YOUNG, Stanley. [William Safire].
Mr. Pickwick: A Comedy Freely Drawn From Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.
New York: Random House , 1952.
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First edition of Stanley Young's Mr. Pickwick; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
First edition, first printing of this classic play. Octavo, original decorated cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For my dear old friends and counselors, Bill and Audrey, who affectionately attended this play in its youth. Ever, Stanley Young." 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 supported him 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. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Merle Armitage.
"A thoroughly delightful play... Dipping back into the random humors of The Pickwick Papers, Stanley Young has brought us a thoroughly delightful play... He was caught perfectly the innocent, cheerful, amiable, satirical comedy that Dickens invented out of his own good nature" (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times).
Mr. Pickwick: A Comedy Freely Drawn From Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.
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