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1987ref. 335111987. 1987 Vidal Gore EMPIRE Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1987 486pp Signed by author on blank epage 8vo leather gilt ribbon aeg as new. unknown
1990ref. 064370Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Random House Inc 1990. The book is beautifully signed by the legendary author in pen on the title page. The book was signed at an event here in Los Angeles. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Random House Inc Hardcover
ref. GTC4285Doubleday. Signed 1st ed.; fine condition DJ fine condition. Doubleday unknown
1947ref. 562111New York: E.P. Dutton 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Gilt spine lettering a litle dull else near fine in good or better dust jacket with an approximately 2" x 1" roughly triangular chip on the front panel. The author's scarce second book. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1970ref. 91915NY:: Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Modern Library number 395. A novel. Stated first edition thus. Remainder stamp on front free endpaper else near fine in a very good light shelf wear and aging dust jacket. ; 503 pages . Modern Library, hardcover
1978ref. 001005New York: Random House 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed. 1st Edition. First Printing. Association copy. Inscribed to Virginia on the half title page by the author. The Virginia in this case is literary critic Virginia Spencer Carr who wrote literary criticism most notably "A Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers" "Dos Passos: A Life" and "Paul Bowles: A Life." It was Gore Vidal who suggested to Carr to switch from her work on a Tennessee Williams biography to the biography of Paul Bowles. This book is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Book has been well preserved for 40 years and is clean throughout with rigid square boards pointed tips and a tight spine. Appears unread. The front free endpaper has a signature and a black marker mark on top corner. Nominated for a Nebula Award. Not remaindered. The dust jacket IS price clipped with very slight chipping along spine bottom and front edge bottom. Looks dignified in its plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. Random House Hardcover
1978ref. 919Franklin Library 1978. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A beautiful red leather First Edition. With gold gilt cover designs and page edges moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. A fictional memoir by this prolific and engaging author. In near fine condition with minute touches of wear to the gilt edges and a previous owner's imprint on the title page; otherwise very nice. With extensive Editor's Notes laid in. Franklin Library unknown
1984ref. 161606Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1984. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Clean tight unread copy. Pristine but for a tiny ding to fore edge of back cover . Signed on a front free end paper tissue-guarded. Navy blue leather with gilt decoration all around. Three raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 657 4 pp. with illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Includes a message from the author special to this edition which was published specifically for the members of The First Edition Society. Also included after the text body is an afterword followed by a brief author biography. Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction in which Gore Vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of Civil War America with 20th-century literary technique probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding Abraham Lincoln including personal secretary John Hay and scheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase as well as his wife Mary Todd. The Franklin Library hardcover
1990ref. 00524248Easton Press 1990. Leather Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bound in full blue leather gilt-stamped and deco rated spine and covers spine with raised bands silk moire endpapers purple silk bookmarker all edges gilt. Easton Press unknown
1984ref. 1401507New York: Random House 1984. Random House first edition. Hardcover. Octavo 657 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow with red and black print. Dust jacket in mylar; slight edge wear. Price unclipped: “$19.95”. Boards in brown cloth; slight wear to spine caps. Text block has spotting to edges. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401507. FP New Rockville Stock. Random House hardcover
1984ref. 011140Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library 1984. Hardcover in full navy blue leather all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and sewn in silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Limited first edition personally signed by Gore Vidal on front free endpaper. A quality Franklin Library production with Smyth sewn binding genuine leather with raised spine and 22kt. gold stamping. No previous ownership marks. A fine copy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franklin Library Hardcover
1974ref. 21893Dorchester MA: Manifest Destiny Books 1974. Paperback. 90p. ownership name in ink on first page else very good first edition trade paperback in green pictorial wraps. Includes an interview with Gore Vidal Mitzel's "Patriarchy vs. "Pornography": some notes on myra b. and "Three Carols for Myra Breckinridge" by John Wieners. Manifest Destiny Books paperback
1968ref. 380814London: Anthony Blond 1968. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 205 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; The author has allowed certain excisions to be made in the American text. Previous ed. Boston : Little Brown 1968. Subjects: Breckinridge Myra. Breckinridge Myra.Genre. Fiction. Lesbian & Gay. LGBT. London: Anthony Blond hardcover
1974ref. 9416JNew York: Radnom House 1974. First Edition. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Fresh copy. Radnom House unknown
1974ref. 012406New York: Random House 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 244pp Sharp Stated First Edition First Printing with number sequence to "2" as required by this publisher. Bound in black cloth with titles in silver and gold on spine and the author's initials in gold on front board. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Some toning to board edges and spine gilt is a bit faded. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $6.95 has some toning to edges and faint creasing to flap edges. Still solid with no chipping or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. Random House hardcover
2006ref. 52466New York: Doubleday & Company 2006. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and grey paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 277pp. Illustrations pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Immaculate first edition of the second of Vidal's two memoirs signed boldly by him in black ballpoint on inner flyleaf. Doubleday & Company hardcover
2006ref. 022388New York : Doubleday 2006 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Gore Vidal. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Doubleday hardcover
2006ref. 61320NY: Doubleday 2006. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in page as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such issued for promotinal purposes to book shops. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover
1969ref. 51762Boston: Little Brown and Company 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2'' x 6''. 255pp. Signed by Vidal on the title page. A couple of nicks and general light wear to dustjacket. Evidence of old sticker at corner of flyleaf. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1992ref. 1401508Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1992. Hardcover. Octavo x 96 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white and red print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price clipped. Boards quarter bound with red cloth to spine and black paper to boards.Text block has light spotting to edges. Illustrated: b&w plates photographs. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401508. FP New Rockville Stock. Harvard University Press hardcover
1992ref. Gore Vidal3 60U.S.A.: Harvard University Press 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. A fine first edition in dj.STAMPED FROM THE LIBRARY OF GORE VIDAL. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. Harvard University Press Hardcover
1949ref. 8465New York:: E.P. Dutton and Co. 1949. First edition. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in a jacket which is faded on the spine as usual. 8vo. One of the scarcer Vidal titles. E.P. Dutton and Co., hardcover
2000ref. 001479London: Little Brown 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. British First. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page with no inscription; boards are near fine with the exception of one bump on the lower right front corner; dust jacket has minor edge wear; otherwise a solid clean copy in collectable condition; dust jacket is now protected by a Brodart sleeve; export edition since both UK and Canadian prices are listed. Little, Brown Hardcover
1953ref. 12823William Heinemann: London 1953 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. near fine/Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce First UK edition. 8vo. 353pp. A near fine copy in a very good pc dustwrapper showing a couple of tiny chips a 1/4" chip & a closed horizontal tear at the top of the back panel. William Heinemann: London, 1953 hardcover
1952ref. 38840London: William HeinemannLtd 1952. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. 1st UK edition. SIGNED. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. Red cloth in orange and grey pictorial dust jacket. Wear at the tips and spines ends of the jacket. Light shelf wear to the lower board edges. SIGNED by Vidal on a tipped on portion of a title page containing the title of this book pasted on the front blank end paper. Vidal's signature appears shaky probably done later in his life. This same end paper is stamped: "From the Library of Gore Vidal". The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. William Heinemann,Ltd unknown