ISBN10: 0393040054, ISBN13: 9780393040050, [publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York] Hardcover Revised And Expanded Edition. Signed and inscribed by William Safire on the half-title page. The inscription reads: 'For Carol Evans, thanks! all the best, Bill Safire.' Safire loved words and there are 1055 pages worth of them here. And, somehow, the book is very solidly bound, and very solidly bound from cover to cover, nicely tight pages, no binding issues. Let me add that if you put your thumb on the spine you can push the text block forward a little bit. I don't regard that is a binding issue. For me it's mainly about whether there any cracks or spaces between the covers of the pages are between the pages. Neither are the case here. Not in the least. As you can see from the photos, the covers are in excellent shape, exceptionally clean and sporting nothing that I would consider wear. The interior of the book is in similarly excellent shape. I found only three or four consecutive pages with a very light corner crease. I'm scrolling and scrolling through and not seeing any other creasing. Same thing as goes soiling, I can't find any. Exceptionally clean pages. This book may have been neglected, as in given an early retirement. There are no markings anywhere in the book. And with the exception of Mr. Safire's signed inscription, no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. There is only one attachment. Affixed to the ...
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