Kennedy, John F. (1917–1963). "Profiles in Courage" - Signed . New York: Harper & Brothers. 1956.
Octavo. 266 pages, with no publisher's code on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed to the front free endpaper by the 35th President of the United States, "To Peggy & Buster Ruggeri, / with my best regards and thanks / from their old friend / John Kennedy". Includes eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Black quarter cloth over dark blue paper-covered boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Near fine in very good jacket with small tears to edges and small tape stain to upper left front.
Sold together with supporting documents, including two pages from The Congressional Record of the Senate, June 4, 1996 which includes a lengthy statement about Sebastian Ruggeri by Ted Kennedy on the occasion of his submitting an article on his life to be printed therein. In part he notes that "He used to hold strategy sessions for my brother during his campaign for President in 1960, and he's been a valuable friend and adviser to me throughout my years in the Senate." Also sold with original sale documentation from 2003, in which the former owner described the relationship of his parents Peggy and Sebastian "Buster" Ruggeri, with JFK. "My father, a retired Lt. Col. in the Army Air Force, met JFK in the service during WWII. My father, a die-hard democrat and well known attorney residing in Greenfield, MA, became very active for years in Kennedy's campaigns for Senator and President. I remember fund raisers for him and Ted held in our home on several occasions."
A superb signed copy of Kennedy's Pulitzer-winning examination of "that most admirable of human virtues," written when Kennedy was the junior Senator from Massachusetts, and which served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring accounts of eight previous heroic acts by American patriots inspired the American public to remember the courage progress requires. Now, a half-century later, it remains a classic and a relevant testament to the national spirit that celebrates the most noble of human virtues. Kennedy relates these heroisms to sketches of American politicians who have risked their careers for principle. "A man does what he must," he wrote, "in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all human morality.".
Kennedy, John F. (1917–1963). "Profiles in Courage" - Signed . New York: Harper & Brothers. 1956.
Octavo. 266 pages, with no publisher's code on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed to the front free endpaper by the 35th President of the United States, "To Peggy & Buster Ruggeri, / with my best regards and thanks / from their old friend / John Kennedy". Includes eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Black quarter cloth over dark blue paper-covered boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Near fine in very good jacket with small tears to edges and small tape stain to upper left front.
Sold together with supporting documents, including two pages from The Congressional Record of the Senate, June 4, 1996 which includes a lengthy statement about Sebastian Ruggeri by Ted Kennedy on the occasion of his submitting an article on his life to be printed therein. In part he notes that "He used to hold strategy sessions for my brother during his campaign for President in 1960, and he's been a valuable friend and adviser to me throughout my years in the Senate." Also sold with original sale documentation from 2003, in which the former owner described the relationship of his parents Peggy and Sebastian "Buster" Ruggeri, with JFK. "My father, a retired Lt. Col. in the Army Air Force, met JFK in the service during WWII. My father, a die-hard democrat and well known attorney residing in Greenfield, MA, became very active for years in Kennedy's campaigns for Senator and President. I remember fund raisers for him and Ted held in our home on several occasions."
A superb signed copy of Kennedy's Pulitzer-winning examination of "that most admirable of human virtues," written when Kennedy was the junior Senator from Massachusetts, and which served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring accounts of eight previous heroic acts by American patriots inspired the American public to remember the courage progress requires. Now, a half-century later, it remains a classic and a relevant testament to the national spirit that celebrates the most noble of human virtues. Kennedy relates these heroisms to sketches of American politicians who have risked their careers for principle. "A man does what he must," he wrote, "in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all human morality.".