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To Seek A Newer World
by Kennedy, Robert F. [Eunice Kennedy Shriver]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/fine
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/fine. First edition of To Seek A Newer World by Robert F. Kennedy, inscribed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.. Octavo, xvi, [2], 233pp. Blue cloth, title printed on spine. Stated "first edition" on title page. Light rubbing to cloth on spine. In publisher's dust jacket, retail price on front flap, fine condition. (Newcomb 209) Inscribed by the author's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver: "Dear Mrs. Shute, Thank you for your wonderful cooperation in planning the July 4th party for retarded children. Your ideas on decorations were especially good. The children had a joyful day. Thank you. Best wishes. E. Kennedy Shriver. Paris, July 4, 1969." Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009) founded the Special Olympics in 1968. In 1953, she married Sargent Shriver, who became an active member of the Kennedy administration and Democratic nominee for vice president in 1972. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 for her work on behalf of children with disabilities. She passed away in 2009.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10954
- Title
- To Seek A Newer World
- Author
- Kennedy, Robert F. [Eunice Kennedy Shriver]
- Illustrator
- First edition of To Seek A Newer World by Robert F. Kennedy, inscribed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Sarge Life and Times Sargent Shriver, Shriver Candid Portrait, The Enemy Within Kennedy, Profiles in Courage Kennedy, Thirteen Days Kennedy, To Seek A Newer World, The Pursuit of Justice Kennedy, Just Friends and Brave Enemies, Promises to Keep Kenne
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