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  First Edition of The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon; Inscribed by Frank Mankiewicz and Bill Safire

  MANKIEWICZ, Frank.

  The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis.

  New York: Quadrangle/ The New York Times Book Co., 1975.

  First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To ____ ______, with best wishes- Frank Mankiewicz Mar. '75." Additionally inscribed by Bill Safire below, "Dear Jeff- Don't believe everything my friend Frank says! Bill Safire." Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique copy.

  Price: $600.00     Item Number: 57001

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  First Edition of Loeb and Safire's Plunging Into Politics; Warmly Inscribed by Marshall Loeb

  LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.

  Plunging Into Politics.

  New York: David McKay Company, 1964.

  First edition of Safire and Loeb’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To the Langs, Who have done more for me than they shall ever know. Marshall November, 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by A/D Associates.

  Price: $400.00     Item Number: 130822

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  First Edition of Orwell's Revenge. The 1984 Palimpsest; Inscribed by Peter Huber to William Safire

  HUBER, Peter [William Safire].

  Orwell’s Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest.

  New York: The Free Press, 1994.

  First edition of this work in which Huber discusses the compelling vision of Orwell's 1984. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Safire Peter Huber." Also laid in is a letter from The Manhattan Institute to William Safire. The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Korn.

  Price: $200.00     Item Number: 143749

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