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1967rif. 202471Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1967. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 377 pages. A novel from the author of "The City and The Pillar." A fine copy in gray cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a couple of small tears that have been repaired. Signed by Vidal on a publisher tipped in page for Kroch's & Brentano's 1st Edition Circl with their laid in bookmarker. A nicer than usual copy. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1966rif. 1411325New York: Grove Press 1966. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xv 165 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. White spine with black and orange titling. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover price uncut "$6.00" has general shelving wear. Boards and textblock have light general shelving wear. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room A. 1411325. Special Collections - Upstairs. Grove Press hardcover books
1984rif. 6672New York: Random House 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Vidal on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped $19.95. Brown cloth with gilt and bronze lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Vidal's historical novel of Lincoln's presidency part of his Narratives of Empire series. Random House hardcover books
1981rif. 13075CREATION Random House 1981 first edition spine a bit lightened else just about fine without dust-wrapper and near fine slip-case as issued. 1/500 copies SIGNED by the author. Random House unknown books
2001rif. 13139Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2001. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition SIGNED by author Gore Vidal in Very Fine condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; In his historical fiction Gore Vidal's introduces Charles Schuyler's journal entries covering Aaron Burr the former Revolutionary War hero vice president under Jefferson and infamous slayer of Alexander Hamilton. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover books
1996rif. 37616San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 92 of 250 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by the author. This edition of the author's first novel published in 1946 when Vidal was 21 years old was issued in its fiftieth anniversary year. The novel was based on his war-time service on an Army freighter in the Aleutians. Bound in black cloth with title label to spine. Printed in Hess Bold type on Schiller German mouldmade paper. A very nice copy in near fine condition missing the dust jacket. Measures 8.5 x 11.5 inches. 119 pages plus colophon. PRI/111524. Arion Press hardcover books
1972rif. 1393939New York NY: Random House 1972. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo x 157 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Gold spine aged yellow-green with green red and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$4.95" has mild shelving wear stains on the spine and front cover and has moderate age-toning along the spine. Boards have mild bending wear along the fore corners and mild wear along the head and tail edges. Textblock has adhesive stains on the end-pages and pastedowns pen marks on the front end-page mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the head edge. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393939. Special Collections - Upstairs. Random House hardcover books
1964rif. 591833Boston: Little Brown and Company 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Moderate edgewear slight spotting on bottom edge very good in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears a crease on the rear flap and an interior dampstain at the foot of the spine. Novel based on the life of the fourth century Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1954rif. 536614London: William Heinemann LTD 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition. Slightly bumped corners else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning on the spine short tears and shallow chips. William Heinemann LTD hardcover books
1984rif. 27965New York: Random House 1984. Very Good. New York: Random House 1984. First Edition Limited Issue of 350 copies signed by Vidal this being #309. Additionall signed by Vidal in a later hand at title page with brief inscription to previous owners. Large octavo. 657 pp. Black boards stamped in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards lightly shelfworn with mild general rubbing and scuffing. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase scuffed and spotted else sturdy and sound. Very Good. Random House unknown books
1954rif. 015223E.P. Dutton 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition.$3.50 on Flap. Scarce In This Condition. E.P. Dutton Hardcover books
1952rif. 33308New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1952. First Edition Stated. Octavo 21cm; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket by George Salter; 375pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins shallow chipping at spine crown top edge of front flap neatly trimmed not approaching text spine ends bumped with brief exposure small soil spots to endpapers else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Vidal's modern retelling of the legend of Paris and the Golden Apple set in postwar Italy Egypt and Italy. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1952rif. 164431New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1952. First Edition. First Edition. Slightly cocked else strong Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket with minute rubbing to the corners and a small chip at the heel. A bright copy. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1950rif. 155936New York: Pyramid 1950. First Edition. First Edition a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers with light wear and creasing at the corners and reader creases along the spine. Pyramid unknown books
1980rif. 155724Secaucus NJ: Lyle Stuart 1980. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dust jacket. Lyle Stuart unknown books
1959rif. 144215Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of the 1959 film. With manuscript annotations in black ink and a press agency stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. Catherine Holly Elizabeth Taylor is being evaluated and coerced by her wealthy aunt Violet Venable Katharine Hepburn into receiving a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin while the three of them were on vacation in Europe the summer before. Set in New Orleans and various locations in Spain. Shot on location in Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1956rif. 307850New York: Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine very slightly spine-toned dustwrapper. A nicer than usual copy. Zero Press hardcover books
1956rif. 350186New York: Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very near fine in about very good spine-toned dustwrapper with small nicks and tears at the spine ends. Signed by the author. Zero Press hardcover books
1956rif. 354048New York: The Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition. Very good with a cocked spine in a poor dustwrapper with a tanned spine a few tears and light dampstaining. Signed by the author. The Zero Press hardcover books
1956rif. 85112NY: Zero Press 1956. First edition. 154 pp. Light blemish to first leaf else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with faint toning to spine and a small tear to crown. SIGNED by Vidal on the title page. Young 3937. NY: Zero Press, unknown books
1979rif. 161605Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Clean tight unread copy. Pristine. Signed on a front free end paper tissue-guarded. Grey leather with elaborate gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 524 pp. with archival images. Includes a message from the author special to this edition. A biography of Colonel Aaron Burr US vice-president who sadly is best remembered as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1998rif. 1409808New York: Modern Library 1998. First Modern Library Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xii 697 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is silver with black lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "$20.00." Mild general shelf wear. Bumping to dust jacket spine head and tail. Several scratches on back dust jacket cover. Small brown stain on top edge. Mild sagging to text block. Cocking to spine. Signed flat by Vidal on publisher's tipped-in page. Shelved in Case 7. 1409808. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Modern Library hardcover books
1983rif. 367079London: Heinemann 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First British edition. Very slightly cocked with faint spotting else near fine in an about fine dustwrapper with some toning on the flaps. Signed by the author. Heinemann hardcover books
1987rif. 121326NY: Random House 1987. First edition limited issue of 250 numbered copies signed by Vidal on the limitation page. Copy #53. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Fine copy in a Fine slipcase. The fourth novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Random House Hardcover books
1947rif. 26022New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1947. Hardcover. 216p. first edition stated a little edgeworn in an edgeworn unclipped dj that has a 2 inch creased closed tear slightly affecting title lightly soiled back dj panel foxed endsheets slight foxing to textblock edges. Young 3929. Vidal's second novel set in the East Village. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books