KENNEDY, John F. [Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; John F. Kennedy Jr.; Caroline Kennedy; Rory Kennedy; Gerry Adams].

Profiles In Courage.

“YOU ONLY NEED A HEART FULL OF GRACE. A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE”: The Memorial Edition of Profiles In Courage; inscribed and signed by the Kennedy family and Irish politician Gerry Adams

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

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First edition of the Memorial Edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain red, frontispiece, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the Kennedy family on the front free endpaper: inscribed by Robert F. Kennedy, "For Marlene 3/17/64"; inscribed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., "For Marlene 3/17/94"; signed by John F. Kennedy, Jr.; signed and dated by Caroline Kennedy, "11/02/08"; signed and dated by Ethel Kennedy, "2008"; signed and dated by Rory Kennedy, "4-17-08"; additionally signed and dated by Irish politician Gerry Adams, "St Patricks Day 1996"; and inscribed by one other. The autographs are annotated with dates of acquisition between 1964 and 2008, making this unique compilation of signatures the result of a remarkable five-decade project. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by an original transmittal letter from James J. Haggerty returning the book signed by RFK in March 1964 and a note of thanks from Senator Edward M. Kennedy in its original mailing envelope dated 27 August 1969, both laid in. Rare and desirable.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning book was written when Kennedy was the junior senator from Massachusetts, and it 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."