Collectible - Very Good First Edition Signed With Dust Jacket

INSCRIBED! Boston: Hougton Mifflin Company, 1974. 1st edition. Sm 4to Hardcover. 320pp. Inscribed by author: 'For Bill Safire- // Who has caught the flag, // taken sides and generally // done his duty in the war // of words for our civilization // with respect + affection, Dick Whalen' on front free endpaper. Very Good book and Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. Dust jacket lightly soiled, foxed and price clipped. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (US history, politics, conservatism) Inquire if you need further information.