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1978Best.-Nr. 017291NY: Random House. 1978. Trace edge-sunning to boards; else fine in a very good edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Random House hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 55389New York: Random House. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394420535 . A Fine first edition/first printing housed in a Very Good scuffed dust-jacket; A person appears in Katmandu claiming to be Kalki the Hindu god that brings about the destruction of mankind but this man isn't quite what the scriptures described. For starters his name is Kelly and he is an American ex G. I. Who may be using the Hindu god's persona as a cover for his true purposes; 8vo; 254 pages . Random House hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 100789New York: Random House. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Several penciled comments on rear endpaper possibly reviewer's else Fine; Kalki is the Hindu god of time who is reborn every era to restore justice. When the ruthless King Vishnu threatens to destroy the world Kalki travels from his own time to prevent it.This brilliantly written fast-paced novel follows Kalki's journey from his home in the future to ancient India where he battles Vishnu and his followers. Along the way Kalki meets an array of characters some familiar some unknown all struggling to keep their worlds from ending.This is a story of courage sacrifice and the power of hope.; 8vo; $10.00 . Random House hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 1409610New York: Random House 1978. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 254 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black with copper brown blue and red lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including few minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including slight sunning and mild edge wear. Text block has slight wear including slight foxing to the edges with remainder mark to the tail edge. Faint offsetting to the end papers. First edition first printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column AA. 1409610. FP New Rockville Stock. Random House hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 86528Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1978. First edition. 315 pp. Fine in full gilt-decorated red leather. a.e.g. Ribbon place-maker. Illustrations by George H. Jones. Includes a special “Message to the Members of the First Edition Society” by Vidal that appears only in this edition. “Notes from the Editors” flyer laid in. Franklin Center: Franklin Library hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 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
2001Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 617818New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 657pp. A spot on the top page edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning. Random House hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 161606Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1984. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Clean tight unread copy. Pristine but for a tiny ding to fore edge of back cover . Signed on a front free end paper tissue-guarded. Navy blue leather with gilt decoration all around. Three raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 657 4 pp. with illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Includes a message from the author special to this edition which was published specifically for the members of The First Edition Society. Also included after the text body is an afterword followed by a brief author biography. Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction in which Gore Vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of Civil War America with 20th-century literary technique probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding Abraham Lincoln including personal secretary John Hay and scheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase as well as his wife Mary Todd. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 206639New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good or better in an about Very good dust jacket. Clean text in clean cloth covers with gold stamping dust jacket is slightly worn and soiled. Random House hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 231738New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition. Very good in very good dust jacket; Book and dust jacket show rubbing of spine/panels. Random House hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 136053London: William Heinemann 1984. First British edition. Hardcover. First printing. 657 pages. A thick historical novel about the 16th U.S. President. A close to near fine copy with the usual darkening to the pages in a near fine dust jacket with some of the usual crazing to the lamination. William Heinemann unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 12561LINCOLN Random House 1984 first edition fine in slipcase without dust-wrapper as issued. 1/350 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. Random House unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 177044New York: Random House 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. One of 350 specially bound copies. A thick historical novel about the 16th U.S. President. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase that has some slight sunning to the rear panel. Signed by Vidal on the limitation page. Random House unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 232272Random House 1984-05-12. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. Clean has good binding no marks or notations. Minor wear to the dust jacket sunning to the top half of the jacket spine. Light foxing to the top page edge. Book Club Edition. LF Random House hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 349196New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. 657p. hardcover reprint bound in cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket signed by Vidal on the title page in very good condition. Random House hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 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
1992Best.-Nr. 612934New York: Random House 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Binding slightly cocked near fine in a fine dust jacket. A spoof of the New Testament about a mysterious hacker from the future who is deleting all traces of Christianity. Christopher Hitchens described the book as a "masterpiece of blasphemous vulgarity Random House hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 536525New York: Random House 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 232pp. Light foxing on the top page edge and a tear on the front board top corner thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip on the front flap fold. "The gospel according to Gore Vidal. Random House hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 120465New York: Random House 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket both a nice clean copy minor writing on front endpaper. Random House hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 215727New York: Random 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Dustwrapper price clipped. Random hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 70611London: Andre Deutsch 1992. Hardcover. 232p. very good first UK edition in boards and unclipped dj. Andre Deutsch hardcover books