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Four works by William Safire, all signed by the author, from the collection of William Webster. William Webster was a judge on the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, before serving as both director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978 - 1987) and the Central Intelligence Agency (1987 - 1991). He is the only individual to have held both positions. William Safire. Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Advance Galley. Garden City: Doubleday and Co., 1987. xxiii, 1123 pages. Signed "#3' / Will Safire" on half title. Fair. Spine sunned and corners bumped; small closed tear to tail of spine. Text block cracked and glue on spine loosening. William Safire. Sleeper Spy. First edition, first printing. New York: Random House, 1995. 451 pages. Inscribed by Safire in second front free endpaper: "For Bill Webster / who will recognize all the tradecraft herein-- / with warm regards / Bill Safire." Very good+ with very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped. William Safire and Leonard Safir, editors. Leadership. First edition, first printing. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. 258 pages. Inscribed on second front free endpaper: "For Bill Webster / world-class leader / best / Bill Safire." Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly bumped; jacket and text block lightly age-toned. William Safire. Quoth the Maven: More on Language from William Safire. First edition, first printing. New York: Random House, 1993. xiii, 350 pages. Inscribed to Bill Webster by Safire on the half title. Very good+ with very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped.