KENNEDY PERSONALLY OWNED MULTI-SIGNED "HISTORY OF IRELAND" SIX VOLUME BOOK SET.

KENNEDY PERSONALLY OWNED MULTI-SIGNED "HISTORY OF IRELAND" SIX VOLUME BOOK SET. (image 3/[null, null, null, null])

KENNEDY PERSONALLY OWNED MULTI-SIGNED "HISTORY OF IRELAND" SIX VOLUME BOOK SET. (image 4/[null, null, null, null])

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History of Ireland by Rev. E. A. D'Alton. First edition, complete six-volume set published in London by The Gresham Publishing Company in 1912. Bound in green cloth w/gilt decorations, the books have scattered light foxing to text and wear to spine ends Of note is splitting to hinges on Vol. 5 and 6. Fine to VF. Each of the first five volumes are signed "John F. Kennedy" on the first free end page and the sixth is signed upside-down on the final free end page suggesting Kennedy likely had this volume flipped when he went about marking each book. Signatures are in black fountain pen ink remaining bold grading Exc. to NM. These books were obtained by the consignor privately in Palm Beach, FL not long after the June 2020 sale of Kennedy's "Winter White House". This combined w/the fact that these are early full signatures, their consistency and placement indicate they were likely Kennedy's personal property. Comes w/JSA LOA.The Fitzgerald family hailed from western Ireland in County Limerick making the migration in 1840s and 1850s. Cooper Patrick Kennedy of southeastern Ireland County Wexford also came to the United States around this time marrying Bridget Murphy (also hailing from County Wexford) in 1849. Patrick & Bridget were JFK's paternal great-grandparents. Both the Fitzgerald and the Kennedy families navigated the harsh discrimination read more

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