SAFIRE, WILLIAM — Scandalmonger
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 0684867192. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0684867192. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over ivory boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W in-text illustrations. A Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist offers a fictional exploration of America's early political scandals as James Thomson Callander, a muckraking journalist secretly working for Thomas Jefferson, becomes unhappy with Jefferson and reveals his affair with the enslaved Sally Hemings.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket, except for a tiny closed tear on the front panel, are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/NEAR FINE.. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 496 pages. As New in Near Fine dust jacket .
