Vidal, GoreABAA
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1965rif. 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 books
1948rif. 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 books
1949rif. 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 books
1946rif. 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 books
1946rif. 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 books
1991rif. 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 books
1956rif. 007598New York: Zero Press 1956. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket Faint toning front panel 2" faint crease top edge rear panel. With lovely fresh flaps text clean book feels unread. Zero Press Hardcover books
1950rif. 12560DARK GREEN BRIGHT RED Dutton 1950 first edition near fine in a bright vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Dutton unknown books
1973rif. 155680New York: Random House 1973. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title: "Michael Eric / best utopian wishes / Gore Vidal." The first book in the Narratives of Empire series. Near Fine in a Very Good plus price-clipped dust jacket. Faint soil on the page block. Jacket lightly edgeworn with a faintly faded spine. Random House unknown books
1990rif. 155733New York: Random House 1990. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good plus in wrappers with light toning along the top edge of the front wrapper. Random House unknown books
1984rif. 155893New York: Random House 1984. Limited Edition one of 350 numbered copies this being No. 103 SIGNED by the author. Fine and unread in a lightly faded else Near Fine example of the publisher's slipcase with no dust jacket as issued. Random House unknown books
1953rif. 164436New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1953. First Edition. First Edition. Inscribed by Vidal under his pseudonym to fellow author William Targ: "For Wm Targ / Edgar Box." Very Good with the usual discoloration to the cloth and some foxing to the front pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket that is foxed on the verso with chipping along the top edge and a mostly separated front flap fold. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1964rif. 190676Boston: Little Brown & Co 1964. 503p. endpaper maps signed by the author at top-corner of first free blank hardcover first edition stated bound in blue-gray cloth boards gilt and unclipped edgeworn dustjacket with a short tears and scratches on the back panel otherwise in very good condition. Little, Brown & Co unknown books
2000rif. 40859NY: Doubleday 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine topedge lightly pushed bottom edge soiled; dustjacket with few tiny edge wrinkles and light rubbing on the rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed first edition copies of this Vidal title are uncommon. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1967rif. 14779Boston: Little Brown & Co 1967. First edition. Hardcover. A very good plus copy in a price-clipped very good jacket with a closed tear to the bottom of the front panel near the spine. Signed by the author at the top of the first white blank page. Here the author tackles politics with his characteristic wit and insight and traces the fortunes of a number of men and women who in the years 1937 to 1952 helped to transform the American republic into what Vidal refers to as "possibly the last empire on earth." The author's sixth novel in his Narratives of Empire series of historical novels. 377 pages. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
rif. B37103-EG.P. Putnam's Sons. Collectible - Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! NY: G P Putnam's Sons 1968. 1st US edition 2nd printing. Hardcover 8vo 255 pgs. B/w photos. Signed and inscribed by Sassoon on title pg. Good in a near very good dust jacket. Waterstain along lower edge of covers with some small white spots to covers. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket toned and lightly edgeworn. Hairdressers Autobiography Inquire if you need further information. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1987rif. 09427EMPIRE Random House 1987 first edition fine in like slip-case. 1/250 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. America at the turn of the last century. Random House unknown books
rif. 222578Paris: Hartmann. hardcover. very good. Musical notation plus 6 mounted photographs from the performance; no text. Slim 4to contemporary 3/4 brown leather front hinge and joint repaired. Paris: Hartmann no date circa 1875. Emmanuel Chabrier whose name appears on the title page may have the pianist for the show. Hartmann unknown books
1947rif. 6545New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1947. Very Good/Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1947. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on title page. Octavo; 216pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Black coated boards with gold spine lettering. Unclipped jacket flaps were once glued to pastedowns. Large chips missing on all jacket edges; bottom quarter of jacket spine is AWOL. Back surface of jacket is soiled; flaps foxed probably triggered by previous paste. Jacket now stabilized in mylar. Front and rear endpapers foxed. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown; Brentano's stamp on front free endpaper. Impressions left in front free endpaper by some heavy-handed scrawling now largely erased. Black cloth binding scuffed. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc unknown books
1956rif. 28787Boston: Little Brown and Company 1956. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1956. First Edition. Signed by Gore Vidal without inscription at title page. Octavo. 278 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black and orange boards. Unclipped dust jacket dampstained along top quarter of jacket; lightly chipped and creased along edges. Boards show light to moderate edgewear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1985rif. 46406New York: Summit Books / Antelope 1985. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Summit Books in Association with Antelope 1985. First Edition. Small quarto 27cm; publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; 160pp.; color photographs throughout. Moderate wear and soil to jacket and board margins spine a bit cocked corners bumped; overall About Very Good internally clean and sound. Signed by Gore Vidal on half title page. Summit Books / Antelope unknown books
1950rif. 1393961New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 255 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Red spine aged brown with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$3.00" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the corners a stain on the front flap and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have light bumping along the tail fore corners mild wear along the head and tail edges and stains on the rear board and spine. Textblock has a pen inscription on the front end-page moderate age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges light foxing along the edges and a loose binding. Wrapped in a second dust jacket beneath the first. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393961. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover books
1984rif. 177044New York: Random House 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. One of 350 specially bound copies. A thick historical novel about the 16th U.S. President. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase that has some slight sunning to the rear panel. Signed by Vidal on the limitation page. Random House unknown books
1954rif. 1393967New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 254 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with red and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$3.50" has moderate shelving wear small open tears along the fore corners spine head and tail edges and rear cover moderate chipping along the fore edges and joints and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have light bumping along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges and mild age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has pencil marks on the rear pastedown moderate age-toning along the end-pages pastedowns and edges 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. 1393967. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
1969rif. 1393937Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xii 255 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$5.95" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the corners and spine head and tail edges and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and mild age-toning along the extremities. Textblock is lightly splitting to gutter from the half-title page to page 14 has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the head edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393937. Special Collections - Upstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
