Lot 268
Kennedy, John F (1917-1963) 34th President of the United States. Book Signed and Inscribed, "For Peter with all the best / Jack / Christmas / 1962" on preliminary page with limitation information, being No. 70a of 75 copies in this Limited Edition copy of The White House: An Historic Guide, Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1962. 10½ x 7¼ in., specially bound for presentation in orange-red leather morocco, covers with double gilt rules at edges, red marbled endpapers, with color and black-and-white maps and illustrations, 129 pp. Slight rubbing to covers at extremities.
A specially-bound copy of the White House guide prepared at the urging and with the assistance of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, whose prefatory letter expresses the hope: "may it remind you that many First Families loved this house - and that each and every one left something of themselves behind in it…." Only two other copies of this special limited edition have been offered at auction, including one inscribed to pamela Harriman and another to David Powers. The recipient of this copy, Peter Lawford, was the English-born actor who married Pat Kennedy, JFK's sister, whom he divorced in 1966.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000.
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