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1946ref. 2303New York: E. P. Dutton 1946. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth. A little toning to endpapers. Small abraded area in upper right corner of free front endpaper where sticker was removed. Overall very good/in very good dust jacket with a few minor flaws. E. P. Dutton unknown
1946ref. 16668JNew York: Dutton 1946. First Edition First Printing of the Author’s First Book. With a remarkable extensive signed inscription by Gore Vidal to Dr. William Shelton Gray Jr. written over two pages providing details on the development and history of the novel: “For Bill Gray - Twenty years later; this first and onlyedition was 5000 copies - In time all sold - There has never been a hard-cover reprint - The book was written 1944-45 - Begun aboard F.S. 35 at Chesapeake Bay just before New Year's '44. Finished at East Hampton Shortly after Hiroshima – Gore Vidal Jan 2 - 1967 NYC”. Vidal’s inscriptions in books are notoriously short even to close friends and this book has the longest Vidal inscription we have encountered anywhere. William Gray was the Chairman of the English Department at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland Virginia who edited Tennessee Williams’ only book of poetry In the Winter of Cities and one of W.H. Auden’s last poems “The Aliens” was dedicated to him. Gray met and befriended Vidal through Williams. Hardcover dust jacket octavo 222 pages. The volume is in very good used condition with some rubbing to the cloth edges in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing some aging and light chipping. Williwaw is the term widely thought to be Native American in origin for a sudden violent Katabatic wind common to the Aleutian Islands. The story combines war drama maritime adventure and a murder plot. The book is a World War II novel set on a U.S. ship in the Arctic waters around the Aleutians in the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the local storm season during World War II. The nervousness and tension of the crew and a handful of passengers at the approach of the Williwaw is stretched to breaking point when the Chief Engineer Duval falls overboard in suspicious circumstances. Dutton hardcover
1996ref. 71501San Francisco: The Arion Press 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 30 x 22 cm. Quarto. 119pp. Dark blue cloth with paper spine label in illustrated dust jacket. This fiftieth anniversary edition limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies this being copy 175 signed by the author. Photo frontispiece. Printed on German mouldmade Schiller paper. The Arion Press hardcover
1946ref. 603087New York: E. P. Dutton and Company Inc. 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. 222 pages. Black cloth. Ex-library with stamp on front endpaper. Tape on inside flap of dust jacket and inside cover of book - front and rear. Dust jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Clean unmarked text. Record # 603087 E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc. hardcover
ref. 0434829595.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0345332334.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1996ref. 75370San Francisco: The Arion Press 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is copy 185 of 250 signed by Gore Vidal. The author's first book a taughtly written story of the twenty-man crew aboard a small army supply ship serving in the Aleutian Islands during the final months of World War II and their encounter with a fierce storm that blows apart the military decorum that had held their personal hostilities in check. Written by Vidal when he was a 19-year-old soldier posted to Alaska the novel was met with critical praise that secured Vidal a place among the generation of writers that came of age during World War II which includes Joseph Heller Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut. This fine press edition was issued on the fiftieth anniversary of the novel's first publication in 1946 and includes a new introduction by the author. Prospectus laid in. Quarto: x 119 p. with three tipped-in photographs and illustrated endpapers. Printed on German mouldmade Schiller paper and bound in full blue cloth with a printed paper spine label. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author. The Arion Press hardcover
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
1946ref. 45622New York: E P Dutton & Company 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 222p octavo. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket nicked on the foredge of the jacket E P Dutton & Company hardcover
1996ref. 302240San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited. hardcover. fine/fine. 3 photo illustrations. 4to navy blue cloth d.w. San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited Edition. Fine. Fiftieth anniversary edition of his first book. No. 208 of 250 signed copies. Prospectus laid in. Arion Press unknown
1946ref. 332New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1946. First Edition First Printing. Near fine/Very good . 8vo 8 x 5 1/2 in. 223 x142 mm; pp. 222 . Original black cloth titles on spine and front board in bright blue ink top edge black. Original dust jacket in very good condition lightly rubbed at extremities price clipped; back endpaper lightly tanned. INSCRIBED COPY signed by the author on the title page to Harvey Donogan and signed again in blue ink on the dust jacket next to his author photo and printed signature perhaps to illustrate that an E.P. Dutton employee probably supplied Vidal's signature when the jacket was being designed. WILLIWAW IS GORE VIDAL'S DEBUT NOVEL written when he was 19 working as a first mate of a US Army supply ship in the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The story set on such a ship in the Arctic waters during World War II and during hurricane season builds tension as crew and passengers await the arrival of the 'williwaw' a violent wind common in the Aleutian Islands. As tensions rise a murder is committed onboard. E. P. Dutton & Co unknown
1946ref. 300867New York: Dutton 1946. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo black cloth lettered in blue d.w. New York: Dutton 1946. First Edition. His first book. Fine copy in a near fine price intact dust wrapper with minor rubbing at the corners & light soil on the back pane.l Dutton unknown
1946ref. 25312New York: Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in blue. Stated first edition. Cloth edges lightly rubbed cloth at gutters and top edge have faint insecting endpages have tape ghosts and small blue mark. Front hinge very slightly loose. The DJ in mylar is chipped at spine ends mildly rubbed with small scrape to front panel tape remnants to flaps. Rear flap has a pull from tape removal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . Dutton hardcover
1946ref. 018369New York: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc. 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. First printing stated. Newspaper shadow ghost inside front cover. E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc. hardcover
1946ref. 17766New York: E.P. Dutton 1946. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. E.P. Dutton hardcover
ref. Gore Vidal 24ArION PRESS Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. LETTER N. OF twenty-six. A fine first edition in dj. not price clipped. GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA AND FACSIMILE BOOKPLATE. ArION PRESS Hardcover
ref. FIR 5/13-0DUTTON Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. signed on titile page. DUTTON Hardcover
1946ref. 1393922New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 222 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue wave designs and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.50" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the extremities bending wear along the head and tail edges and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and light fraying along the corners. Textblock has light soiling on few pages stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Room Z. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Gore Vidal's debut novel written when he was 19 serving as first mate on a ship in the Aleutian Islands. The title "Williwaw" being a word thought to have Native American origins for a blast of wind descending from the mountains into the sea. 1393922. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover
1996ref. 23992San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Previous owners small exlibris label to front free endpaper else in fine jacket/like new. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth-trimmed jacket; 132 pp. illustrated with 3 photographs of the author. A fiftieth-anniversary edition of Gore Vidal's first book written when the author was a 19-year-old first mate on an Army supply ship. The photographic illustrations depict Vidal in uniform in 1946 frontispiece; the second shows Vidal a year earlier as a Warrant Officer at the helm of FS 35; the third picture is from 1944 showing Vidal as a serviceman in Anchorage Alaska. Printed letterpress on German mouldmade paper. Edition of 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the author this #64. Arion Press hardcover
1946ref. 150089New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1946. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original black cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on a card to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"Newsweek. The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career aged twenty-one and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1946ref. 125772New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1946. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original black cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper "For Owen Roberts very best wishes -- Gore Vidal 1946." The recipient Owen Roberts was the father of Katherine "Kit" Vidal second wife of Eugene Vidal Gore's father. He was a multimillionaire who bought -- and sold -- a seat twice on the New York Stock Exchange before devoting himself to collecting Chinese art and antiquities. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"Newsweek. The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career aged twenty-one and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1996ref. 22813San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket/like new. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth-trimmed jacket; 132 pp. illustrated with 3 photographs of the author. Publication prospectus laid in. A fiftieth-anniversary edition of Gore Vidal's first book written when the author was a 19-year-old first mate on an Army supply ship. The photographic illustrations depict Vidal in uniform in 1946 frontispiece; the second shows Vidal a year earlier as a Warrant Officer at the helm of FS 35; the third picture is from 1944 showing Vidal as a serviceman in Anchorage Alaska. Printed letterpress on German mouldmade paper. Edition of 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the author this #201. Arion Press hardcover
1946ref. 107561New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1946. First edition first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original black cloth titles to spine and front board in blue top edge black. With dust jacket. Housed in a black cloth chemise and slipcase. Extremities lightly rubbed spine tips a touch crumpled. An excellent copy in a slightly rubbed jacket. hardcover
1946ref. 103426New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1946. First edition first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original black cloth titles to spine and front board in blue top edge black. With dust jacket. Spine a little rolled tips rubbed. An excellent copy in the jacket with toned spine and creased and chipped extremities. hardcover
1946ref. 70889New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1946. First edition first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original black cloth titles to spine and front board in blue black top-stain. With dust jacket. Lightly rubbed at extremities endpapers unevenly tanned. An excellent copy in the dust jacket. hardcover
