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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
1889ref. 265994Paris: Maison Quantin 1889. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece 29 plates. vi 347 1 pp. 8vo. Later orange cloth. Original wrappers bound in. Soiling to covers. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece 29 plates. vi 347 1 pp. 8vo. A history of the violin condensed from the author's celebrated Les Instruments à Archet. "The feature which gives this volume its pre-eminent value is the quantity of marvellous photogravures of labels ." Fidiculus Bibliographia. Fidiculus Bibliographia 193 Maison Quantin unknown books
1948ref. 218953New York 1948. Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Seated on chair leaning forward. 1 vols. 32.2 x 2 21.8 cm. approx 12-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches. Fine. Verso docketed with holograph notations in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XV-FF-1". Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Seated on chair leaning forward. 1 vols. 32.2 x 2 21.8 cm. approx 12-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches. unknown books
1948ref. 57819New York 1948. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten "Gore Vidal / IX ff 5 / Oct 14 - '48"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Fine. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten "Gore Vidal / IX ff 5 / Oct 14 - '48"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. In the Year of City and the Pillar. Very early photographic portrait of the 23-year-old Vidal taken in the year that the publication of his controversial novel THE CITY AND THE PILLAR scandalized the mainstream press. 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
1948ref. 218954New York 1948. Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length frontal portrait of the author in shirt and sweater. 1 vols. 35.2 x 23.5 cm. approx 13-7/8 x 9-1/4 inches. Fine. Verso docketed with holograph notations in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XV-FF-1". Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length frontal portrait of the author in shirt and sweater. 1 vols. 35.2 x 23.5 cm. approx 13-7/8 x 9-1/4 inches. 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
1967ref. 232649Boston: Little Brown 1967. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey cloth. Very good in worn and faded dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Johnny Carson. Inscribed on the half-title: "Johnny / from / Gore / on air! / Rome '67 Little, Brown unknown books
1952ref. 30407New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1952. FIRST EDITION. Inscribed by Vidal on flyleaf in the year of publication: "___ from Edgar Box date illegible 1952." Fine book in near fine dust jacket with some minor edgewear and a short closed tear at bottom of front panel . Nice copy of the first Edgar Box mystery. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
2006ref. 29504New York: Doubleday 2006. FIRST EDITION. Signed by Vidal on a tipped in leaf. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Doubleday unknown books
1947ref. 29584New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. FIRST EDITION. Some faint spotting to endpapers and page edges. Else a fine copy in a beautiful crisp dust jacket with a few tiny nicks at spine ends. Particularly nice copy of Vidal's second book. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1964ref. 29261Boston: Little Brown and Company 1964. FIRST EDITION. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Vidal on a tipped-in leaf. Issued as part of Kroch & Brentano's First Edition Circle with their bookmark laid in.Fine in bright fresh dust jacket with one tiny tear at head of spine and some creasing to rear flap. Burgess 99. < Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1952ref. 23633New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. moderate shelfwear to bottom edge light spotting on top edge of text block light staining to top edge of spine cloth; jacket edgeworn and lightly browned at edges small stain at bottom corner of rear panel very slight paper loss at spine ends and along bottom edge insect nibbling. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Vidal's re-casting "in modern terms of the ancient legend of Paris and the Golden Apple" to tell the story of "a young American's year in post-war Italy Egypt and France of his adventures among the foreign cities of his affairs with three temptresses goddesses in modern terms and finally of the decision he makes."170909cq Signed by Author . E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. hardcover books
1950ref. 27841New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1950. FIRST EDITION. Page edges slightly foxed. A near fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket . E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1968ref. 017557New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1968. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 251 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has a few small tears and creases and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed in French by the author on the title page "To name withheld Vous etes charmant you are charming signed Vidal Sassoon." The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1958ref. 03517London: Heinemann 1958. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. Some light foxing to pages. Otherwise near fine in dust jacket. Heinemann hardcover books
1848ref. 12654Paris: Bailliere 1848. unbound. very good. Text illustrations. 134pp. 8vo stitched. Paris: Bailliere 1848. Very good. Thesis on the surgical treatment of umbilical and epigastric hernias by the famous French surgeon 1803-1856. Biog. Lex. der Arzte 5 749. Bailliere unknown books
2006ref. 31385New York: Doubleday 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Near Fine first edition in dustwrapper. The author's memoir covering the period 1964 to 2006. 277 pp. SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in page at the front of the book. Doubleday hardcover books
1952ref. 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
1970ref. 710608London: Heinemann. 1970. First U.K. Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Heinemann hardcover books
ref. 28379Hamburg: Vidal & Sohn No Date. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. String-bound clothcovered photo-album printed by Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke an automotive company founded in Hamburg in 1924 and continued in existence through 1977. During World War II the company produced small military vehicles. This photo-album was created by the company for the purpose of collecting small black and white photo-cards showing the various models of truck created by the company. The album is not dated. While not completely filled with the photos there are 22 pictures present and all in fine condition. One of the images shows a Vidal & Sohn truck with a swattika which gives some indication of the era from which this album was printed. Handomely illustratedon the front panel. The album is lightly worn but still easily in very good condition. Vidal & Sohn unknown books
1954ref. 51542New York: E.P. Dutton 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones David Koresh and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Some mild fading along the extremities of the boards with a small nick to the spine head. The dust jacket is moderately shelfworn with a closed tear to the rear panel and a bit of occasional shallow chipping; otherwise very good. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1977ref. Embry 196768Random House 1977. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Random House, 1977. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1954ref. 16407New York: E.P. Dutton 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. good /good . 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket heavily rubbed and edgeworn including a small tear with loss at front panel near spine. Rear panel suffers dampstains. Interior clean and bright. About very good. A mid-career novel from Vidal a satire on religion in America. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1978ref. 6242New York: Random House 1978 Stated first trade edition. Black cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt. Some foxing to foredge. A fine copy in dust jacket. Random House hardcover books