American Politics (Non-Partisan) From The Beginning To Date. Embodying A History of All The Political Parties, With Their Views and Records on All Important Questions. Great Speeches on All Great Issues, the Text of All Existing Political Laws. A Complete Tabulated History of American Politics.

Rare early issue of Cooper and Fenton's compilation of great American political speeches with a complete Federal Blue Book. Large octavo, original calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. 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. In very good condition. Rare and desirable, with the last example appearing at auction over 85 years ago.