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1973ref. 19164New York: Random House 1973. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Random House hardcover
1954ref. 17773New York: E.P. Dutton 1954. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1982ref. 17785New York: Random House 1982. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Random House hardcover
1997ref. 17788London: Andre Deutsch 1997. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Andre Deutsch hardcover
1987ref. 18Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1987. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This limited first edition has been privately printed and personally signed by author exclusively for members of THE SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOCIETY. Introduction by the author written especially for this edition. Book is bound in top-grain brown leather with raised bands on the spine. Beautiful gilt decoration on front and back and gilt edges illustrations on front pages also b/w photos and yellow silk page-mark ribbon. Book is in Fine condition and is flawless with a tight binding. Protective blue sealed wraparound cover with a gold seal marked "The Franklin Mint" made especially for this special edition some edgewear chips and bumping. 486 pages. Very clean pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on free front page "GORE VIDALl". Superb very desirable special first edition. Franklin Library hardcover
1987ref. 611919Singapore: Times Edition 1987. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Foreword by Gore Vidal. Text by William Warren. Quarto. 283. Bound in blueish-purple silk which looks different depending on the angle of the light and with gilt lettering on the front board. Modest bookplate on the front pastedown and small rubbed spot at the top of the rear board else fine. One of a limited edition of the "Commemorative Silk Bound Issue" commissioned by American Express of Thailand issued without a dust jacket. This copy is number 95 and is inscribed to the former owner by an unknown person below the limitation. While the trade editions of this title appears plentiful we could not find another copy like this one bound in silk. Uncommon. Times Edition hardcover
1987ref. 611919Singapore: Times Edition 1987. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Foreword by Gore Vidal. Text by William Warren. Quarto. 283. Bound in blueish-purple silk which looks different depending on the angle of the light and with gilt lettering on the front board. Modest bookplate on the front pastedown and small rubbed spot at the top of the rear board else fine. One of a limited edition of the "Commemorative Silk Bound Issue" commissioned by American Express of Thailand issued without a dust jacket. This copy is number 95 and is inscribed to the former owner by an unknown person below the limitation. While the trade editions of this title appears plentiful we could not find another copy like this one bound in silk. Uncommon. Times Edition hardcover books
1958ref. 155413London: William Heinemann 1958. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First UK Edition and preceded by the First American Edition published by Zero Press in 1956. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title: "Frank Adonici / from / Gore Vidal." Very Good plus in wrappers as issued with light foxing on the endpapers. William Heinemann unknown
1958ref. 155413London: William Heinemann 1958. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First UK Edition and preceded by the First American Edition published by Zero Press in 1956. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title: "Frank Adonici / from / Gore Vidal." Very Good plus in wrappers as issued with light foxing on the endpapers. William Heinemann unknown books
1972ref. 155748New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Gore Vidal / Roma '84 / Buon Natale!" A collection of Gore Vidal's essays seen here under an earlier title changed to "Homage to Daniel Shays" before publication. Very Good plus in wrappers with small bruises on the spine and top right corner of the front wrapper. Random House unknown
1972ref. 155748New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Gore Vidal / Roma '84 / Buon Natale!" A collection of Gore Vidal's essays seen here under an earlier title changed to "Homage to Daniel Shays" before publication. Very Good plus in wrappers with small bruises on the spine and top right corner of the front wrapper. Random House unknown books
1954ref. 036198E. P. Dutton 1954. Hardcover. Good. INSCRIBED by Gore Vidal. CLEAN good first edition with good dust jacket. INSCRIPTION reads: "Frank- with respect on the love of a man two gods three cameras and the undersigned- Gore. May 24- 1954". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall E. P. Dutton hardcover
1999ref. 155722San Francisco: Cleis Press 1999. First Edition. First Edition. Author Gore Vidal's personal copy with his "From the Library of" stamp on the front endpaper. Top corners slightly bumped else Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Cleis Press unknown
1999ref. 155722San Francisco: Cleis Press 1999. First Edition. First Edition. Author Gore Vidal's personal copy with his "From the Library of" stamp on the front endpaper. Top corners slightly bumped else Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Cleis Press unknown books
1820ref. 318534London: Ackermann 1820. Facsimile done in October 1944 at Mitchell's English Bookstore. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco and cloth sides a.e.g. by Truslove & Hanson Sloane St. Fine. Facsimile done in October 1944 at Mitchell's English Bookstore. 8vo. Ackermann unknown
1820ref. 318534London: Ackermann 1820. Facsimile done in October 1944 at Mitchell's English Bookstore. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco and cloth sides a.e.g. by Truslove & Hanson Sloane St. Fine. Facsimile done in October 1944 at Mitchell's English Bookstore. 8vo. Ackermann unknown books
1988ref. 126590New York: Random House 1988. First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page “Valerie love Gore.” The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association. Random House hardcover
1988ref. 126989New York: Random House 1988. First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Gore Vidal for Kit with love." The recipient Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association. Random House hardcover
1973ref. CORV-BBC-X000732Random House 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6x2x12. Signed. 1973 stated first edition. Signed by Gore Vidal at front free endpaper. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering accented with swirl design at front cover gilt titling with swirl design at spine. Gilt sharp and bright. Boards very good with light shelf wear and age wear including very gentle fraying to cloth at corners gentle wear and fading to cloth along edges and spine tips. Spine slightly cocked. Binding sound. Dust jacket is a pale apricot color with bold red and black lettering at the front and a monochrome portrait of Gore Vidal at the back. Jacket good only with more moderate wear. Dj spine is sunned and has soiling. Front panel has two closed tears to the bottom edge 1mm and 1.5mm and rear panel has faint scratches and a 1mm closed tear to the top edge. Dust jacket protected in Mylar. Top edge stained in red. Sturdy beige endpapers. Pages toned lightly. Text free of markings. Random House hardcover
1983ref. 126272New York: Random House 1983. First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Kit - all love - Gore Vidal." The recipient Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket art by Carol Wald. An exceptional association. A satiric look at the state of the union centers on a relocated Duluth and its assorted politicians policemen and women terrestrial and extraterrestrial aliens Hispanics feminists mobsters and other minorities Random House hardcover
1947ref. 1393966New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 216 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Aged grey spine with black lettering shadowed by white. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.75" has mild shelving wear small open tears along the corners a long closed tear along the front head edge light chipping along the joints small stains throughout and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the edges stains on the rear board and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has light soiling on some pages stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignmnet. Shelved in Room Z. 1393966. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover
1964ref. 1393910Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1964. First American Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo viii 503 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black spine with gold and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$6.95" has mild shelving wear chipping along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges scraping along the front joint and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild shelving wear mild age-toning throughout and light fraying along the extremities. Textblock has illustrated maps of the ancient Roman Empire on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges small stains on the edges and mild age-toning throughout. Inscription on the half-title page reading "Hubert Beimont with all best wishes" signed by Gore Vidal dated "May '64". DL consignment. Shelved in Room Z. 1393910. Special Collections - Upstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1954ref. 47062New York:: E. P. Dutton. 1954. First edition. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with very slight soiling to the rear panel--except that the jacket has been trimmed and is approximately 1/8" shorter than the volume. . 8vo. E. P. Dutton,. hardcover
1966ref. 40639New York:: Grove Press 1966. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. SIGNED by Vidal on the title page. Just about fine in a near fine dustjacket. Uncommon signed. . First printing. Includes both Vidal's rather controversial adaptation and the original play by Duerrenmatt. as well as the original cast list from the Broadway play. "Vidal has supplied a specially-written Preface for this edition of his play in which he sets forth his reasons for the kind of adaptation he has made. At Mr. Vidal's suggestion Duerrenmatt's Romulus the Great is given in translation from the original German by Gerhard Nellhaus for the reader who wishes to make his own judgment concerning the merits of the two plays." xv 165 pp. Grove Press, hardcover
1992ref. 6000HARVARD. CAMBRIDGE 1992. Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain light blue printed wrappers. An uncommon advance. . HARVARD. CAMBRIDGE 1992 paperback