1957ref. 158233N.p.: N.p. 1957. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1957 French film including four oversize photographs. Numerical annotations and annotations identifying subjects in manuscript pencil and ink on the versos. Loosely based on Hadley Chase's 1954 novel "The Sucker Punch." A rich widow's daughter marries a good-looking but self-interested man who promptly falls in love with another woman. Oversize photographs 9.5 x 12 inches and one photograph 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Selby France. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 144209Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage borderless photograph of Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly from the 1959 film. With manuscript annotations in graphite on the verso. Based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. A disturbed young woman is coerced by her aunt 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. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1742ref. 245540Madrid: Por Manuel Fernandez 1742. 28 pp. 8vo. Disbound. Laid into later Venetian Calf portfolio. 28 pp. 8vo. Por Manuel Fernandez unknown books
1956ref. 61988New York: The Zero Press 1956. First edition. 154pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue and gray cloth. Previous owner's ink signature on flyleaf otherwise a virtually mint copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket. First edition. 154pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Zero Press unknown books
1972ref. 297119New York: Random House 1972. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo brown cloth d.w. New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. Autographed by Gore on the title page. Red letter H stamped on flyleaf. Random House unknown books
1964ref. 1393911London UK: Heinemann 1964. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo viii 466 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Purple and gold spine with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "25s. NET" has moderate shelving wear moderate chipping along the extremities small open tears along the corners a small closed tear along the rear head edge and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have moderate wear along the head and tail edges light fraying along the fore corners and moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has illustrated maps of the ancient Roman Empire on the end-pages and pastedowns light splitting to gutter from pages 21-52 mild bending wear along the fore corners moderate wear along the edges stains on the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393911. Special Collections - Upstairs. Heinemann hardcover books
ref. 350202Boston: Little Brown and Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in a modestly rubbed very good or better dustwrapper with a bit of foxing. Signed by the author. A nice copy of one of the author's scarcer titles play based on television scripts. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1957ref. 101488Boston: Little Brown and Company 1957. Hardcover. xxii 158p. 4p. photos signed by Vidal on the half title very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped but worn and toned dj with single small tape repair on rear of jacket. This is the stage version based on the TV script. It was first performed at the Booth Theatre in NYC on February 7 1957 starring Cyril Ritchard Conrad Janis Mindy's Dad!Eventually made into a Jerry Lewis film much to the author's dismay. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1889ref. 1352921Paris: Maison Quantin 1889. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print raised bands; Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners marbled paper to boards mild wear to spine caps edges and corners slight scuffing to leather slight rubbing to paper on boards else clean and strong; Text block has gilt top edge marbled endpapers slight amount of pencil notation within SEE PHOTOS light age-toning to paper else clean and tight some uncut pages; Text in French; ii 343 pages frontispiece port. illustrated b&w plates. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #5. 1352921. FP New Rockville Stock. Maison Quantin hardcover books
1990ref. 297128New York: Random House 1990. Limited. hardcover. fine. Large 8vo cloth. New York: Random House 1990. Limited First Edition. One of 200 specially bound signed copies. Fine in the publisher's cloth slipcase. Random House unknown books
1952ref. 8125NY: Dutton 1952. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the front free endpage. Tight copy with minimal shelfwear beginning page toning and previous owner name on the front pastedown; dustjacket with minimal shelfwear mostly on the spine topedge beginning toning on the flap topedges few tiny chips. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dutton Hardcover books
1984ref. 12561LINCOLN Random House 1984 first edition fine in slipcase without dust-wrapper as issued. 1/350 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. Random House unknown books
1974ref. 207551974. LGBTQ Transgender Vidal Gore. Myron. New York Random House 1974. Signed in purple ink by author on title page. First edition. 244 pages. Original navy blue binding with "GV" stamped in gilt on cover and author title and published stamped on spine. Original dustjacket in good condition. Myron is the 1974 sequel to Vidal's groundbreaking 1968 novel Myra Breckinridge one of the first American novels to feature a transgender protagonist. This twisting gender-bending narrative follows the same protagonist after the events of Myra Breckinridge when they have returned to their neutered male persona Myron. While watching TV one night Myron finds himself transported into the 1948 film Siren of Babylon a chaotic world where Myra threatens to take over again. In the introduction to the book Vidal speaks out against the landmark 1973 Miller vs. California case in which the Supreme Court ruled that obscene and pornographic materials are not protected by the First Amendment and may be banned by governmental authority saying "Chief Justice Warren Burger admitted that although no link has been found between the consumption of pornography and anti-social behavior any community may assume that such a connection exists if it wants to - in other words an outraged community may burn a witch even though properly speaking witches do not exist." In an sardonic attempt to preclude himself from such a witch hunt Vidal replaced the "dirty" words in the novel with the names of the concurring Supreme Court justices and anti-pornography activists Father Morton Hill and Edward Keating to "revitalize a language gone stale and inexact from too much 'burgering' around with meaning." Some light dampstaining to dustjacket. Overall very good condition. First edition novel dealing with transexuality and gender-fluidity signed by celebrated author and free speech activist Gore Vidal. unknown books
1929ref. 5910Paris: Société des Editions Militaires 1929. First Edition one of 50 copies on vélin teinté total edition of 515. 19 of 20 hand-colored plates after watercolors by Leroux. 1 vols. 4to. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers with a few tears and slight chipping normal for a large book bound thus otherwise a near fine copy. In cloth sliding case. Leroux Pierre Albert. First Edition one of 50 copies on vélin teinté total edition of 515. 19 of 20 hand-colored plates after watercolors by Leroux. 1 vols. 4to. Superbly illustrated history of the role artillery in the French army throughout the ages with magnificent hand-colored plates. Société des Editions Militaires unknown books
1950ref. 321450New York: Dutton 1950. First. hardcover. fine/very good. 8vo cloth d.w. New York: Dutton 1950. First Editiion. The dust wrapper is price-intact but sunned and chipped at the extremes of the spine. Presentation copy signed "Gore" Christmas 1949. Dutton unknown books
1950ref. 31727NY: E. P. Dutton 1950. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal in ink on the title page. Publisher's embossed device on front board gilt spine lettering. Spine ends lightly pushed with minimal shelfwear faint offsetting on the front and rear endpages and a small scuff not immediately apparent on the topedge; dustjacket with slight shelfwear and minimal loss at the spine ends and toning on the flaps' edges and bottom portion of the rear panel. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Vidal's fifth novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1990ref. 1101018NY: Random House 1990. First edition limited issue of 200 numbered copies signed by Vidal as issued. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Fine condition in a Fine slipcase in the the publisher's unopened shrinkwrap.Tthe fifth historical novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Random House hardcover books
1982ref. 1393921New York NY: Random House 1982. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 278 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with red and yellow lettering Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price uncut "$15.00" has tears along the rear head edge and spine head/tail and mild age toning along the edges. Boards are slightly cocked and has mild discoloration along the spine. Textblock has an ink mark on page 112 light stains on pages 45 178-179 and 191 adhesive wear on the front pastedown page and foxing along the pastedown pages end-pages and edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1393921. Special Collections - Downstairs. Random House hardcover books
1957ref. 014037Boston Toronto: Little Brown and Company 1957. INSCRIBED TO JOANNE WOODWARD AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. "To Miss Joanne Woodward-for whom the beautiful part of Ellen was written- Gore Vidal Aug. 1957". One small area of rubbing and brown stain lower 1/3 of spine. Small water mark at top of rear cover. Jacket is darkened at creases some chipping with 1" piece missing from spine at lower portion of "Planet". Light water-stain top of rear panel. Original $2.95 price on front blurb. Photo of Cyril Ritchard and Eddie Mayehoff on rear panel.This is the play based on the television script for an episode of Goodyear Television Playhouse aired on May 8 1955. The play starring Mr. Ritchard who also directed the play ran 388 performances in 1957-58. The play was then made into a Hollywood film starring Jerry Lewis in 1960. We can find no evidence that Miss Woodward ever played the role of Ellen Spelding. Sylvia Davis is listed in the playbill for the TV episode. Sarah Marshall is cast as Ellen in the Broadway play. Joan Blackman played her in the film adaptation. We know from biographical sources that Miss Woodward was a close friend of the author. Some reports suggest that she was engaged to Vidal prior to marrying Paul Newman. Vidal noted that it was all a stunt to attrract Newman's attention to Miss Woodward. She shared a house with Vidal in Los Angeles for a short time. Furthermore Paul Newman shared living quarters with Vidal at an earlier time. An unusual association copy of a work by the acclaimed American writer 1925-2012. Signed by Author. First Edition. Green and White Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket. Octavo. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover books
1961ref. 36958London: The Holland Press 1961. 3 volumes. Quarto. 357; 383; 160 ccxix pp. Illustrated. In dustjackets. A facsimile of the original edition published in 1876-1878. The Holland Press unknown books
1992ref. 155875New York: Random House 1992. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in an about Fine lightly age-toned dust jacket. Random House unknown books
1954ref. 155428Boston: E.P. Dutton 1954. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed with a chip on the bottom edge of the rear panel and cello tape reinforcements on the inside crown. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1954ref. 164435London: William Heinemann 1954. First UK Edition signed by Vidal on the title page. About Fine in a Very Good plus lightly spine-toned dust jacket with some rubbing to the front and rear panels and small chips at the spine ends. William Heinemann unknown books
1966ref. 162906Paris: Agence Dalmas 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1966 film showing actor Jean-Paul Belmondo doing a stunt in which he falls off his bicycle on the Champs-Élysées. Printed mimeo snipe Dalmas Agency stamp PIX agency label and library stamp on the verso. Based on the 1965 book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. A retelling of the World War II liberation of Paris in August 1944 by the French Resistance and Free French Forces. Set in Paris and Germany shot on location in Paris. Fro the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Agence Dalmas unknown books
1990ref. 366650New York: Random House 1990. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Very slight spotting else about fine in a fine slipcase with slight fading. Copy 91 of 200 copies of the limited edition Signed by the author. Random House hardcover books
