. $27,500 “The Book Could Not Have Been Better And You Have Certainly Done A Wonderful Job—And I Know Dad Was Pleased” Exceptional typed letter by John F. Kennedy to the secretary of the publisher of the moving tribute to Joe Kennedy Jr., As We Remember Joe, noting that JFK was pleased with the book and requesting that it be sent to several people in England, boldly signed. Together with a presentation copy of the book, inscribed by JFK: “For Mr. Sherrill, with the greatest appreciation for all of his thoughtfulness, from Jack Kennedy, May 1945.” Together with the publisher’s typed mailing list and an archive of correspondence and other related materials. The undated letter reads in part: “Dear Mr. Sherrill: “The book could not have been better and you have certainly done a wonderful job—and I know Dad was pleased. There are several people in Enlgand [sic] that I promised to send it to:” He then provides the names and addresses of six additional recipients in England and an additional two in the United States, concluding: “Thanks a lot—I should be up there within a couple of weeks. Sincerely, [signed] Jack Kennedy.” John F. Kennedy edited As We Remember Joe, the 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. The materials in the accompanying archive includes typed letters from Joseph P. Kennedy, mailing lists, a typed letter from JFK’s secretary, and a typed letter from Kennedy family attorney William Peyton Marin, along with other related materials. Book is one of 390 copies of the first issue (the second issue was of 250 copies). Supporting archive with expected signs of handling. Book fine, short closed tear and light edgewear to fragile original glassine, often not present; light wear to box, rarely present. Typed letter signed by JFK with faint fold lines, but fine, signature bold.
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