Description
Signed copy of Scandalmonger by William Safire, inscribed to Jack Valenti, Special Assistant to Lyndon Johnson. Octavo, 496pp. Tan hardcover, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. In publishers dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light shelf wear. Inscribed by the author on title page to Jack Valenti. Inscription reads: “For Jack Valenti (+ Mary Margaret, too). Bill Safire.”
Comments: Jack Valenti was a Special Advisor to President Lyndon Johnson from 1964-1966. His wife, Mary Margaret Valenti, was a personal secretary of Senator Johnson from 1956-1962. Jack Valenti was in Dallas in November, 1963 and can be seen in the famous photograph of President Johnson being sworn in aboard Air Force One, next to Mrs. Johnson. Jack Valenti would go on to become the President of the Motion Picture Association of America.
