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

Limited Edition. New York: The Helmsman Press, 1958. Limited Edition in slipcase. Octavo. 128 pages. Inscribed by Ginzburg to William Safire on second free endpaper. Inscription reads, "May 16, 1958 / To Bill Safire, / the smartest publicist / I know. / With affection, / Ralph Ginzburg." Black slipcase... More about An Unhurried View of Erotica

First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Lacks dust jacket. Signed by Roosevelt without inscription on half title page. From the estate of author, journalist, and speechwriter William Safire. In blue textured boards with spine stamped in silver and red. Corners and... More about Ladies of Courage

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

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 640pp. Illustrated dust jacket has original $3.00 price. Green cloth binding with lettering and decorations stamped in black and orange on cover and spine. Orange top stain. Orange and white decorative endpapers. Dust jacket chipped on head... More about The Good Companions

First Printing. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 72pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.95 price; book in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket edgeworn with a small, clean tear at top front and shallow chipping to head of spine. Boards are square... More about For the Union Dead

First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Octavo. 308 pages. In illustrated dust jacket with original $24.95 price. Textured sky blue cloth with spine and front board stamped in silver. Some very light creasing along top edge... More about The Widows of Eastwick

First Edition. Buenos Aires: Editorial Troquel, 1955. First Edition. Small Octavo; 99 pages. Black and orange printed wraps. Text in Spanish. An introduction to the Argentinian poet, novelist, and politician Leopoldo Lugones, whose work was an influence on authors Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Horacio Quiroga, among others... More about Leopoldo Lugones

First Edition. London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 185 pages followed by fourteen pages of a blank ledger for recording wine purchases and notes. In dust jacket illustrated by film art designer Edward Carrick, with Borzoi Books colophon to base of spine. Marbled paper boards in purple cloth... More about A Book of Other Wines -- Than French

First Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 384 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.50 price present. Red boards with spine and front board stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is moderately rubbed and creased along edges and corners, with some slight chipping at corners and... More about The Gardener's Day Book

First Edition. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 350 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with 8s. 6d. price present. Navy boards with spine in gilt. Dust jacket is edgeworn and one closed tear on top right corner of front panel. Boards are square in binding. A trifle... More about Vegetable Cookery

First Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. 184 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price. In brown and green cloth with spine stamped in black. Dust jacket is worn along edges with some loss at corners. Spine somewhat faded. Slight roll to the... More about Jesse's Book of Creole and Deep South Recipes

First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on tipped-in flyleaf. Octavo; 317pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $26.95 price' book in green and copper paper-covered boards with black lettering and ornamentation. Jacket is rippled a bit at bottom front edge... More about The Buried Giant