Jacqueline Kennedy - Autograph Letter Signed - "Juicy Reading" - RR Auction COA

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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: “Dear Ed, Here is some juicy reading for you.  J.”
SIGNED DURING HER TIME WORKING AS AN EDITOR AT VIKING PRESS AND DOUBLEDAY
In September 1975, six months from 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 0 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.  The present letter offers a wonderful glimpse into Jackie’s lifelong passion for reading and literature.  Jackie’s love for poetry was later anthologized by her daughter Caroline in the book The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
ACCOMPANIED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM RR AUCTION, THE WORLD’S LEADING AUTOGRAPH AUCTION HOUSE
The letter is one page, measures 8.75 by 8.5 inches, in very fine condition with only minor tearing to the bottom border, and accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from RR Auction, the world’s leading autograph auction house.