Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy.

WEINER, Tim; David Johnston and Neil A. Lewis.

$350.00

Item Number: 135981

New York: Random House, 1995.

First edition of this remarkable biography of the last American spy of the Cold War. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by all three authors on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to American journalist William Safire. The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him 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 fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. With Safire’s photocopies of letters sent by Aldrich Ames and a clipping of Ames’ review of Safire’s novel Sleeper Spy written by him as a prisoner in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. A nice association.

"An eye-widening look inside of one of America's most notorious spy cases. Suspenseful... powerful" (Kirkus Reviews).