63 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s The Burden And The Glory, One Of Only 100 Specially Bound Copies, Inscribed By Jacqueline Kennedy To A Longtime Family Friend And Consultant 81. KENNEDY, John F. The Burden and the Glory. New York, Evanston and London, 1964. Octavo, original full navy calf gilt, slipcase. $6500. First edition of this collection of President Kennedy’s speeches and statements, one of only 100 copies handsomely bound in full morocco gilt-tooledwith the presidential seal, inscribed on a tipped-in leaf to the Kennedy clan’s interior designer, advisor, and confidante: “For Robert Luddington with deep appreciation and all my good wishes, Jacqueline Kennedy, Christmas 1965.” Published mere months after Kennedy was assassinated, this volume explores the priorities of his second and third year in office through a selection of his public statements and speeches, including his second and third State of the Union addresses, his famous “Ich Ben Ein Berliner” speech, remarks on the Cuban Missile Crisis, comments on race relations and an undelivered speech for his trip to Dallas. Foreword by President Lyndon Johnson. This copy is one of only 100 given to those who attended a fundraising dinner for the Kennedy Library in honor of Jacqueline Kennedy, who was making her first public appearance since her husband’s death. Mrs. Kennedy signed copies for those who requested she do so, although few of the copies are inscribed to a specific named individual as this copy is. Fine condition. Profiles In Courage, Inscribed By John F. Kennedy 80. KENNEDY, John F. Profiles in Courage. New York, 1956. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $9000. 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… ‘A man does what he must,’ Kennedy wrote, ‘in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures—and that is the basis of all human morality’… 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 on the front free endpaper alongside Kennedy’s inscription, dated May 13, 1960. 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.
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