Description: JACQUELINE KENNEDY. Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) was the First Lady and wife to President John F. Kennedy. After President Kennedy’s assassination, Jackie would later marry the shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY, THE FIRST LADY AND WIFE TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY Autograph letter signed by Jacqueline Kennedy as an editor at Viking Press and Doubleday to her close friend and fellow Viking Press editor Edwin Kennebeck. Kennedy reflects on previously living in Greece with her second husband: “Dear Ed, You couldn’t have sent me anything I would love more. I have loved Elytis’ poems since I lived in Greece. The Sovereign Sun is so well thumbed it is almost transparent by now. As with Cavafy there are some poems one couldn’t live without re-reading often. You are psychic dear Ed. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.” KENNEDY REFLECTS ON PREVIOUSLY LIVING IN GREECE WITH HER SECOND HUSBAND AND SHIPPING TYCOON ARISTOTLE ONASSIS: “YOU COULDN’T HAVE SENT ME ANYTHING I WOULD LOVE MORE. I HAVE LOVED ELYTIS’ POEMS SINCE I LIVED IN GREECE.” In September 1975, six months after the death of her second husband Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy reentered the workforce for the first time since 1953. The 46 year old former First Lady had been given a consulting editor position at Viking Press earning $200 a week. Although much of her first year was spent adjusting to the publishing industry, the books Kennedy acquired for Viking reflected her interests in history, art, and culture. Her first title was Remember the Ladies, a companion volume to an American Bicentennial traveling exhibition on the role of women in 18th century America. She followed it with In the Russian Style, an illustrated volume on clothing and artifacts from Czarist Russia and then a collaboration with Diana Vreeland. When Viking opted to publish the Jeffrey Archer novel Shall We Tell the President?, which featured a plot about an assassination attempt on Ted Kennedy, Jackie resigned and took the job of associate editor at Doubleday, a company she would remain with for the remainder of her professional career. ACCOMPANIED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM RR AUCTION, THE WORLD’S LEADING AUTOGRAPH AUCTION HOUSE Contains one page on Doubleday letterhead, measures 8.5 by 5.5 inches, created in New York City on November 30, 1981, in pristine condition, with the original mailing envelope, and accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from RR Auction, the world’s leading autograph auction house.
Price: 1500 USD
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-09-15T02:59:15.000Z
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Industry: Historical
Signed by: Jacqueline Kennedy
Signed: Yes
Autograph Authentication: RR Auction
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
