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Memorial edition of ''Profiles in Courage'', dedicated to legendary actress Helen Hayes and signed by seven high-profile political figures including Robert Kennedy. JFK's account of eight outstanding U.S. Senators was re-published here by Harper & Row: New York, Evanston, and London: 1964. Front free endpaper is inscribed in the hand of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, ''To Helen Hayes / With deep appreciation'' and is signed: ''Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy'', ''Eunice Kennedy Shriver'', ''Ted Kennedy'', ''Jean Kennedy Smith'', ''Patricia Kennedy Lawford'', ''Robert Kennedy'' and ''Sargent Shriver''. Elegantly bound in navy blue leather boards with gilt presidential seal and customized in gilt ''Helen Hayes'' on the lower right corner of the front board. All edges gilt, with marbled navy blue endpapers featuring gilt flecks. Housed in a navy blue marbled paper slipcase. Light scuffing to backstrip, else fine. Slipcase shows edge wear, else near fine. From the Helen Hayes estate.
Memorial Edition of JFK's ''Profiles in Courage'' Signed by Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy & 5 More of the Kennedy Clan -- Dedicated to Legendary Actress Helen Hayes
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