![The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked [signed to William Safire]. Leslie H. Gelb, Richard K. Betts](/pictures/thumb/5809.jpg?v=1575578371)
Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institute, 1979. First Paperback Edition with full numberline. Signed by Gelb on half title to journalist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire and his wife Helene with inscription "Helene and Bill, For Bill's contributions toward ending the war; & for Helene's seeing to it that those..... More
![The Condition of Republicanism [signed to William Safire]. Nick Thimmesch](/pictures/thumb/5808.jpg?v=1575577773)
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1968. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to journalist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire with inscription "To Bill Safire, idea-spinner extraordinaire! All the best, Nick Thimmesch." Octavo; 272pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $5.95..... More
![The Names of Things: A Passage in the Egyptian Desert [signed to William Safire]. Susan Brind Morrow](/pictures/thumb/5807.jpg?v=1575576756)
New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to journalist and language writer William Safire with inscription "For Mr. William Safire, with admiration and gratitude. Susan Brind Morrow, May 9th, 1997." Octavo; 230pp. Illustrated dust jacket over orange..... More
New York: Random House, 1986. Stated First Edition with numberline to 2 in keeping with publisher's identification methods at the time. Octavo; 140pp. Printed dust jacket over blindstamped purple paper-covered boards with gray cloth spine and blue lettering. Price-clipped jacket shows light rubbing along edges, but no chips or tears..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986. Inscribed by the author to journalist William Safire on front free endpaper: "For William Safire -- / With every best wish -- / Jerome Weidman." First edition stated. Octavo; 422 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $18.95 price. Brown cloth binding on..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. 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 with original..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1977. First Edition. Octavo; 61pp. Printed gray and blue dust jacket; book in light blue cloth-covered boards. Jacket lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with some toning along spine and fore-edge, but with no chips or tears. Boards are square, with toning to..... More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992. Stated Second Edition. Signed twice by the author, once without inscription over his name on full title, then again on half title with inscription "For Breece (?), thanks for your kindness in Winchester [VA], and best wishes, Larry." Octavo; 71pp. Printed gray paper..... More
Denver: University of Denver, 1949. Quarto; 352pp. Photographic boards with cream cloth spine and blue embossed lettering to spine. Corners bumped and spine a bit rolled, with some light smudging to back. Opens easily and lies flat, but binding is sound. Pages unmarked. Graduation year of John Williams..... More
Milano: Leonardo Arte, 1993. Special Bloomingdale's Edition. Tall quarto (13.25" x 10"); 242pp. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth-covered boards with blue lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a small, clean tear at top back. Boards are clean and square. Binding quite loose with space between page gatherings..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First Edition, First Printing with no subsequent printings listed on copyright and five-line colophon at back. Small quarto. Book in salmon cloth-covered boards with red lettering and illustration. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners, with a small dent to back at fore-edge, some..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. Early Printing, with "Published February 1907" on the copyright page. Octavo; vi, [vii-xi], 13-107pp. Four plates including frontis, with marginal decorative illustrations to each page. Brown cloth with green lettering and deer head emblem to front. Boards are sturdy and square with..... More
![Bread Loaf Anthology [Signed by Robert Frost]. W. Storrs Lee Robert Frost, ed., pref](/pictures/thumb/5797.jpg?v=1575485116)
Middlebury: Middlebury College Press, 1939. First Edition. Signed by Robert Frost and dated 1939 without inscription on full title. Octavo; 174pp. Six illustrations including frontis. Green paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine and small printed paper spine label. Missing scarce original acetate jacket. Front corners lightly bumped, with faint fading..... More
[New York]: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1974. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 296pp. Printed photographic dust jacket with original $7.95 price intact; book in black cloth-covered boards with silver and fuchsia lettering. Jacket split in two parts with much of the spine section missing, large tears and chips..... More
![Quintilian's Institutes of the Orator [Institutio Oratoria] in Twelve Books. Translated from the...](/pictures/thumb/5794.jpg?v=1575486471)
London: B. Law, 1774. First Thus. Octavo; Vol I xii + 404pp; Vol II xii + 441pp + 2pp of publisher's prospectuses bound in. Contemporary tree calf with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine. Gilt filleting on all board edges, and additional trio of small gilt stamps on spine crowns..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1950. First edition, no additional printings indicated. Inscribed on front free endpaper by the author William V. Shannon to journalist and White House speechwriter William Safire: "Washington DC / May 20, 1976 / For Bill Safire --- / A promising beginner..... More
[New York]: Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 211pp. Marbled paper-covered boards over cloth with gray and yellow lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Color (formerly blue) almost completely faded/bleached from cloth, with some spotting at tail of spine and a couple spots of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Edition. Small Octavo; xii + 212pp. Six full-page woodcuts + frontispiece woodcut with four-color overprint. Additional fifteen small woodcuts as chapter head-pieces. Black cloth with red paper inset labels on spine and front panel; front panel inset is woodcut portrait of heroine... More
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2004. Signed Limited Edition. Octavo. Full black leather with 22-kt gold lettering and emblematic stamping on both panels and spine. Textblock gilt on all edges. Silk bookmark bound in. Fine in original Easton Press shrinkwrap. Vonnegut's first novel, originally published in 1952 with the jacket..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951. First Edition. Signed by the author with inscription "For A___ B_____ (illegible) -- With best wishes and best luck. Bill Buckley" Octavo; xix, 240pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket back panel and flap, tattered along fold and chipped along top..... More
London: The Arden Press, 1927. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.75"); 120pp. Tipped-in color illustrated frontis on gray paper plus 53 full-color plates with tissue guards, all present. Riviere & Son binding (in full blue leather with gilt borders, elaborate gilt stamping and five raised bands to spine, gilt dentelles to..... More
New York: Random House, 1931. Limited Edition of 400 copies, signed by Faulkner out of series (stated) on colophon at back. Octavo; 17pp. Red marbled paper-covered boards with white title card to front. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with paper coming up along bottom 3" of..... More
![The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan [Library of English Classics]. Richard Brinsley Sheridan](/pictures/thumb/5782.jpg?v=1574773148)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. Library of English Classics. Octavo; viii, 455pp. Rebound in textured blue leather with gilt rules and red title card with gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers with gilt-ruled leather overlays, and gilt to all page edges. Binding unsigned. Boards bowing outward a bit at fore-edge..... More
![A Dictionary of Modern War [inscribed to William Safire]. Edward Luttwak](/pictures/thumb/5780.jpg?v=1574772793)
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Stated First U.S. Edition, 1971. Signed by the author on dedication page to journalist William Safire with inscription "To William Safire, Amicitia, Edward Luttwak, Feb 1980. Octavo; 224pp +64pp black and white photos at back. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over black cloth-covered boards with..... More
![The Dictionary of Modern War [inscribed to William Safire]. Edward Luttwak, Stuart Koehl](/pictures/thumb/5779.jpg?v=1574773746)
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Edward Luttwak without named dedication on full title to journalist William Safire with inscription "Since you read dictionaries... Edward Luttwak, In witness (?), June 1991." This book obtained directly from Safire's estate. Quarto; 680pp. Apparatus printed in two..... More