SAFIRE, William and Leonard Safire.
Leadership.
First Edition of William Safire's Leadership; Safire's copy from his personal collection
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
$300.00
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First edition of Safire's classic compilation of leadership quotations. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands for the author, top edge gilt. From the collection 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 fine condition.
"A leader, in our book, is first a purposeful pilot or guide; next a commander, boss, or chief; finally, and least important, a somebody, notable, a luminary" (William Safire, Prolegomenom). This impressive compilation of quotes by notable historic leaders contains words of wisdom by Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Marcus Aurelius, Robert E. Lee, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Karl von Clausewitz among many others.
Leadership.
$300.00
Out of Stock
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