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Chronicles Of Courage: Very Special Artists; With George Plimpton
by Smith, Jean Kennedy
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394570030
- ISBN 13
- 9780394570037
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed first edition of Chronicles of Courage: Very Special Artists by Jean Kennedy Smith.. Octavo, xiv, 234pp, [6]. Purple hardcover, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with full number line. In publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap. Signed by Jean Kennedy Smith on the front free endpaper. Jean Kennedy Smith was the youngest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy and the sister of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. She was the Ambassador to Ireland, where she was instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process during the Clinton administration. She founded the organization, Very Special Arts, which allows people with disabilities to engage in the arts. She was the last sibling of President John F. Kennedy to die when she passed away in 2020.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10136
- Title
- Chronicles Of Courage: Very Special Artists; With George Plimpton
- Author
- Smith, Jean Kennedy
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Chronicles of Courage: Very Special Artists by Jean Kennedy Smith.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394570030
- ISBN 13
- 9780394570037
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- The Nine Of Us Growing Up Kennedy, Sarge Life and Times Sargent Shriver, Shriver Candid Portrait, Profiles in Courage Kennedy, Profiles in Courage Kennedy, The Enemy Within Kennedy, Thirteen Days Kennedy, To Seek A Newer World, The Pursuit of Justice
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