Lot 2
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Official Inaugural Program 1961

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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • paper, ink
Official Program. Inaugural Ceremonies of John F. Kennedy, Thirty-fifth President of the United States and Lyndon B. Johnson, Thirty-seventh Vice President of the United States. January 20,  1961. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1961

Folio (11 x 8 1/4 in.; 279 x 210 mm). Solid blue morocco, presidential emblem, title, and McNamara's name in gilt on the upper cover; extremities lightly rubbed, small tear to upper joint on front cover, marginal toning to pastedowns. Together with: annotated business card of Edward H. Foley, Chairman of the Inaugural Committee, affixed to front free endpaper with a paperclip.  

Condition

Folio (11 x 8 1/4 in.; 279 x 210 mm). Solid blue morocco, presidential emblem, title, and McNamara's name in gilt on the upper cover; extremities lightly rubbed, small tear to upper joint on front cover, marginal toning to pastedowns. Together with: annotated business card of Edward H. Foley, Chairman of the Inaugural Committee, affixed to front free endpaper with a paperclip.
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Catalogue Note

Robert S. McNamara's copy with his supralibros on the specially bound copy. Copy no. 5 of the limited deluxe edition of the program, signed by Edward H. Foley, General Chairman of the Inaugural Committee.