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JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963 ) .As almost everyone familiar with Kennedy lore knows the oldest son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.** and Rose Kennedy was Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr (Joe) and he was the family designate to run for president. But, he died when taking part in Operation Aphrodite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite) in which he was a wartime test pilot of a modified B-24 Liberator drone bomber experiment.The plan was to convert the planes to drones, load them with explosives and have them piloted toward their targets and have the crew bail out before the plane reached its target. Joe's plane accidentally exploded shortly after take off and crashed in Suffolk England killing all the crew. This was known to be a high risk assignment for which he volunteered so he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. He was single at the time of his death and had no children, although he had been romantically linked to Edith Bouvier Beale, a cousin of who would have been his future sister-in-law Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. After he was killed all the boys moved up one notch and so John then assumed the role of the oldest son and the rest is history.

This book is by far the rarest of all the Kennedy books.

BOOK DESCRIPTION: Privately Printed by Cambridge, MA. University Press. 1945 (First Issue). [published date: 1965 for this issue despite what it states on title page] Hardcover Second ISSUE. Edited by John F. Kennedy. Size:9.25 in. x 6.12 in.Privately printed in two issues and limited TO 500 OR SO TOTAL BOOKS PUBLISHED in the two states. Based all available information as to number of books published in each issue this second edition may be slightly less common than the first issue or first edition. The title page OF THIS BOOK is printed entirely in black.The Second Issue of which this book is an example has a set of BLACK PILOTS WINGS ON THE TITLE PAGE (AS OPPOSED TO THE RED PILOT'S WINGS IN THE FIRST ISSUE). The second issue was printed at the behest of Jack's brother Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in 1965. The condition OF THIS BOOK is pristine and the book covers are finely woven burgundy cloth stamped brightly in gold or gilt on black on the spine and the front boards as shown.

With numerous photographs throughout, including a full-page frontispiece photo of a smiling Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., U.S.N.R. July 25, 1915--August 12, 1944.Also found on pages 72 and 73 are full page images of Joe's Navy Cross and the medal citation (below). With photos of letters, articles, and Joe"s Navy Cross on plates in the rear of the book (image below) as mentioned.

The provenance on this book is impeccable.Senator Ted Kennedy gave this book to the owner who worked in his Senate Office. It literally has never been read and is in pristine condition. This book is almost impossible to find in this condition.

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Price:$ 2,395.00

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**The LOST PRINCE. Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy. The Story of the Oldest Brother.
The World Publishing Co., NY: 1969. 8vo. 1st edition. 334 pp (including index). Illustrated. Blue &black cloth binding.

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