First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Stated First Edition. Signed by Stephen Hess to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription: "For Bill Safire, Whose any one book is worth two by his friend and admirer, Stephen Hess. Cambridge, 15 August 68." Octavo; 440pp. Printed dustjacket...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription: "To William Safire | with great admiration | for a man who has made | [?] sword into a pen | Paul Theroux."...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Ecco Press, 1978. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 52pp. Illustrated dustjacket with original $7.95 price; book in off-white cloth with black lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are...
First Edition. Hardcover. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 2001. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Herman Wouk to author William Safire on half title with inscription: "For Bill Safire | man of letters | from one of | Fred Allen's "boys" | with affection | Herman Wouk | Jan 2002 |...
Hardcover. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Second Printing. Inscribed by the author to William Safire. Octavo. 318 pages. In photographic dust jacket with original $16.95 price. Grey and blue boards with spine stamped in silver. Inscription reads, "To Bill Safire - / etymologist, glossographer and / lexicographer extraordinary...
Hardcover. New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition, Later Printing. Signed once by Noonan to author and fellow presidential speechwriter William Safire on dedication page: "To my friend Bill Safire, the heavy hitter of Mr. Nixon's Murderer's Row -- With affection, Peggy," and again with birthday greetings on laid-in stationary...
First Edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. First Edition. Inscribed by author to Nixon's speechwriter William Safire on second free endpaper. Octavo. 313 pages. In illustrated dust jacket with original "$8.95" price present. Blue boards with spine stamped in gilt. Inscription reads, "For Bill Safire - /...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Dutton, 1992. Stated First Printing with full numberline. Signed by Oates on full title to fellow author, columnist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire with brief inscription: "for William Safire -- with much admiration, and warmest best wishes. Joyce Carol Oates 2 Sept. 1995." Octavo; 154pp...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Bellow with inscription to fellow author and columnist William Safire on title page: "To William Safire, from one | of his readers, with a | multitude of good wishes, | Saul Bellow." Octavo; 536pp. Gray...
Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited First Edition, privately printed for Members of the First Edition Society. Presentation copy, signed by the author on flyleaf with inscription "Most respectfully for the | writer William Safire | Kurt Vonnegut | Manhattan July 27, 1981." Octavo; [xiv]...
Revised Edition. Hardcover. Galveston: J.D. Sawyer, 1874. Revised Edition (preceded by a smaller, scarce pamphlet edition in 1863). 16mo (5.75" x 4.5"); iv, [5]-222pp, [2, ads]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt star and lettering and blindstamped corner ornaments. Covers edgeworn with some bumping to corners and spine ends, a few...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition with "A" on copyright, in First State dust jacket. Octavo; 471pp. Illustrated dustjacket with original $2.75 price and without the photographer's name on back added to later issues; book in beige cloth with red title block to spine and...
Second Printing. Hardcover. Boston: The Beacon Press, 1963. Stated Second Printing. Signed by the author to William Safire with lengthy inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; 320pp. Printed red and black dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering and Beacon Press design. Price-clipped dust jacket shows a few small...
First Edition. New York: Viking, 1994. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on title page to William Safire: "For Bill Safire / With very good / wish / Saul Bellow." Octavo; 327pp. Photographic dustjacket with original $23.95 price; book in gray paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering...
Paperback. New York: Union League of America, [1863]. Octavo; 16pp. Sewn pamphlet. 3.75” stain throughout at fore-edge extending about an inch inward, with text all legible. Some bumping to corners and general toning, but no chips or tears. Pro-Lincoln pamphlet published by the Union League of America ahead...
First Edition. Hardcover. San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co., 1912. First Edition. Signed by the author “With the best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt | May 7th, 1912” on front free endpaper. Octavo; 154pp. Tipped-in portrait frontis with facsimile signature printed beneath. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped lettering. No dustjacket...
First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Stated First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by author on front free endpaper to William Safire. Additional two-sided, handwritten note on author's stationery laid in. Octavo; 223pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $22.00 price; book in beige paper-covered boards with black cloth spine...
First Edition. Paris: Henri Laurens, 1927. Octavo; 168pp. Black and white plates. Rebound in colored paper over textured black cloth with leather title card to spine. Library stamp to half-title, but no other library markings present. Spine is faded. Binding is sound. Pages toned and a tad brittle, but unmarked...
First Edition. New York: Murray Hill Publishers Inc., 1924. First Edition. Octavo; 390pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3 price on spine. Book in tiger-print orange and black cloth-covered boards. Jacket is chipped and rubbed along edges. Large chip to back panel. Spine ends of book are nudged and edges lightly...
Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1919. Second Edition. Octavo; 454pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Dampstain tracing along entirety of bottom front and back edges, not involving text or interior, with some bumping to corners and spine...
Hardcover. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. First Edition, Second Printing with code [b - 6 - 43] on copyright. Signed by Orville Wright to Watson Davis on full title. Octavo; [xiii], 340pp. Printed blue dust jacket over blue cloth-covered boards with white lettering to spine. Jacket shows a....
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1939. First Edition. Signed without inscription on full title by Edward Teller. Octavo; 544pp. Navy cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Corners of cover have been rubbed through to boards and there is some fraying to the head and...
Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. New York: Bloomsbury, 2013. Advance Reading Copy. Signed by author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 390pp. Pictorial paper wraps with publisher's info on back. Cover has only minor edgewear and rubbing, no tears or chips. Back lower left corner has been slightly bumped and there...
Advance Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. New York: Random House, 1997. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Signed by author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 321pp. Blue and white paper wraps with lettering in purple. Cover has minor edgewear and slight bump to back upper left corner, no tears or chips. Small spot on...
First Edition. Hardcover. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984. First Edition. Signed and dated by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 321pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $16.50 price. Khaki cloth binding with lettering stamped in copper on spine. Dust jacket is sunned on spine, but is clean...
