Description
Octavo, 373pp. Black hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. In publishers dust jacket, fine, retail price on front flap. Inscribed by author and historian Theodore White: “For Bill Safire – scholar and historian, lexicographer and rhetorician – who has helped and helped and helped me again – Tedy White, Theodore White.” An interesting association copy between two ideological opposites, both influential in their own right.
Comments: William Safire was a Pulitzer Prize winning conservative columnist for the New York Times. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of “libertarian conservatives.” Before joining the New York Times, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew.
