Philadelphia: William Spotswood, 1792. Octavo. 376 pages plus 59 unnumbered pages of a spelling dictionary, and 3 unnumbered pages of popular Christian names. Early American Edition [first published in 1790]. Full contemporary calf with black leather spine label and gilt decoration to spine. William Safire's bookplate affixed to front pastedown... More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. First Edition. Large Octavo; xiv + 284pp. Spring green cloth with black stamping of title and decorative arabesques on spine and front. Spine is sunned. Top of spine nudged, bottom frayed. All board edges toned and moderately frayed. Water damage to boards at bottom... More

Leipsic [Leipzig]: Karl Baedeker, 1898. Third Edition, Revised and Augmented. 12mo; 472 pages; 20 maps; 48 plans; panorama of Jerusalem. Limp red boards are stamped in gilt at spine and front. Spine is soiled. Chipped at spine ends with some loss. Binding is sound. Front free endpaper and half... More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First Edition. Octavo; xx + 389pp. Photographic dust jacket. Red textured paper on boards with gray cloth spine stamped in yellow and red. Deckle-cut fore-edge. Minor tears and chipping to dust jacket spine edges top and bottom, and to corners. Binding and textblock tight... More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1960. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 382pp. Four-color pictorial dust jacket by Ellen Raskin. Black boards with spine covered in chartreuse textured paper. Title stamped in silver on aubergine spine panel. Spine of dust jacket toned with chipped top and bottom edges. Closed tear to front edge of... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 388pp + colophon. Teal cloth with gold stamping on spine. Cain's initials in blind-stamped emblem on front. No jacket. Worn copy showing moderate soiling and scuffing on all edges and surfaces. Binding has water stains front and back. Frayed top... More

Bombay: P.C. Manaktala and Sons Private Ltd, 1967. Second Impression. Octavo; xii + 400pp, including appendices, bibliography, and index. Orange dust jacket over gray cloth-covered boards with gold stamped spine. Dust jacket shows minor soiling and spine chipping, unclipped with price of 32 rupees intact. Binding tight and square, but... More

New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1971. First Edition Octavo; 43pp including bibliography. Endpapers reproduce the earliest known sculptural depiction of writing in India, c. 2nd century CE. An introductory study of Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-1885), prominent social reformer and leading early essayist, poet, and dramatist in the Hindi language: "the Father... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. First Edition. Octavo. 226 pages. Signed by Schultz to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "For Bill Safire / a master of ideas / and words / with respect and / admiration / George P. Schultz." Schultz was Secretary... More

Argentina: Artes Graficas Farro, 1978. First Edition. Small octavo; 326 pages. Black and white charts and graphs throughout. Illustrated dust jacket shows a few small chips along bottom edge, is speckled along the spine, and some green markings along top edge of rear panel. Red boards have one... More

Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 103 pages. Signed by author to economist Herbert J. Cummings on front free endpaper with inscription, "For Herbert Cummings / with all best wishes / Adolf A. Berle / December 1950." Typed letter signed from Berle to Cummings laid in... More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; xix + 620pp. Graphic dustjacket. over brown cloth with two-color stamping on spine. Price-clipped dustjacket has two 1" chips missing, one at bottom of spine, the other on front face, along with a couple larger tears at top back and couple smaller... More

New York: Hyperion, 1995. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to journalist William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription "To Bill -- You are a giant, not only as a wordsmith, but as someone who calls them like he sees them. It has been a.... More