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1946ref. 56534New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21cm. Original black cloth titled in blue on spine and front cover; 222pp. Pinpoint traces of rubbing at base of spine and board corners; endpapers mildly toned as usual; still a straight tight very Near Fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. Vidal's first book a novel of suspense set on board a U.S. Army troop ship during WW2. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1984ref. 6672New York: Random House 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Vidal on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped $19.95. Brown cloth with gilt and bronze lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Vidal's historical novel of Lincoln's presidency part of his Narratives of Empire series. Random House hardcover books
1819ref. 724041819. A Very Valuable Treatise on that Very Intricate and Important Subject" Watkins Charles 1767-1808. Vidal Robert Studley Editor. An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents; With an Appendix on the Distribution of the Personal Effects of Intestates. Corrected and Enlarged from the Author's Papers And Further Augmented with Notes of All the More Recently Adjudged Cases on the Subject Down to the Present Period. London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons 1819. xvi 331 1 4 pp. Includes 4-page published catalogue publisher advertisment to verso of half-title. Two fold-out engraved copperplate tables of descents and consanguinity. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Minor nicks and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities light gatoring to spine small chip to head of spine joints starting at ends corners bumped and lightly worn early owner bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text light foxing in places light soiling to a few leaves some creasing and edgewear to folding tables. $350. Third edition. Charles Watkins 1767-1808 was a legal writer and poet. This is a useful supplement to Chapter 14 Volume II of Blackstone's Commentaries "Of Title by Descent". "Mr. Watkins' Essay on Descents is a very valuable treatise on that very intricate and important subject" Marvin. First published in 1793 this treatise went through four editions the final in 1837. Marvin Legal Bibliography 721 Citing Barton Modern Precedents in Conveyancing. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:478 35. Rigg revised by Brown "Watkins Charles" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. unknown books
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 books
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 books
2003ref. 9021374New Haven: Yale University 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. Yale University hardcover books
1998ref. 9018012New York: Random house 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy quarter cloth and burgundy boards blindstamped on the cover spine stamped in gilt. Random house hardcover books
1947ref. 18262New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 216pp. Bookplate signed by Vidal loosely laid in. Upper board corners lightly bumped with a few tiny smudges on lower edge of front board and rough erasure to former owner's name on front endpaper; Very Good. Dustjacket unclipped with small chips to edges and spine ends and a few short tears; Very Good. Vidal's second novel a work with some gay aspects but one in which the author felt he played things a bit too safely. YOUNG 2657. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
2004ref. 9014939New York: Nation Books 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket. Nation Books hardcover books
1985ref. 9013256New York: New Directions 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. New Directions hardcover books
1983ref. 9009279New York: Random House 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Random House hardcover books
2009ref. 9008922New York: Abrams 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original black boards with the front cover and spine stamped in white. Advance review copy with review slip laid in. Abrams hardcover books
1984ref. 002904New York: Random House 1984. First Edition. Wraps. Light soiling and wear to covers. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof in yellow wraps. Uncommon and bulky format for this book. Random House paperback books
1962ref. 5455Boston: Little Brown & Co 1962. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1956ref. 164287Boston: Little Brown 1956. First Separate Edition. First appearance in print of a teleplay written by Gore Vidal that was the basis for Season 4 Episode 16 of "Goodyear Playhouse" 1955. Laid in is a typewritten memo dated 1957 regarding copyright. Near Fine with a clean dark green topstain in a Near Fine dust jacket that has some rubbing to the front panel a very lightly faded spine and light creasing to the spine ends. Small contemporary bookseller label at the bottom left corner of the rear pastedown. Little, Brown unknown books
1956ref. 164312London: Heinemann 1956. Uncorrected Proof signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Includes "Visit to a Small Planet" "The Best Man" and "On a March to the Sea." Very Good or better in plain gray wrappers. Lean and spine roll with associated creasing. Some light staining to the rear wrapper and two creases to the front wrapper. Heinemann unknown books
1992ref. 215510New York: Random House 1992. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 225 pages. A later novel from this well regarded and prolific writer. A tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket. Random House unknown books
1987ref. 210875New York: Random House 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 486 pages. A novel set in turn of the century America. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight sunning to and along the spine. Signed by Vidal on a publisher tipped in page. Random House unknown books
2000ref. UVIDEMP01fpVintage International 2000. Very Good. Vidal Gore. Empire. New York City: Vintage International 2000. 486pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly bumped. Vintage International paperback books
1986ref. UVIDWIL00acmfBallantine Books 1986. Very Good. Vidal Gore. Williwaw. NY: Ballantine Books 1986. 167pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping and rubbing. Ballantine Books paperback books
2001ref. UVIDLAS00fpVintage International 2002 c2001. Very Good. Vidal Gore. Last Empire : Essays 1992-2000. New York: Vintage International 2002 c2001. 465pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Former owner's name on half title page. Vintage International paperback books
1969ref. 207883Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. 255 pages. Vidal's second collection of essays. A very good copy in two tone cloth boards with a slight lean to the spine and some other very minor wear and in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some small chips and other light wear. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
2000ref. 207878New York: Doubleday 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 467 pages. Another novel from this prolific and acclaimed writer. A clean near fine copy with some slight tapping to the top rear corner and in a near fine dust jacket. Doubleday unknown books
1957ref. 1393918New York NY: Little Brown and Company 1957. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xxiii 158 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Dark green spine aged tan-green with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.95" has moderate shelving wear small open tears along the extremities and front cover a large closed tear along the front cover tail small closed tears along the head edges stains on the rear cover and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards are cocked have mild wear along the head and tail edges chipping along the tail edges small white stains and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges moderate age-toning along the edges and stains on the tail edges. Contains a 1958 playbill for "Visit to a Small Planet". Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Room Z. 1393918. Special Collections - Upstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1974ref. UVIDBUR00tpmBantam 1974. Good. Vidal Gore. Burr. Toronto: Bantam 1974. 564pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good. Stained from moisture. Bantam paperback books
