First Edition. San Francisco: NOVA News, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. Side-stapled wraps. 24 pages with black and white illustrations. Some rubbing to covers. A modest dive into Mayan and Egyptian mythology, evolution, Relativity, and 20th century politics, culminating in the author's NOVA formula and a plea for nuclear disarmament. More about Mirrors of Time

First Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1978. First Edition. Signed by the author to writer, columnist, and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire with inscription "To my friend Bill Safire, who is responsible for [the?] best essay in this volume -- with deep appreciation, Arthur Burns... More about Reflections of an Economic Policy Maker: Speeches and Congressional Statements: 1969-1978

First Edition. New York: Crown Publishers, 1957. First Edition. Signed by both authors on front free endpaper with brief inscription from Danforth to writer and columnist William Safire: "For Bill, One of my most successful students in the art of investigation." Octavo; 361pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $4.95... More about The D.A.'s Man

First American Edition. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1852. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition. Octavo; 179pp. Stamped red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Covers heavily faded and soiled, with bumping to corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked, with covers opening a bit shakily and... More about A Selection of English Synonyms

Herb Roth. First Edition. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914. First Edition. 12mo (7.25" x 5"); 120pp. Ten illustrations (including frontis) by Herb Roth, all present. Publisher's illustrated cloth-covered boards. Lacking dust jacket. Covers rubbed at corners with a few bumps along edges and a few general smudges. Binding... More about Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed

First Edition. New York: Robinson & Franklin, 1839. First Edition. 12mo (7.25" x 4.75"); 382pp. Fold-out chart at front. Full calf with leather title card with gilt lettering to spine. Boards rubbed along edges with chipping to spine ends and some general smudging and soiling. Light dampstain in bottom margins... More about The Grammar of the English Language

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Third Printing. Signed by the author on half title to writer and columnist William Safire with inscription "For Bill Safire -- Affection, admiration! Erica Jong Sept 97." Tall octavo; 305pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; book in light blue paper-covered boards and white... More about Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters

First Edition. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription to columnist and former presidential speechwriter William Safire with inscription "To Bill Safire -- a dear friend and one of *my* choices as among the 200 future leaders of... More about PR as in President: A Pro Looks at Press Agents, Media, and the 1976 Candidates

First Edition. New York: Times Books, 1993. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire and his wife Helene with inscription "To Bill and Helene Safire, With thanks, and in friendship, an attempt to do a tiny fraction of Bill's anual... More about Spy Trader: Germany's Devil's Advocate and the Darkest Secrets of the Cold War

First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. Signed handwritten letter on author's Newsweek stationary to writer and columnist William Safire paperclipped to flyleaf with note: "April 15. Dear Bill, Here's my new biography of John Paul Jones -- he would have fit right in... More about John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy

First Edition. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1956. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 221pp. Black cloth-covered boards with red map illustration to front and title strip on spine with gilt lettering. Missing dust jacket. Covers bumped with light fraying at front corners, with a bit of a outward curve to front... More about The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference

First Edition. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1993. First Edition. Signed by the author with inscription on full title. Octavo; 444pp. Illustrated dust jacket over navy blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shelfworn but with no chips or tears. Boards faded along edges, with a bit of an... More about The Hunt for HMS De Braak: Legend and Legacy

First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Stated First Edition (simultaneously issued in hardback and paperback). Octavo; 192pp. Illustrated wraps. Covers lightly edgeworn with some faint creasing to front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More about Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems