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Hardcover. Washinton, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1857. Octavo (9" x 6"); 279p. Blindstamped brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering and paper title strip to spine. Covers bumped at corners and chipped at spine ends, with rubbing along edges and a small note in white on front. Title card toned and... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. Second Edition. Octavo. 141 pages. Signed by author on verso of half title with inscription, "With all best wishes / Adolf A. Berle / 1942." Ownership inscription of Herbert G. Cummings, a professor of economics from University of Pittsburgh, to front pastedown... 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
First Edition. New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author with brief inscription on full title. Octavo; 271pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with original $21.95 price; book in black paper and cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket a bit shelfworn with light... More
New Edition. Hallowell, [ME]: Masters, Smith & Company, 1852. New Edition. Octavo: 496 pages. Bound in blindstamped brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Reprint of the 1818 edition of the Federalist Papers, called the "most famous and influential American political work." by Wright Howes. [Howes H-115] Substantial loss... More
First Edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "For William Safire / -- who (alone) has / noticed that this book / is mis-titled! / With best wishes for / much good news, and /... More
First Edition. New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, 2016. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author with brief inscription on half title. Octavo; 450pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with original $27.00 price; book in blue paper-covered boards with white lettering to spine. Jacket shows a.... More
First Trade Edition. Hardcover. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. First Trade Edition. Octavo (8.75" x 6"); [viii], 246p. Printed dustjacket with original $3.99 price; book in green cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket separated cleanly down back spine fold, with a number of small chips and tears along edges and... More
First Edition. Great Neck, NY: G. Alan Chidsey, November 9, 1940. Octavo (9.5” x 6.25”); [60pp]. Dark gray leather with stamped lettering. Covers a bit toned with any gilt or foil to lettering rubbed away. Spine a bit cocked. A handful of the pasted-in columns have let go from the... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to scholar and professor Walter LaFeber with inscription "For Walter, a good man to have on our side! Clint. Ithaca, February 10, 1964." Surname attributions in pencil by an earlier bookseller... More
Confidential Committee Print. Paperback. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1958. Confidential Committee Print. Green paper covers over stapled page block (9" x 5.75"); [iv], 462p. Occasional illustrations with one foldout. Covers faded along edges with a 2" tear from top along spine and some general shelfwear. "Rackets - Interim Rpt"... More
First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Signed by author Yergin on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "With admiration and / respect - and appreciation / for the good sense of / originality you bring / to our national life, / best wishes, /... More
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New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992. Stated First Printing. Signed by the author to columnist William Safire with inscription "9/26/93 To Wm. Safire -- Who needs no lessons in speaking American. With respect & admiration, David Kusnet." Octavo; 240pp. Printed paper wraps. Covers crisp with very faint sunning to... More
First Edition. Holliston, MA: Warren Blake, 1841. First Edition. Octavo. 489 pages. Full contemporary sheep with title and ruling in gilt to spine. From the estate of author and Presidential Speechwriter William Safire, well known for his own Political Dictionary. In his preface, Currier writes of his goal... More
First Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1971. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 240 pages. Flag-design dustjacket over red boards with silver stamped publisher's logo and lettering. Jacket faded along top with moderate edgewear. Tight and square in binding. One previous owner's notation on final page, otherwise clean and free of markings... More
First Edition. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 239pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.95 price intact; book in beige cloth-covered boards with red lettering to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn with some bumping to corners and tiny tears / tugging to spine ends. Boards are square... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Stated First Edition. Signed by editor Frances Carpenter with brief dedication on front free endpaper. Octavo; 314pp. Printed dust jacket with original $5.75 price; book in red paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket chipped at spine ends with a.... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Vantage Press, 1981. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper "To Ruth Verdin, good friend, long-time diplomatic colleague, excellent source of administrative support in San Salvador, and a real credit to the Foreign Service, with all best wishes of the author... More
First Edition. New York: Regnery History, 2015. First Edition with complete number-line. Inscribed by the author to Helen Belmar Julius, the wife of Nixon's speechwriter William Safire: "To Helene -- In memory of Bill. / All the best, / Geoff Shepard." Octavo; 354 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author with inscription to Senator William Fulbright on full title with inscription "To Bill Fulbright -- With appreciation for his valuable contributions to education and diplomacy -- and warm regards, George McGhee. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25");... 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
Third Printing. Hardcover. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Third Printing. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on half title. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); 431p. Printed dustjacket with $16.95 price intact; book in black paper- and cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Jacket lightly edgeworn with a few nicks to... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First Edition. SIGNED by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (8" x 5.5"); [xvi], 276p. 13 plates including frontis, all present. Photo-illustrated dustjacket with original $2.50 price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering. Inch or less dampstain... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by both authors without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); 352p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $24.00 price; book is in gray paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket is... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by both authors without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); 352p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $24.00 price; book is in gray paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket is... More