Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977. Stated First Edition. Inscribed on front free endpaper in green ink by the editor to journalist William Safire: "For Bill - Strength through your [indecipherable]. / Bob / 1977." Octavo; 208 pp. Dust jacket with original $6.95 price. Green cloth binding on spine..... More

First Edition. New York: Harper San Francisco, a Division of Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Quarto; 198 pages. Signed by author on front free endpaper to author and Presidential Speechwriter William Safire with inscription, "To Bill Safire, a superb / fellow wordsmith - / Richard A. Nenneman." Unclipped..... More

London: Robert Tyas, 1839. Second Edition. 24m0 (5.5" x 3.75"); 76pp. Four illustrations by John Leech. Full calf with gilt lettering and borders, with gilt decoration to all edges. Marbled endpapers and pages edges. Bookplate of Charles T. Hebbert on front pastedown, with bookseller's ticket of Cawthorn & Co. at..... More

London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson, [ca. 1926]. Reprint. William Safire's ownership signature to front pastedown, under which he has written "see xii 'fire in the belly' coinage?' Octavo. 356 pp. Red pebbled morocco ruled in gilt with gilt lettering to spine; all edges gilt. Typed letter signed from..... More

Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper to language expert and journalist William Safire: "April 1, 2003 / For Bill and Helene -- / More idle chatter from their old friend, Roger." Octavo; 177 pp. Pictorial dust jacket..... More

First Edition. New York: Harper and Row, 1972. First Edition. Signed by author to William Safire on half title page with inscription, "For Bill - / In admiration and / delight for the / excitement he has brought / to the Times world. / Top / New York, Nov 17..... More

London: Randal Minshull, 1722. 12mo. (16x10cm); 328 [10]pp. Misnumbering 198 as 196, 199 as 197, and 255 as 245. Bound in brown calf with simple gold decoration on edges. Raised cords on spine with lettering stamped in gold on red band. Edges rubbed, corners bumped. Front and back..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1910. 12mo; 223pp +xxvi notes. Full leather with gilt lettering and borders, leather turn-ins, marbled endpapers, and gilt page edges. Binder's mark of The Riverside Press on verso of front free endpaper at top. Front board separated down joint, but still holding..... More

London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. From the personal library of journalist, White House speechwriter, and language expert William Safire, but with no ownership marks or plates. Octavo; [4], 332 pp. Rebound in red cloth with blue leather spine label with lettering in gold. Small binders label for..... More

London: Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1825. This copy is from the personal library of journalist and language expert William Safire. First Edition. 12mo; vi, [2], 136 pp. Rebound in blue cloth with marbled paper. Lettering stamped in gold on spine. Small library stamp for St. Charles College Library in..... More

First Edition. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1998. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to writer and columnist William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription "To Bill Safire - / with the best wishes to / an esteemed former / colleague -- / Tom."..... More

Washington, DC: Brassey's (US), 1990. First Edition. Octavo. 213 pages. Typed letter signed from Beecher to fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner William Safire laid in at front. The one page letter centers around a word Beecher thinks Safire would be amused by, "...cryptonomous. It's from the Greek words kryptos, meaning..... More

Revised Edition. Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2000. First Printing of the Revised Edition. Signed by author to journalist and speechwriter William Safire on the title page with inscription "To William Safire | May you continue to | grow, prosper, and give | light to men, | as you | always have..... More