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1995réf. 1401532New York: Random House 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo 435 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in mylar. b&w portrait of author on rear panel; slight edge wear. Price unclipped: “$27.50”. Boards in illustrated paper; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has light spotting to top edge light stains to bottom edge. Illustrated: b&w photographs. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401532. FP New Rockville Stock. Random House hardcover
réf. 024931NY: Random House; 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First printing very good in a near fine dust jacket. Light wear at edges and corners of the boards; the spine and rear board are a little soiled. The white jacket has just a touch of soiling. Signed signature only by the author on the title page. $27.50 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book except author's signature. Random House; (1995) hardcover
réf. Bing52CM00007Random House NY. Hardcover W/Dust Jacket. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Sm4TO 435 pgs beveled edges Parchment light book jacket good shape. 1ST EDITION. Random House, NY hardcover
1995réf. CLS-VNew York: Random House New York 1995 New York 1995. First edition. First printing with full number line down to 2 with FIRST EDITION centered as in Random House style at time. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap $27.50. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Literature-Vidal. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Random House, New York hardcover
1995réf. IYC133329London: Andr Deutsch 1995. 1st. h/b. Fine as new signed to title. 8vo 230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"". This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life ranging back and forth across a rich history. He spent his childhood in Washington DC in the household of his grandfather the blind senator from Oklahoma T.P. Gore and in the various domestic situations of his complicated and exasperating mother Nina. Then come schooldays at St Albans and Exeter; the army; life as a literary wunderkind in New York London Rome and Paris in the '40s and '50s; sex in an age of promiscuity; and a campaign for Congress in 1960. His cast includes Tennessee Williams the Kennedys Eleanor Roosevelt Truman Capote Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Christopher Isherwood Jack Kerouac Jane and Paul Bowles Santayana Anais Nin Norman Mailer Leonard Bernstein and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor among others. Andr Deutsch unknown
1995réf. ABE-1645260143039Random House Inc 1995 Beautiful first American hardback edition with untrimmed leading edge to the text block and - of course - the stunning Chip Kidd designed jacket. Considered one of the greatest memoirs because it combines intimacy with expansiveness; a world view and a personal take on it. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Random House Inc hardcover
1995réf. Q-0233988912Trafalgar Square 1995-08-31. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Trafalgar Square hardcover
1996réf. Q-0349108005Time Warner Books Uk 1996-08-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Time Warner Books Uk paperback
1995réf. 80176New York: Random House 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 25 cm 435 pages illustrated with 32 pages of plates index. Signed by the author Gore Vidal on the title page. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal born Eugene Louis Vidal October 3 1925 - July 31 2012 was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit patrician manner and polished style of writing. Vidal was born into a political family; his maternal grandfather Thomas Pryor Gore served as United States senator from Oklahoma 1907-1921 and 1931-1937. Vidal himself twice sought office-unsuccessfully-as a Democratic Party candidate first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives for New York and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate for California. As a political commentator and essayist Vidal's primary focus was the history and society of the United States especially how a militaristic foreign policy reduced the country to a decadent empire. His political and cultural essays were published in The Nation the New Statesman the New York Review of Books and Esquire magazines. As a novelist Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life. His polished and erudite style of narration readily evoked the time and place of his stories and perceptively delineated the psychology of his characters. In social satire Myra Breckinridge explores the mutability of gender roles and sexual orientation as being social constructs established by social mores. Memoir of the first forty years of Vidal's life with portraits of famous friends including Tennessee Williams Eleanor Roosevelt and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip satire and trenchant observations. Vidal's compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time providing a whole view of the author's celebrated life from his birth in 1925 to today and features a cast of memorable characters-including the Kennedy family Marlon Brando Anais Nin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Excerpt form a review by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt published in the New York Times: Although this memoir appears to be crowded with people they are merely shadows of the author's experience. As he writes in his opening chapter: "I had never wanted to meet most of the people that I had met and the fact that I never got to know most of them took dedication and steadfastness on my part. By choice and luck my life has been spent reading other people's books and making sentences for my own. More to the point if you have known one person you have known them all. Of course I am not so sure that I have known even one person well but as the Greeks sensibly believed should you get to know yourself you will have penetrated as much of the human mystery as anyone need ever know." The only question left unanswered by this sinuously written gossip fest is how completely the author has accomplished this task. Random House hardcover
1995réf. 10432Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Random House Inc. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- with no writing or markings to the text. Light soiling and yellowing to coverboards. First edition so stated -- with a bonus offer--; 010432; AMERICAN FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR . 1995. 0679440380 . Random House Inc hardcover
2002réf. 13617New York New York U.S.A.: Thunder's Mouth Pr/Nations Books. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Fine -- with a bonus offer--; 013617; UNITED STATES POLITICS GOVERNMENT 1989 . 2002. 156025405X . Thunder's Mouth Pr/Nations Books paperback
réf. 0586056831.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2006réf. 52466New York: Doubleday & Company 2006. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and grey paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 277pp. Illustrations pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Immaculate first edition of the second of Vidal's two memoirs signed boldly by him in black ballpoint on inner flyleaf. Doubleday & Company hardcover
2006réf. 509162Doubleday Books 2006. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/FINE. First Printing. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Gore Vidal to his friend and photographer Stathis Orphanos: 'To Stathis compliments.' Stathis took Vidal's portrait used for the cover photo. In addition to his photographic work he was operated the Los Angeles fine-press publishing firm Sylvester and Orphanos with his partner Ralph Sylvester. 264pp. Light grey paper over board backed in black paper over board silver-gilt spine lettering endpapers illustrated with farcical collage created for his 50th birthday. An exceedingly clean and crisp copy in like dust jacket. Doubleday Books hardcover
2006réf. 022388New York : Doubleday 2006 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Gore Vidal. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Doubleday hardcover
2006réf. 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
2006réf. 55722Doubleday 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st edition 1st printing Large sturdy book black spine light gray boards with very bright silver lettering on spine a montage of famous faces inside covers and adjacent end papers 277 pages some photographs. Signed "Gore Vidal" on second front end paper. DJ glossy black beneath mylar a close-up photo portrait of author on front white raised author's name on front a photo of younger Vidal steering ship in military. DJ and book both As New. Doubleday hardcover
2006réf. 71168New York NY: Doubleday 2006. First edition. First Edition stated. First Printing stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 12 277 1 p. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Index. Signed by author. Signed on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling. From Wikipedia: "Gore Vidal b. Eugene Louis Vidal; 3 October 1925 31 July 2012 was an American writer and a public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit and polished style of writing. He was a Democratic Party politician who twice sought elected office; first to the United States House of Representatives New York State 1960 then to the U.S. Senate California 1982. As a political commentator and essayist Vidal s principal subject was the history of the United States and its society. As a public intellectual Gore Vidal s topical debates on sex politics and religion with other public intellectuals and writers occasionally became continual quarrels. As a novelist Gore Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life; the polished erudite style of narration readily evokes the time and place of the story and perceptively delineates the psychology of the characters." Derived from a Kirkus review: This is a successor volume to his memoir Palimpsest 1995. In contrast to earlier reminiscences "melancholy baggage" weighs more heavily on him here-declining health and departed friends. Moving from his villa in Ravello Italy to the Hollywood Hills Vidal starts this year-long chronicle on New Year's Eve 2004. Death-Iraq casualties disaster victims in New Orleans the exits of Saul Bellow Johnny Carson and Pope John Paul II-provokes a flood of memories and fulminations. Like an ancient Roman patrician he awaits his turn to shuffle off this mortal coil. Sensing that time is no longer on his side Vidal celebrates friends criticizes enemies and bemoans the end of "our old original Republic." Vidal can produce memorable portraits. Vidal's memories from encounters in DC New York Hollywood and elsewhere remain intact the wit affecting. Doubleday hardcover
2006réf. 53853New York: Doubleday 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 277 pages. Illus. endpaper illus. index slight wear to DJ edges. Signed by the author. Memoirs of the celebrated and controversial novelist essayist and critic. Doubleday hardcover
2006réf. ABE-7506251916Doubleday USA 2006 One of an undisclosed number signed on a special bound in sheet at the publishers. This is the world first edition first printing unread and with no marks other than the author's signature. This is frankly a rather moving signature that of an old man and there is a ghostly smudge above it as well. No dedication no former owner names not an ex library copy. A perfect collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Doubleday USA hardcover
2006réf. 61320NY: Doubleday 2006. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in page as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such issued for promotinal purposes to book shops. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover
2006réf. 2423Doubleday 2006. VIDAL Gore. POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION: A MEMOIR 1964-2006. NY: Doubleday 2006. Small quarto cloth and boards in dust jacket. First Edition first printing. Signed by Vidal on a specially tipped-in page as issued and also inscribed by Vidal again "Robb from" on the half-title page. Fine in similar d/j. $85.00. Doubleday unknown
1969réf. 431552London: Heinemann 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiii 255 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: 1900-1999; American essays; American essays 20th century; American fiction; American fiction 20th century Criticism and interpretation; Criticism interpretation etc.; Essay; Essays. London: Heinemann hardcover
1969réf. 1393937Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xii 255 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$5.95" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the corners and spine head and tail edges and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and mild age-toning along the extremities. Textblock is lightly splitting to gutter from the half-title page to page 14 has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the head edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393937. Special Collections - Upstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1969réf. Q-0434829579Little Brown 1969-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Little Brown hardcover
