The Second Lady

New York: New American Library, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation copy inscribed by editor Maryann Palumbo on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($11.95), rubbed and bumped at the top edge. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, Palumbo's bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. Wallace's political thriller in which "sex becomes the ultimate secret weapon" to induce the U.S. president into revealing a national secret.