Second Edition. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1948. Second Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with insciption "To Jack Rabinow, / Jan 21/55 AL Rawlings." Octavo. 303 pages. In illustrated dust jacket with original "$5.00" price present. Green cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt... More about The Science of Clocks and Watches
Limited Edition. New York: Stein and Day, 1963. Limited Edition with original signed lithograph numbered 87/1000 laid in at front. Signed by Dean on dedication page to author and columnist William Safire with inscription: "To Bill Safire - / who contributes an impressive share / of decibels to the Relations... More about Abner Dean's Naked People: A Selection of Drawings from Four of His Books - It's a Long Way to...
First Edition. New York: Bantam Books, 1993. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to columnist William Safire with inscription dated November 3rd 1993 in New York City "For Bill Safire, Who led the way -- Best wishes, Alan Friedman." Octavo; 455pp. Red... More about Spider's Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq
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: 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 about The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong
London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, [N.d., possibly 1880s]. Later Edition. Small Quarto. 784 pages. Prize binding. Red leather boards with gilt emblem of Haileybury College on front, gilt border and spine ornamentation, and gilt dentelles to turn-ins. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Prize bookplate on front pastedown to W.L. Ogle..... More about The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon: Consisting of an Alphabetical Arrangement of Every...
Second Edition. London: Trüber & Co., 1887. Second Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.75"); viii, 139pp +3 ads. Illustrated yellow cloth-covered boards. Covers lightly edgeworn with a chip to cloth at tail of spine and a fair bit of general smudging and soiling. Bookplate of The Benson Library of the Episcopal... More about Pidgin-English Sing-Song: or, Songs and Stories in the China-English Dialect
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London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1785. Volume III only. Octavo; 8.5" x 5.25"); [viii], 524pp. 11 plates (4 missing; note on contents suggests they were misbound in Vol 4). Full tree calf with gilt lettering to spine. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with some chipping/splitting to leather... More about Natural History, General and Particular [Vol. III
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. New York: Random House, 1976. Stated First American Edition with numberline ending in "2" in keeping with publisher's identification methods at the time. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire and his wife Helene with inscription " For Helene and Bill... More about The Exploring Spirit: America and the World Then and Now
Paperback. Paris: Editiones Denoel, 1994. French-language. Signed by the author with brief inscription to fellow writer and journalist William Safire and his wife Helene on half title. Octavo; 302pp. Photo-illustrated paper wraps. Covers faintly shelfworn but clean and crisp with no chips or tears. Binding is sound and pages unmarked... More about La Paix Pour Destin: Quatre Nobel Aux Vies Croisees
First Edition. Washington, D.C.: The New Republic Book Company, 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with brief inscription to writer and columnist William Safire. Octavo; 373pp. Printed photo-portrait dust jacket with original $12.50 price; book in beige cloth-covered boards with red and black... More about The Other German: Willy Brandt's Life and Times
First Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on full title by author to New York Times columnist William Safire: "For William Safire, with much admiration & best regards, David M. Kennedy. 20 July 1999." Octavo; 936pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $39.95... More about Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929 to 1945
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First Edition. Signed typed letter laid in from the author to writer and columnist William Safire, who wrote the introduction. Octavo; 191pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $17.95 price; book in gray paper over boards with black cloth spine and... More about Confessions of a Street-Smart Manager
First Edition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2000. First Edition. Signed by author to William Safire on title page with inscription: "For William Safire / in gratitude for many / hours' reading pleasure / David Micklethwait / Nov. 2000." Additional typed letter laid in. Quarto; 350pp. No dust jacket... More about Noah Webster and the American Dictionary
First Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire with inscription "To Bill, From his friend, the novelist (why not?), David." Octavo; 370pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $13.95 price; book in marigold paper-covered... More about Spectrum
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998. Signed and inscribed by author on full title to journalist William Safire: "October 7, 1998 / To Bill Safire, The best in the business. Warmly, Ed Klein." Octavo; 399pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $25.95 price; book in gray paper-covered... More about Just Jackie: Her Private Years
First Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Inscribed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To Bill - / A friend, mentor + role model - / Your down-to-earth approach to life + work is an / inspiration. / Thanks for... More about The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis
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
Hardcover. London: Croom Helm, 1988. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription to New York Times journalist William Safire: "To Mr. William Safire with warmest regards and admiration, Elizabeth Teague." Additional signed handwritten greeting card with newsclippings laid in. Octavo; 378pp. Yellow, red and white pictorial... More about Solidarity And The Soviet Worker: The Impact of the Polish Events of 1980 on Soviet Internal...
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Third Printing. Signed by the author on half title to writer and columnist William Safire with inscription "For Bill Safire -- Affection, admiration! Erica Jong Sept 97." Tall octavo; 305pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; book in light blue paper-covered boards and white... More about Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters
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. Hardcover. New York: Crown Publishers, 1998. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to fellow writer and columnist William Safire on half title with inscription: "For Bill Safire -- With admiration, respect, and linguistic deference. Erik Tarloff." Octavo; 249pp. Illustrated dustjacket with original $23.00 price;... More about Face-Time: A Novel
First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. Signed handwritten letter on author's Newsweek stationary to writer and columnist William Safire paperclipped to flyleaf with note: "April 15. Dear Bill, Here's my new biography of John Paul Jones -- he would have fit right in... More about John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
First Edition. New York: Scribner / A Lisa Drew Book, 1995. First Edition. Typed letter signed in type from the author to William Safire is affixed by scotch tape to the front free endpaper. Book is not signed. Octavo; 555pp. The letter reads, in part, "Dear Bill, /... More about Napoleon and Josephine: An Improbable Marriage