Vidal, GoreBiblio.com
6.384 resultados
1967ref. 125449Boston: Little Brown and Company 1967. First edition of the final volume in Vidal's Narratives of Empire his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the second title page "Valerie from Gore 1968." 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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheridan Germann. An exceptional association. Washington D.C. is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empirehis acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. "Washington D.C. may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital" said The New Yorker and the Times Literary Supplement deemed it "a prodigiously skilled and clever performance. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1987ref. 51381New York: Random House 1987. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.34. Octavo 24.25cm; maroon cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; viii4864pp. Fine in a Fine slipcase still housed in the partially-opened publisher's shrinkwrap. Historical novel centered around the relationship between government and mass media in the creation of modern-day America set in the late 19th-early 20th century. Random House unknown
1991ref. 52045New York: Armchair Detective Library 1991. First Thus. First Thus originally published 1952-54. Octavo 23cm. 3 volumes each one of 26 lettered signed copies of a total edition of 126. Bound uniformly in maroon cloth titled in gilt on covers and spines; slipcases; publisher's clear acetate dustjackets. All three volumes Fine in the original clear acetate jackets and slipcases. Attractive set of these signed limited reprints of works originally issued under Vida'ls pseudonym Edgar Box in the early- to mid-1950s featuring detective Edgar Cutler Sargeant. Includes:. Death in the Fifth Position 1991 - Letter "D" signed Gore Vidal Death Before Bedtime 1990 - Letter "I" signed Gore Vidal Death Likes It Hot 1990 - Letter "C" signed Edgar Box and Gore Vidal. Armchair Detective Library unknown
1981ref. 002906Random House 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Signed by Gore Vidal. First edition/First Printing. Random House hardcover
2014ref. __1137322276Palgrave Macmillan 2014. Paperback. New. 358 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Palgrave Macmillan paperback
2017ref. __3330098481Editorial Académica Española 2017. Paperback. New. 160 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.37 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
ref. 107422Monspelii Apud J. G. Tournel 1793. 31 pages. 19x125 Cm. Broché. Traces de couverture au dos. Plis. Bon état. Monspelii, Apud J. G. Tournel, 1793. unknown
2011ref. __3845451114Dictus Publishing 2011. Paperback. New. 284 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.64 inches. Dictus Publishing paperback
2011ref. __3845451440Dictus Publishing 2011. Paperback. New. 176 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.40 inches. Dictus Publishing paperback
2011ref. __3844376496Dictus Publishing 2011. Paperback. New. 240 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.55 inches. Dictus Publishing paperback
2011ref. __3845451769Dictus Publishing 2011. Paperback. New. 268 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.61 inches. Dictus Publishing paperback
2011ref. __3844377018Dictus Publishing 2011. Paperback. New. 120 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.28 inches. Dictus Publishing paperback
2011ref. __3845451742Dictus Publishing 2011. Paperback. New. 236 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.54 inches. Dictus Publishing paperback
2006ref. 145705New York: Doubleday 2006. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 277pp. b/w plates index Signed by Gore Vidal on bound in presentation page Doubleday hardcover
ref. M5336London The Holland Press 1961. Large 4to. xvi 357; vi 383; vi 160 ccxxii pp. plates. Publ. boards with dustwrappers. Three volumes. Fine. Complete set of the reprint. First published in 1876-78. The first volume deals entirely with violin music. The second volume deals exhaustively with the instrument makers. The third volume discusses musical typography gives biographies of musical composers and provides a "magnificent" Grove bibliography of chamber music. hardcover
1968ref. 98977Boston: Little Brown & Company 1968. First edition of this satirical novel by written in the form of a diary. Octavo black cloth. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket name to the half-title page. Photo courtesy of the Hotel Sahara. A very nice example. Described by the critic Dennis Altman as "part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept the western world in the late 1960s and early 1970s" the book's major themes are feminism transsexuality American expressions of machismo and patriarchy and deviant sexual practices. Harold Bloom cites Myra Breckinridge as a canonical work in his book The Western Canon. Made into the 1970 film directed by Michael Sarne and featured Raquel Welch in the title role. It also starred John Huston as Buck Loner Mae West as Leticia Van Allen Farrah Fawcett Rex Reed Roger Herren and Roger C. Carmel. Tom Selleck made his film debut in a small role as one of Leticia's "studs". Little, Brown, & Company hardcover
1946ref. 018369New York: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc. 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. First printing stated. Newspaper shadow ghost inside front cover. E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc. hardcover
ref. 49116Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1992. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo 24 x 17cm pp.96; 1. Publisher's black paper boards over a red paper spine. Pictorial dust-jacket shows image of Vidal in a movie theatre titles in red and white. Signed by Vidal actor Cliff Robertson and one other. With two newspaper clippings contemporary obituaries of Robertson. Internally clean. Minor bumping to spine. Jacket is neat and presentable no fading only minor edgewear. Vidal's memoirs filtered through the gentle light of the celluloid screen. Signed by Vidal and also by Cliff Robertson Academy Award winner who played the Nixon-like Joe Cantwell in the film version of Gore's 'The Best Man'. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992 unknown
1998ref. 137619Wuppertal: Kult Editionen 1998. 1st editions. As New. large octavo. laminated boards 48 48 48 48 48 48pp. colour illusts. Translated from the French. GERMAN TEXT Kult Editionen hardcover
1948ref. 25087New York: E.P. Dutton 1948. First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo original black cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with two small chips to the crown but does not show the fading endemic to the spine panel. A very sharp example. Stylistically influenced by Hemingway this work "is distinguished by its honesty and lack of self-pity; the central figure is unexceptional in every respect but his sexual choices" Stringer 690. "One of the best novels of its kind. . . . It isnt sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking" Christopher Isherwood. E.P. Dutton hardcover
2006ref. 010457Doubleday 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Published in New York by Doubleday in 2006. First Edition stated on copyright page and number sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. This copy is SIGNED by the author on tipped-in page. Book fine. DJ fine. DJ price reads "$26.00 Doubleday hardcover
1990ref. 42997Random House 1990. First edition. Hardcover. nf/nf. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 437pp. Black cloth in dark red slipcase. Limited to 200 copies of this specially bound first edition signed by Gore Vidal this being copy 92. Small bump at bottom of spine. A very nice copy in slipcase. Random House hardcover
1944ref. 71830Buenos Aires: Mitchell's English Book Store 1944. First facsimile edition. One of 2000 numbered copies. Octavo. xxviii 115 1 colophon pp. Twenty-four facsimile colored plates. The plates include: “General View of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros;” “Landing Place;” “Market Place;” “Milk Boys;” “South Matadero Public Butchery;” “Church of San Domingo;” “Pampa Indians;” “Estantia Farm on the River San Pedro;” “Balling Ostriches;” “Guachos Rustics of Tucuman;” “Convoy of Wine Mules;” “Paolistas Soldiers of the East Bank of the Plata;” “A Quinta Farm;” and “A Horse Race.” original half brown morocco over marbled boards spine with gilt bands and lettering marbled endpapers morocco-edged slipcase to match. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown Mitchell's. Original wrappers bound in. Bit of erosion to spine head else a very handsome copy. Mitchell's English Book Store hardcover
ref. 63552318Stanford University Press . Hardback. New. pp. xii 273 Stanford University Press hardcover
1947ref. 025262New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1947. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Black Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 216 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. A Near Fine Book Gilt Still Brilliant Immaculate No Marks Or Stains Or Wear. Dj Priced $2.75 Unfaded Not Price-Clipped Light Edge Wear With A 1/4" Squarish Chip At Top Of Front Panel A Few Very Short Edge Tears And A Few Minute Losses Some Internal Tape Reinforcements. Inscribed In 1947 To Elizabeth Ann Mcmurray A Bookstore Owner Writer And Later An Editor "With All Friendly Wishes Thanks" And Signed By Gore Vidal. A Clipping Of His Obituary In The Los Angeles Times 2012 Is Laid In Loosely. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover
