Between the Covers

Hardcover. First edition, first issue with the winged device on the title page printed in red. Illustrated with photographs. One of 360 copies of the first issue. A lovely, lightly worn copy lacking the original, unprinted glassine. Privately printed volume for family and friends memorializing the oldest brother of the future President, a naval pilot who won the Naval Cross and was killed in action during the Second World War. As the second Kennedy brother, J.F.K. assumed the responsibilities and ambitions that had previously been assumed by, and for, his brother Joe.

Item #79164