Gorilla Hunters, The. A Tale of the Wilds of Africa.
Inscribed by Jackie to JFK, Jr.
(Kennedy, Jackie) Ballantyne, R.M. The Gorilla Hunters. A tale of the wilds of Africa. Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, n.d.
8vo.; light foxing; red-brown cloth, stamped in black; wear to extremities. In a specially made quarter-morocco slipcase.
First edition of this adventure tale Jacki Kennedy gave to her son. Inscribed on the first blank in pencil: For John / on his 5th birthday / from / Mommy. / November 25, 1965 / Hammersmith Farm. A beloved volume, with a large chip torn from the front endpaper and the frontispiece traced in blue ink on its tissue overlay.
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