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1978ref. 155940New York: Random House 1978. First Edition. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in wrappers. Random House unknown books
1950ref. 155936New York: Pyramid 1950. First Edition. First Edition a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers with light wear and creasing at the corners and reader creases along the spine. Pyramid unknown books
1956ref. 155924New York: Zero Press 1956. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED on page 140 by contributor Gore Vidal. About Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Two small splashes on the top page edges. Jacket lightly foxed on the front and spine panels rear flap fold and top edge of the rear panel. Zero Press unknown books
1979ref. 155919Los Angeles: Sylvester and Orphanos 1979. First Edition. First Edition. One of 26 lettered copies this being letter J SIGNED by the author. Bound in full black morocco leather with gilt titles and decorations on the boards. Endpapers lightly toned on the edges else about Fine with no dust jacket as issued. Sylvester and Orphanos unknown books
1987ref. 155956London: Andre Deutsch 1987. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First UK Edition. Very Good plus in lightly soiled perfect-bound wrappers. Andre Deutsch unknown books
1948ref. 155933New York: E.P. Dutton 1948. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author on the title page: "For Drew Dudley- / with all best wishes / Gore Vidal / 1948." Vidal's third novel a milestone in gay literature. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine lightly rubbed. Jacket moderately rubbed on the front panel and front flap fold with chips at the spine ends and corners and accompanying creasing. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1956ref. 155418New York: Zero Press 1956. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Jacket spine panel lightly toned else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Zero Press unknown books
1958ref. 155413London: William Heinemann 1958. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First UK Edition and preceded by the First American Edition published by Zero Press in 1956. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title: "Frank Adonici / from / Gore Vidal." Very Good plus in wrappers as issued with light foxing on the endpapers. William Heinemann unknown books
1985ref. 155417London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1985. First UK Edition preceded by the First American Edition published by Summit the same year. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Weidenfeld and Nicholson unknown books
2007ref. 155496Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press 2007. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued lightly bumped on the bottom corners. Scarecrow Press unknown books
1954ref. 155426New York: E.P. Dutton 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. E.P. Dutton 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
1983ref. 155421New York: Random House 1983. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in wrappers. Random House unknown books
1950ref. 155422New York: E.P. Dutton 1950. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Front board has two small bumps on the bottom and top edge respectively. Jacket spine lightly faded with tiny chips at the corners. A bright copy. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1987ref. 155676New York: Random House 1987. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The fourth novel in the Narratives of Empire series. Near Fine in wrappers. Random House unknown 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
1944ref. 23463Buenos Aires: Mitchell's English Book-Store 1944. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxviii 115pp. plus 24 color plates. One of 1870 numbered copies from a total printing of 2000 copies This is number 1441. The text is a facsimile in 8vo of the Ackermann edition London. 1820 complete with 24 full color plates. Finely bound in cowhide with green endpapers with a velvet-like texture. Rear inner hinge cracked else a fine copy. . Mitchell's English Book-Store hardcover books
ref. 02645London: R. Ackermann 1820. The Great Color-Plate Book of Early Argentina One of Only Fifty Atlas Large-Paper Copies of Ackermann's Magnificent Buenos Ayres and Monte Video VIDAL Emeric Essex. Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video Consisting of Twenty-Four Views; accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes Manners &c. of the Inhabitants of those Cities and their Environs. London: Published by R. Ackermann. Printed by L. Harrison 1820. First edition. One of only fifty Atlas large-paper copies. Atlas quarto 15 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches; 397 x 317 mm. xxviii 115 1 blank pp. Twenty-four magnificent hand-colored aquatint plates including four double-page folding panoramas one incorporating two views. Text and plates watermarked 1818 and 1820. Publisher's original green morocco-grain cloth covers elaborately blocked in blind spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt yellow coated endpapers. Very slight wear at the upper joint inner hinges neatly strengthened. Housed in a green cloth slipcase. A beautiful unusually fresh copy. One of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century travel illustration and unquestionably the most important English color-plate book devoted to the Río de la Plata during the formative years of Argentine independence. Issued by Rudolph Ackermann at the height of his publishing career Vidal's Picturesque Illustrations combines superb aquatint engraving with brilliant contemporary hand-coloring to create one of the finest visual records of early nineteenth-century South America. Emeric Essex Vidal served with the Royal Navy in the Río de la Plata between 1816 and 1818 only a few years after the region had broken from Spanish rule. Unlike many travel artists who relied upon second-hand sketches or romantic invention Vidal drew directly from life recording Buenos Aires Montevideo and the surrounding pampas with exceptional accuracy sympathy and artistic accomplishment. His views preserve an emerging nation at a pivotal historical moment before the rapid political and economic transformation of the nineteenth century forever altered its landscape and society. The twenty-four aquatints form an unrivaled pictorial survey of the region. Sweeping panoramas of Buenos Aires and Montevideo are complemented by intimate scenes of daily life: bustling marketplaces churches and public squares gauchos estancias soldiers indigenous peoples horse races ostrich hunts wine mule convoys rural laborers and the famous South Matadero. Together they constitute one of the earliest and most comprehensive ethnographic portraits of Argentina and Uruguay ever published remarkable both for their documentary precision and for their extraordinary artistic beauty. The present copy belongs to the Atlas issue limited to only fifty copies produced on substantially larger paper for the most discerning collectors and institutions. Martin Hardie records that the ordinary edition consisted of 750 copies making the Atlas issue one of the rarest deluxe publications produced by Ackermann. The generous margins dramatically enhance the visual impact of the plates particularly the four spectacular folding panoramas which rank among the finest achievements of the English aquatint tradition. The binding itself appears to represent an unrecorded publisher's variant. Abbey describes only the large-paper issue bound in red cloth whereas the present copy retains its original green morocco-grain cloth decorated with a slightly different spine design omitting the wording "24 Plates Coloured." Such variants are seldom encountered and add further bibliographical interest to an already exceptional copy. Martin Hardie rightly regarded the aquatints as possessing "a subtle charm of their own apart from their historical and geographical value." That judgment has only strengthened with time. Today Vidal's work is recognized not merely as one of Ackermann's greatest travel books but as the definitive visual record of the Río de la Plata in the years immediately following independence - a cornerstone of South American iconography and one of the supreme achievements of the English color-plate book. References: Abbey Travel 698; Colas 3000; Hiler p. 878; Hardie pp. 107 312; Prideaux pp. 355 375; Sabin 99460; Tooley 495. London: R. Ackermann, 1820 unknown books
1968ref. 1411734Boston: Little Brown and Company 1968. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 264 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with gold lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover price uncut "$5.95" has a crease to the top corner of the front flap and light shelving wear. Boards have light bumping to edges and light general shelving wear. Textblock has light stains to the front matter and light general shelving wear. Signed flat by Gore Vidal to title page. Shelved in Room X. 1411734. Special Collections - Downstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1978ref. 615834Chicago: Playboy Enterprises Inc 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. Vol. 25 No. 3. Small quarto. Stapled wrappers. Wraps moderately rubbed and bumped near fine. Includes an interview with Ranan R. Lurie as well as contributions by Gore Vidal Bury St. Edmund Richard Rhodes and others. Playboy Enterprises, Inc unknown books
1978ref. 616419Chicago: Playboy Enterprises Inc 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. Vol. 25 No. 4. Small quarto. Stapled wrappers. Covers lightly worn near fine overall. Includes an interview with David Cross as well as contributions by Gore Vidal Art Buchwald Elizabeth McNeil and others. Playboy Enterprises, Inc unknown books
1984ref. 609514New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book club edition. 657pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a faint dampstain on the spine foot and tiny tears. Random House hardcover books
1976ref. 609519New York: Random House 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book club edition. 364pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine rubbing and edgewear. Random House hardcover books
1990ref. 614455New York: Armchair Detective Library 1990. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. New introduction by the author. Fine in a near fine slipcase with some spotting. Copy 49 of 100 numbered copies Signed by Gore Vidal with both his own name and as Edgar Box. Armchair Detective Library hardcover books
2001ref. 584299New York: Doubleday 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 465pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Gore's ninth collection of essays including ones on Edmund Wilson Dawn Powell Sinclair Lewis Mark Twain Bill Clinton FDR JFK Al Gore John Updike Charles Lindbergh and more. Laid in is a review of the book from The New York Times Book Review. Doubleday hardcover books
