A sizzling election-year political thriller about virulent ambition, devastating power plays, and nonstop intrigue in the high-stakes world of Washington politics, where heroes are flawed and the game is played for keeps. As the first term of President Donald Kells draws to a close, his prospects for reelection seem grim--but he doesn't realize how grim.
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A sizzling election-year political thriller about virulent ambition, devastating power plays, and nonstop intrigue in the high-stakes world of Washington politics, where heroes are flawed and the game is played for keeps. As the first term of President Donald Kells draws to a close, his prospects for reelection seem grim--but he doesn't realize how grim.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Like New. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage. (political fiction)
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. From the library of political advisor and lobbyist Jack Valenti. Valenti served as Special Assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson and also presided over the Motion Picture Association of America where he created the MPAA film rating. (washington, d.c., presidents)
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First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf, "To Helen and Bill dear, dear loving friends. Read-enjoy! Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire 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. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Daniel J. Brown. Drawing on more than thirty years in Washington's inner circle, former White House Special Assistant Jack Valenti has written a sizzling election-year thriller about the price of virulent ambition in the high-stakes world of Washington politics, where heroes are flawed and the game is played for keeps. "Valenti blows the dome off the Capitol-as only an insider can" (Kirk Douglas).
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 299 pages; DJ very lightly rubbed at edges. Mylar cover. Book solid, clean and tight. Previous owner bookplate at front free end page.
