Profiles In Courage.

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 Patrick's 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.