Gore VidalABAA
643 Ergebnisse
1984Best.-Nr. 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
1953Best.-Nr. 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
1964Best.-Nr. 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
2000Best.-Nr. 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
1967Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1987Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1947Best.-Nr. 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
1956Best.-Nr. 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
1985Best.-Nr. 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
1950Best.-Nr. 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
1990Best.-Nr. 2208110Random House 1990. limited. hardcover. fine. SIGNED limited edition 1/200. Comes in publisher's slipcase still in shrinkwrap fine condition. Random House unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 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
1954Best.-Nr. 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
1969Best.-Nr. 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
1952Best.-Nr. 1393971New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 375 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black and red spine with black and white aged tan lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$3.50" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the fore corners and spine and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities mild age-toning along the head and tail edges and light fraying along the front fore edge. Textblock is lightly splitting to gutter form page 30-62 and 95-126 has stains on pages 95 and 96 adhesive stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges stains on the fore edges light foxing along the head edge and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393971. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 70610NY: Dutton 1949. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Rear board corners lightly bumped and faint small dampstain on foreedge; dustjacket with edgewear at spine ends corners and front panel bottom edge and toned red ink on the spine. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Vidal's fourth novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dutton Hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 302240San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited. hardcover. fine/fine. 3 photo illustrations. 4to navy blue cloth d.w. San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited Edition. Fine. Fiftieth anniversary edition of his first book. No. 208 of 250 signed copies. Prospectus laid in. Arion Press unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 529858New York: E.P. Dutton 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket art by Lester Kohs. Lightly toned pages in first half of book binding slightly cocked very good in a moderately rubbed about very good dust jacket with several chips and tears and interior tape repairs at the flap folds. The first of three mysteries featuring New York City public relations manager Peter Cutler Sargeant II. The other two being Death Before Bedtime and Death Likes It Hot. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 000355Random House 1981 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Cloth in Box. As New/As New. Limited/Numbered. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-51995-7. Limited sign mint in box. Random House, 1981 Hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 155750New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket has a light diagonal crease on the front flap. Random House unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 160052Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont / Ulysse Productions 1959. Four items including three vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. A small-town reporter helps a lawyer incriminate a wine-selling company revealing how the merchants target poor people and youth in their advertising campaigns. Shot on location in Paris and Yvelines France. One photograph 9.5 x 7.25 two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 5.25 x 4 inches. Very good plus with some curling at the edges and one photograph with some foxing on the verso. Gaumont / Ulysse Productions unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 581121New York: Random House 1981. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. Number 93 of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. Random House hardcover books
1952Best.-Nr. 09309New York: E. P. Dutton 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. octavo 221 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $2.50 on front flap and small chip at head of rear panel. Owner name and town on FFEP. E. P. Dutton unknown books
