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John F. Kennedy Signed Book: 'As We Remember Joe'

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John F. Kennedy Signed Book: 'As We Remember Joe'

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Auction Date:2020 May 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:15th Floor WeWork, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Rare signed book: As We Remember Joe. Privately printed in an edition of 250. Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1945. Hardcover bound in red cloth with gilt lettering, 6.25 x 9.25, 75 pages. Signed and inscribed on a card affixed to the first free end page in fountain pen, "Dear Danny: This book is for you with all my thanks—and Joe's—Jack Kennedy." Autographic condition: fine to very fine. Book condition: VG/None, with minor edgewear, bumped corners, and a "Library of Lawrence E. Miller" blindstamp to a rear page.

In August 1944, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., was killed in action during World War II when his plane exploded over England. Hoping to honor his brother, JFK solicited contributions of the reminiscences of family and friends of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., collected and published as a 1945 Christmas gift for members of the Kennedy family and Joe's close friends. In his foreword, Kennedy excuses those who might not have contributed because they 'are at this time fighting around the globe—or have, like Joe, died.' A highly sought-after book, boasting an early signature from John F. Kennedy, presumably presenting the rare volume to one of his elder brother's friends.