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1950ref. 350752New York: E.P. Dutton 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Offsetting and foxing on the endpapers very good or better in price-clipped very good dustwrapper with some old internal repair. Signed by the author. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1991ref. 368886New York: The Armchair Detective Library 1991. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Fine in a very good slipcase with slight spotting. Copy X of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. The Armchair Detective Library hardcover
1987ref. 21601New York: Random House 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth front cover and front cover with inset black label lettered in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase. 486 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition copy 2 of 250 signed by Gore Vidal in black ink. Random House hardcover
1987ref. 312383FRANKLIN CENTER: FRANKLIN LIBRARY. Fine with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Leather Binding. SIGNED Limited Edition. Fine in brown leather binding with gilt edges & satin marker ribbon without DJ. As issued. Specially printed presentation card in envelope laid-in Features a special introuction by author not included in any other edition. . FRANKLIN LIBRARY. hardcover
1990ref. 28054NY: RANDOM HOUSE. Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain yellow printed wrappers. . RANDOM HOUSE. paperback
1972ref. 1393927New York NY: Random House 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii 449 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with faded gold orange and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$8.95" has mild shelving wear bending wear along the font head edge light chipping along the fore corners spine head and tail edges and mild age-toning throughout and mild bending wear along the front flap. Boards have mild wear along the spine. Textblock has 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. Shelved in Room Z. 1393927. Special Collections - Upstairs. Random House hardcover
1947ref. 28420New York:: E. P. Dutton 1947. First edition. publisher's black cloth in dust jacket. Very slightly shelf-slanted and with slight bumps at extremities; in a dust jacket with some restoration to the extremities of the spine and rear panel. 8vo. E. P. Dutton, hardcover
1981ref. 85525Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1981. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quentin Fiore specially commissioned map. 18 493 3 pages. Map. Partial Bibliography. A Note by Gore Vidal points out that he has written a novel and not a history. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Includes "A special message to subscribers from Robert Penn Warren." Signed by the author. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal born Eugene Louis Vidal October 3 1925 - July 31 2012 was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit erudition and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual and in his novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. As a novelist Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life. His style of narration evoked the time and place of his stories and delineated the psychology of his characters. His third novel The City and the Pillar offended the literary political and moral sensibilities of conservative book reviewers the plot being about a dispassionately presented male homosexual relationship. In the historical novel genre Vidal recreated the imperial world of Julian the Apostate r. AD 361-363 in Julian. Julian was the Roman emperor who attempted to re-establish Roman polytheism to counter Christianity. In satire Myra Breckinridge explores the mutability of gender roles and sexual orientation as being social constructs established by social mores. Quentin Fiore February 12 1920 - April 13 2019 was a graphic designer who worked mostly in books. Julian is a 1964 novel by Gore Vidal a work of historical fiction written primarily in the first person dealing with the life of the Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus known to Christians as Julian the Apostate who reigned from 360 to 363 A.D. Julian was the last direct relative of Constantine the Great to take up the purple his father being Constantine's half-brother. As emperor he attempted to destroy the influence of the Christian church. His goals were to bring back firstly the worship of the old Roman pantheon secondly other religions including Judaism he attempts to restore the Jewish Temple and thirdly - with special emphasis upon the growing crisis on Rome's frontiers - Mithraism a mystery religion that had been popular among Roman soldiers. The book takes the form of the correspondence between two Hellenistic pagans Libanius who is considering writing a biography of Julian and Priscus who possesses Julian's personal memoir. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best. The Franklin Library was a division of The Franklin Mint that produced fine collector edition books over three decades ending in the year 2000. For this reason all Franklin Library editions are now considered "out of print" and are no longer available for sale from the Franklin Mint. The Franklin Library produced books in three different binding styles referred to as full genuine leather imitation leather and quarter bound genuine leather. The full leather bound editions were produced through out the Franklin Library's full life span and the other two styles imitation and quarter bound were only produced through the 1970's and 80's. Below are some of the characteristics found in all Franklin Library editions along with more detailed information about the different binding styles. All Editions: • High quality paper; • Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding; • Gold gilded page edges on all three sides; • Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. The genuine full leather bound editions are the highest quality of the three. While most characteristics remained constant through out the different series and years of production the style of end papers varied from silk moiré to decorative paper. Some of the characteristics that remained constant: • Full genuine leather binding; • 22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers; and • Attached silk page marker. The Franklin Library hardcover
ref. GORE VIDAL 777RANDOM Book. Fine. LEATHER. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST BOUND IN LEATHER FOR THE AUTHOR. BY THE PUBLISHER GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA . RANDOM Hardcover
ref. 2617Upper corners gently bumped; loss to gilt on top edge; ribbon bookmark color faded from blue to purple. Very good. Gore Vidal. Thomas B. Allen illustrator. Lincoln: A Novel. Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1984. First edition. Signed by Gore Vidal. Octavo. 657pp. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Publisher's blue leather spine and boards lettered and decorated in gilt three raised bands all edges gilt marbled endleaves ribbon bookmark. . unknown
1968ref. 1411734Boston: Little Brown and Company 1968. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 264 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with gold lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover price uncut "$5.95" has a crease to the top corner of the front flap and light shelving wear. Boards have light bumping to edges and light general shelving wear. Textblock has light stains to the front matter and light general shelving wear. Signed flat by Gore Vidal to title page. Shelved in Room X. 1411734. Special Collections - Downstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1968ref. 4435LITTLE BROWN. BOSTON 1968. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0218512937 . Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Faint spots of soiling on top edge. 1/4"- inch tear & tiny chips at crest of spine on jacket. Light creasing to flaps. Couple small scratches on covers. . LITTLE, BROWN. BOSTON 1968 hardcover
ref. Bing52CM00007Random House NY. Hardcover W/Dust Jacket. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Sm4TO 435 pgs beveled edges Parchment light book jacket good shape. 1ST EDITION. Random House, NY hardcover
2006ref. 71168New York NY: Doubleday 2006. First edition. First Edition stated. First Printing stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 12 277 1 p. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Index. Signed by author. Signed on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling. From Wikipedia: "Gore Vidal b. Eugene Louis Vidal; 3 October 1925 31 July 2012 was an American writer and a public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit and polished style of writing. He was a Democratic Party politician who twice sought elected office; first to the United States House of Representatives New York State 1960 then to the U.S. Senate California 1982. As a political commentator and essayist Vidal s principal subject was the history of the United States and its society. As a public intellectual Gore Vidal s topical debates on sex politics and religion with other public intellectuals and writers occasionally became continual quarrels. As a novelist Gore Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life; the polished erudite style of narration readily evokes the time and place of the story and perceptively delineates the psychology of the characters." Derived from a Kirkus review: This is a successor volume to his memoir Palimpsest 1995. In contrast to earlier reminiscences "melancholy baggage" weighs more heavily on him here-declining health and departed friends. Moving from his villa in Ravello Italy to the Hollywood Hills Vidal starts this year-long chronicle on New Year's Eve 2004. Death-Iraq casualties disaster victims in New Orleans the exits of Saul Bellow Johnny Carson and Pope John Paul II-provokes a flood of memories and fulminations. Like an ancient Roman patrician he awaits his turn to shuffle off this mortal coil. Sensing that time is no longer on his side Vidal celebrates friends criticizes enemies and bemoans the end of "our old original Republic." Vidal can produce memorable portraits. Vidal's memories from encounters in DC New York Hollywood and elsewhere remain intact the wit affecting. Doubleday hardcover
2006ref. 53853New York: Doubleday 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 277 pages. Illus. endpaper illus. index slight wear to DJ edges. Signed by the author. Memoirs of the celebrated and controversial novelist essayist and critic. Doubleday hardcover
1965ref. 70626NY: E.P. Dutton 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised edition. Slight spine lean else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket. Inscribed and signed by Vidal on the half title page. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1948ref. 562184New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pages 259-262 and 279-282 roughly opened along bottom edge pages evenly age-toned spine mildly cocked else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. The story of a young man discovering his homosexuality. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1949ref. 50381London: John Lehmann 1949. First UK edition. Hardcover. very good -. Octavo. 270pp. Original brown cloth gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Spine a bit faded and dulled. Vidal's third novel which shocked the public with its direct and unadorned examination of a homosexual main character Vidal 1925-2012 in this novel used what he called a "flat gray naturalistic style." The novel became a sensation but received generally negative reviews. In 1974 he explained to The Paris Review that "Tactically if not aesthetically this was for a good reason. Up until then homosexuality in literature was always exotic. I wanted to deal with an absolutely ordinary all-American lower-middle-class young man and his world. To show the dead-on "normality" of the homosexual experience. John Lehmann hardcover
2000ref. 313189NY: DOUBLEDAY. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316854093 . SIGNED by Gore Vidal on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. . DOUBLEDAY. hardcover
1952ref. 12721New York:: E. P. Dutton 1952. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Better than very good in a bright jacket with some closed tears and use to the extremities of the spine. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Earle F. Wallbridge on the front free endpaper. E. P. Dutton, hardcover
1954ref. 215873New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1954. 254 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in very good dust jacket by William Metzig. 254 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1962ref. 10238London: Heinemann 1962. First collected edition. Hardcover. Very good/good . Octavo 260pp. Marginal dampstain to the top edge else a very good copy in the publisher's blue cloth. In a good or better price-clipped dust jacket with commensurate staining somwehat visible to the exterior but more pronounced on the verso of the jacket. This first collected edition is also the first UK edition of these three plays. SIGNED by Vidal and inscribed by him generically on the title page "Gore Vidal Buon Natale Roma '84." Scarce signed. Heinemann hardcover
1946ref. 56534New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21cm. Original black cloth titled in blue on spine and front cover; 222pp. Pinpoint traces of rubbing at base of spine and board corners; endpapers mildly toned as usual; still a straight tight very Near Fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. Vidal's first book a novel of suspense set on board a U.S. Army troop ship during WW2. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
1946ref. 45622New York: E P Dutton & Company 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 222p octavo. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket nicked on the foredge of the jacket E P Dutton & Company hardcover
1946ref. 101473New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1946. Hardcover. 222p. ex-library first edition of Vidal's first book signed by Vidal on the title page half-title and f.e.p. roughly removed boards somewhat edgeworn with a couple of stain dots pastedowns browned with some offsetting to title leaf library stamp and shadow of absent pocket on r.e.p. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover
