First Edition. New York: ReganBooks, 1998. First Edition. Octavo. 212 pages. Inscribed by author to William Safire and Helene Safire on half title page. Inscription reads, "For Bill and / Helen, / With affection, / and love too, / from Peggy Noonan." In photographic dust jacket with original "$23.00"... More about Simply Speaking : How to Communicate Your Ideas with Style, Substance, and Clarity

First Edition. New York: The Dial Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Creme boards with spine in gilt, and embossed decoration to front board. Top edge in gilt. Ex-Libris plate of William Safire affixed to front pastedown, and Safire ownership stamp to front free endpaper. New... More about An Anthology of Invective and Abuse

First Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1990. First Edition. Quarto. 565 pages. Signed typed letter from lexicographer Robert Barnhart to William Safire laid in. Book itself is not signed. In the letter, Barnhart thanks Safire for sending a copy of his book "Watching My Language," and asks if Safire... More about Third Barnhart Dictionary of New English

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. States first printing. Signed limited edition of 350 copies, this is number 72. Octavo in a hard slipcase; 446pp. No dust jacket as issued. Book has cream cloth over boards and black cloth on spine with lettering stamped in gold... More about A Susan Sontag Reader

First Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Inscribed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To Bill - / A friend, mentor + role model - / Your down-to-earth approach to life + work is an / inspiration. / Thanks for... More about The Outlaw State : Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis

First Edition. College Station: Phytoresource Research, Inc. / The G.L.O.S.S. Company, 1988. Stated First Edition. Signed by Lebedev to Don Flickinger under frontis photo. Octavo; 352pp. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a few small clean tears and a tiny chip along top edge..... More about Diary of a Cosmonaut: 211 Day in Space

First Edition. New York: The Dial Press, 1956. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo; 248pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.00 price; book in marble paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket shows a number of tears and creases along edges and folds, with chips... More about Giovanni's Room

Hardcover. Lebanon: Bertha Spafford Vester and Evelyn Wells, 1950. Pictorial dust jacket has original $4.50 price. Light orange cloth over boards with lettering stamped in black on spine. Signed on full title by author, no inscription, just a signature. Octavo; 381pp. Dust jacket has substantial edge wear with several closed... More about Our Jerusalem: An American Family In The Holy City: 1881-1949

Spiral binding with hardcover. Paris: Societe Franco-Belge De Materiel De Chemins De Fer, [1970s]. Quarto; not paginated. Book is bound in a black presentation binder with metal spiral binding. Mustard yellow and white graphic cover. Full-color illustrations and diagrams throughout, some which fold-out. Text primarily in French with some portions... More about Societe Franco-Belge De Materiel De Chemins De Fer

First Edition. Hardcover. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill & Company, 1976. Signed with brief inscription on title page. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 145pp. Bright orange dust jacket has original $6.50 price. Burnt orange/brown binding with lettering stamped in black on spine. Dust jacket is clean and bright with no tears, some... More about The Land's Lord

Revised Edition. Boulder, CO: Dragon Tree Press, 1989. Revised Edition. Wraps. Small Octavo. 124 pages. Illustrations and tables throughout. A clever and lighthearted compendium of, well, traps and tricks for role-playing. A useful source for a Dungeon Master or as a glimpse in to the development of RPGs... More about Handbook of Traps and Tricks

Second Edition. Halae Magdeburgicae: Sumtibus Orphanotrophei, 1766. Second Edition. Small octavo; 79pp +1 appendix. Dark brown cloth-covered boards. Covers edgeworn with scuffing and fraying along edges and corners, vertical creases down front and back boards, and chipping away of cloth over spine. Endpapers heavily foxed, with lighter occasional foxing throughout... More about Dictionarium veteris testamenti Hebraeo-Chaldaicum ut cum Bibliis Hebraicis manualibus compingi...

[London]: N.p., [1651?]. 12mo (7.5" x 5.75"); [xiv], 165pp. Undated later printing of the 1636 edition. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and quarter tips and red leather title card with gilt lettering. Covers are sturdy and solid with a slight roll to spine. Old bookseller price in pencil on... More about A Childe of Light Walking in Darknes: Or a Treatise Shewing the Causes, by Which, the Cases,...