New Haven: J. Babcock & Son and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C.; Sidney's Press, 1821. At head of title "Genuine Edition, with Notes." Duodecimo. 300 pages. Allegorical frontispiece and three additional black and white illustrations. Two parts bound in one. Third part, which at the time was erroneously believed..... More
![Father's Day [Inscribed to William Safire]. John Calvin Batchelor](/pictures/thumb/5470.jpg?v=1569608284)
Second Printing. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Second Printing. Octavo. 528 pages. Signed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "To My Inspiration in the intrigue of the Federal City / Best / John Calvin Batchelor." Unclipped illustrated dust jacket is lightly worn..... More
Reginald Marsh. Illustrated Trade Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Three Volumes. Illustrated Trade Edition, preceded by a signed limited edition the same year. Signed by the author with brief inscription to author and columnist William Safire on cut half title from another copy of The Big Money laid into..... More
Hardcover. London: T. Pote and T. Payne, 1762. Octavo (20.5x13cm); xxxiii, [1], 231, [7], 27, [1] pp. Page 91 misnumbered 19. Brown calf binding on spine with blue marbled paper over boards. Letter F stamped in gold on spine. Boards rubbed on edges. Top of spine is chipped..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Limited Edition, numbered 394 of 1000 copies on colophon at bottom of copyright. Octavo; xiii, 271pp. Engraved portrait frontis with tissue guard. Patterned marigold cloth-covered boards with brown cloth spine and black leather spine label with gilt lettering. Boards edgeworn with bumps to corners and..... More
![Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece [William Safire Copy; Two Volumes]. John Potter](/pictures/thumb/6323.jpg?v=1591294856)
Edinburgh: Mundell, Doig, & Stevenson: and for J. Nunn [et al.], 1808. Two Octavo Volumes. 521 pages + Index; 418 pages + Index. 28 black and white plates (2 in volume one; 22 in volume two) portraying the government, military, and sports of Ancient Greece. Full speckled calf gilt tooled..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Second Edition. 12mo; xviii, [19]-176pp +36pp ads. Blue and brown paper-covered boards with printed title label to spine. Boards well-rubbed at corners and along edges, with bumps to spine ends and general smudging to surface. Ownership name of "J. Evans Pugh" in..... More
Philadelphia: Griggs & Dickinson, 1832. Standing Edition, Greatly Improved. 24mo; 413pp. Contemporary brown leather with black title card to spine. Boards rubbed and bumped along edges and corners, with chipping at head of spine and leather worn away and cracking at bottom exposing gatherings. Split starting to front joint, but..... More
Hardcover. Boston: Wells & Lilly, 1818. States "from the last London edition." Small octavo (12.7x9cm); [xliv], 378 pp. 212 leaves. Pages 265-268 uncut. Rebound with calf retained on boards. Leather rubbed on edges with two small chips on front top edge. Binding is sound. Pages toned but clean and unmarked..... More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. 210 pages. Signed by authors on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "March 9, 1989 / For William Safire, / Hoping this will make a / small contribution to greater / understanding. / With our love, / Janet and..... More
Third Edition. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1893. Third Revised Edition. Octavo; xxxix, 149pp. Red leather with gilt stamped "Schola Civitatis Londinensis" (City School of London) crest on front, with gilt dentelles and spine ornamentation, gauffered edges, and a small black leather title card to spine. Marbled page edges. Boards lightly..... More
![The Works of Peter Pindar, Esquire: Volume II [William Safire copy]. Peter Pindar, pseud. John...](/pictures/thumb/6317.jpg?v=1593098977)
Dublin: William Porter, 1795. Volume Two only. Octavo. 542 pages plus index. Full contemporary tree calf with red and black leather labels and gilt lettering to spine. Pindar was the pseudonym for John Wolcot, the English satirist. Worn at edges, joints, and along spine, but binding is sound..... More
New Edition. London / Edinburgh: H.D. Symonds / Robertson and Berry, 1792. New Edition. Quarto; [ii], 77pp +1 ads. Green paper-covered boards with white cloth spine. Front board and endpapers completely detached, with back board becoming so but still holding by a few inches of cloth. Covers edgeworn, scuffed, smudged..... 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
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1813. Octavo; 385, 341pp. Text in two columns. Contemporary brown leather binding with spine label. Heavily edge-worn with leather rubbed through to board on corners. Spine chipped away at head. Front and back hinges repaired with white cloth tape by previous owner. Tape also used to..... More
Second Edition. Dublin: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Sleater. J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, R. Weite, J. Rice, and R. M'Allister, 1791. Second Edition. Part 1 (all published). Octavo; viii, 366 p. [A]5 B-2A8. Leaf 2A8 [blank] removed. Lacks fold-out chart of Constitution. Contemporary mottled calf with..... 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