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. Easthampton: Press of the Sea Turtle, [ca. 1990s]. Signed by the author and numbered 18 of 426 copies (400 numbered on Strathmore Pastelle paper and 26 lettered on Japanese Paper). Designed by Alan James Robinson after an engraving by Durer; printed by Harold Patrick McGrath. Quarto (9.25"... More about Holding onto the Light

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. London: Cassell and Company for the British Red Cross Society, 1917. First Edition. Octavo; 132pp. Diagrams and illustrations throughout. Acknowledgements slip tipped in at contents page. Brown cloth-covered boards with red cross and black lettering. Covers soiled, waterstained, and warped, with bumping to corners and spine ends. Hinges... More about Notes on Military Orthopaedics

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. Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1998. First Edition. Signed by the author with brief inscription on full title. Octavo; 45pp. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering/ornamentation and patterned fore-edge. No dust jacket, as issued. Slight bow to front board, with a small spot at bottom front. Binding is sound. Author... More about Dusk Raga

First Edition. Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 2001. First Edition. Signed by both authors on front free endpaper to William and Helene Safire with inscription, "Sept 24, 2001 / To Bill + Helene - / Our wonderful, talented, / generous friends / With affection. / Martin Tolchin / Susan J. Tolchin."... More about Glass Houses: Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom

Later Printing. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2001. Later Printing. Signed by the author with brief inscription on full title. Octavo; 509pp. Printed dust jacket over blindstamped red paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Heavy rubbing to top corners affecting jacket and boards. Jacket shows a small, clean tear... More about Cool, Calm & Collected: Poems 1960-2000

Ann Arnold. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. Stated First Edition. Inscribed and signed by Alice Waters on half title: "For Pam / Happy Birthday & Merry Christmas / Alice Waters." Quarto; 133pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $23 price. Green leatherette binding on spine with lettering stamped... More about Fanny at Chez Panisse