Vidal, GoreABAA
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1950ref. 190621New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1950. Hardcover. 255p. offsetting to endpapers foxing to top edge else a very good first edition stated in black cloth cloth boards and gilt in worn unclipped dj with fading to spine titles. Novel of Richard the Lion-heart. Young 3935. E. P. Dutton & 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
1987ref. 187097New York: Random House 1987. Hardcover. 486p. ownership named scribbled-out on fep else very good first Random House trade edition first printing stated usual number line ending in 2 in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Random House hardcover books
1980ref. 129792Paris: l'Association Masques 1980. Paperback. 152p. text in French interviews reviews criticism photos good paperback journal in pictorial wraps with original worn and torn wraparound band intact. l'Association Masques paperback books
2006ref. 138569New York: Doubleday 2006. Hardcover. 277p. collage endpapers author's note index b&w photos very good first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Doubleday hardcover books
2001ref. 119849New York: Harcourt 2001. Hardcover. xxx 354p. foreword introduction notes very good first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Slight soilingto untrimmed fore-edges. Harcourt hardcover books
1984ref. 159743Minneapolis: Society for the Study of Hispanic and Lusophone African Revolutionary Literatures & Institute for the Study of Ideologies and Literature 1984. iii 174p.preface notes bibliography text in Spanish very good first edition trade paperback in wraps. I & L Series Towards a Social History of Hispanic and Luso-Brazillian Literature. Society for the Study of Hispanic and Lusophone African Revolutionary Literatures & Institute for the Study of Ideologies and Li unknown books
1966ref. 126412New York: Grove Press 1966. Hardcover. xv 165p. preface very good first edition first printing stated in buckram cloth and unclipped dj. Grove Press hardcover books
1956ref. 37813New York: The Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. 154p. bookplate very good first edition in cloth and unclipped dj with mild edgewear. Young 3937. The Zero Press hardcover books
1986ref. 104293Moscow: Progress 1986. Hardcover. 410p. very good first edition in Russian language hardcover in green vinyl boards and gilt. Progress hardcover books
1965ref. 101458London: Panther Books 1965. 191p. first UK edition of Vidal's first book lightly worn wraps. Panther Books unknown books
1968ref. 101569New York: Signet 1968. 127p. first paperback edition in wraps. Signet unknown books
1954ref. 113175New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1954. Hardcover. 254p. very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj slightly worn at spine ends with one small chip. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1947ref. 26022New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1947. Hardcover. 216p. first edition stated a little edgeworn in an edgeworn unclipped dj that has a 2 inch creased closed tear slightly affecting title lightly soiled back dj panel foxed endsheets slight foxing to textblock edges. Young 3929. Vidal's second novel set in the East Village. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
1956ref. 14395New York: The Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. 154p. very good first edition in cloth boards and price-clipped dj. With the bookplate of Helen Bennet and Barbara Grier and signed 'Property of Helen and Barbara March 1958.' Young 3937. The Zero Press hardcover books
1946ref. 101473New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1946. Hardcover. 222p. ex-library first edition of Vidal's first book signed by Vidal on the title page half-title and f.e.p. roughly removed boards somewhat edgeworn with a couple of stain dots pastedowns browned with some offsetting to title leaf library stamp and shadow of absent pocket on r.e.p. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
2000ref. 98050New Yok: Doubleday 2000. Hardcover. 467p. family trees very good first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Doubleday hardcover books
1974ref. 21893Dorchester MA: Manifest Destiny Books 1974. Paperback. 90p. ownership name in ink on first page else very good first edition trade paperback in green pictorial wraps. Includes an interview with Gore Vidal Mitzel's "Patriarchy vs. "Pornography": some notes on myra b. and "Three Carols for Myra Breckinridge" by John Wieners. Manifest Destiny Books paperback books
1978ref. 29055New York: Random House 1978. Hardcover. 255p. very good first trade edition stated Random House number line ends in 2 as called for per Zempel & Verkler in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1972ref. 51406New York: Random House 1972. Hardcover. 157p. remainder mark bottom edge else a very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and price-clipped dj. Random House hardcover books
1971ref. 28331New York: Pathfinder Press 1971. Pamphlet. 16p. 5.5x8.5 inches wraps reading list on rear panel author photo first edition pencil underlining and marginalia else good condition. Pathfinder Press unknown books
1957ref. 28639New York: Signet Books 1957. Paperback. 143p. front hinge cracked otherwise very good second printing mass-market paperback edition in pictorial wraps. The 1952 Dutton hardcover is Young 368. Signet 1475. One of Vidal's Edgar Box mystery series mass market format with a nice period cover illustration. Signet Books paperback books
1980ref. 40213Secaucus: Lyle Stuart 1980. Hardcover. 319p. very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped slightly edgeworn dj. Lyle Stuart hardcover books
1890ref. 007460Paris: Georges Chamerot Pour les Amis du Livre 1890. Limited First Edition. Full Morocco. Near Fine. No. 109 of 125 limitation. Original wraps bound in. Charming color illustrations of the colorful habitues of the Paris streets -- of those who ply their trade on the streets -- merchants food vendors dog walkers etc. etc. Many of these might be living in the margins of society but they have an outsized role in the theatre that is the city street and in providing a soul to the city. A genre of color plate book popular in the early 19th century that Vidal updated and made his own. 8vo. 24 by 18 cm. 132 pp. 30 hand-colored plates. Plates though printed look as if they were original watercolors. The full morocco binding with Art Nouveau ornamentation was done by a G. Champs. Its beauty is commensurate with the book's contents. A beautiful clean copy. Georges Chamerot (Pour les Amis du Livre) unknown books
2000ref. 014905Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2000. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges gilt. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. A silk bookmark is sewn-in. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about the author and book are laid-in. This historical novel challenged the traditional view of US history. First published in 1973. Aaron Burr was Jefferson's Vice-President and famously killed Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel. 430pp. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Black Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
