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Profiles In Courage
by Kennedy, John
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition / First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition, first printing of Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, in the publisher's first state dust jacket.. Octavo, xix, 266pp. Blue cloth, black cloth spine, title in gold on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page, with "M-E" noting first printing. Light wear to tips of spine, offsetting to endpapers from dust jacket. Internally clean, free of marks or notations. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.50 on front flap, with "In Courage" on cover in vibrant red, "No. 4622" on back panel and "No. 5922A" on bottom of front flap. Dust jacket in very good condition, with vibrant colors on front panel, wear at edges, light toning to spine. An attractive example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15179
- Title
- Profiles In Courage
- Author
- Kennedy, John
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, in the publisher's first state dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Profiles in Courage Kennedy, The Enemy Within Kennedy, Thirteen Days Kennedy, To Seek A Newer World, The Pursuit of Justice Kennedy, Just Friends and Brave Enemies, Promises to Keep Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and His times Schlesinger, Profiles in Coura
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- First State
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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