Vidal, GoreABAA
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1949ref. 50381London: John Lehmann 1949. First UK edition. Hardcover. very good -. Octavo. 270pp. Original brown cloth gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Spine a bit faded and dulled. Vidal's third novel which shocked the public with its direct and unadorned examination of a homosexual main character Vidal 1925-2012 in this novel used what he called a "flat gray naturalistic style." The novel became a sensation but received generally negative reviews. In 1974 he explained to The Paris Review that "Tactically if not aesthetically this was for a good reason. Up until then homosexuality in literature was always exotic. I wanted to deal with an absolutely ordinary all-American lower-middle-class young man and his world. To show the dead-on "normality" of the homosexual experience. John Lehmann hardcover books
1995ref. 136051New York: Random House 1995. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 306 pages. A revised edition of one of Vidal's early books and with seven early stories as well. A fine unread copy in wrappers. Random House unknown books
1948ref. 1393923New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 314 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Orange and blue spine faded to gold with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$3.50" has mild shelving wear large open tears along the spine head and tail small open tears along the front head and tail edges and fore corners bending wear along the front tail edge and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges stains throughout and a dent along the spine head. Textblock has a large dark stain on the front pastedown moderate age-toning along 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. 1393923. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover books
2003ref. 583868New York: Vintage International 2003. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. First Vintage International edition. Trade paperback. Book slightly bowed with modest stains on page foredges and on front wrapper foredge else very good. Vintage International unknown books
1992ref. 1402302Berkeley: Odonian Press 1992. First Edition First Printing. Softcover. Small octavo 95 pages. In Very Good condition. Black spine with white lettering. Covers and textblock have mild shelving wear. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #1. 1402302. FP New Rockville Stock. Odonian Press unknown books
1999ref. 617073New York: Random House 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Edited by Fred Kaplan. Slight creasing else near fine with publisher's material laid in and publisher's card stapled to the front wrapper. Random House unknown books
1999ref. 571280New York: Random House 1999. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. Random House unknown books
1999ref. 1101028NY: Random House 1999. First edition first prnt. Edited by Fred Kaplan. Introduction biographical chronology and bibliography. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in front free endpage as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such. Rear endpage with a one inch tear on the bottom edge a shallow crease on the bottom corner of the last few pages and a wrinkle on the spine topedge. Very Good condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover 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
2000ref. 536528New York: Doubleday 2000. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Slightly curled front wrapper and page toning else near fine. Doubleday unknown books
2000ref. 21333NY: Doubleday 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine ends pushed and board edges with beginning toning; dustjacket with shallow wrinkle on the spine topedge. Very Good condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The seventh and final novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
2000ref. 584378New York: Doubleday 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Spine slightly sunned with ends lightly bumped near fine in a near fine dust jacket with spine lightly sunned and a touch of edgewear. Laid in are numerous clippings and reviews of the book. A historical novel; the concluding volume in the author's Narratives of Empire series. Doubleday 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
2000ref. 14600New York: Doubleday Publishing. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385500750 . A most handsome unread first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Gore Vidal directly on the title page; Vidal's crowning achievement a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954 when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America once and for all for good or ill from a republic into an empire. In addition to presidents the actual characters who appear so vividly in the pages of The Golden Age include Eleanor Roosevelt Wendell Willkie William Randolph Hearst Dean Acheson Tennessee Williams - and Gore Vidal himself; 8vo; Signed by Author . Doubleday Publishing hardcover books
2000ref. 249968New York: Doubleday 2000. 467p. signed by Vidal on the title page near-fine first edition first printing stated hardcover bound in boards and bright unclipped dust jacket show some slight fading to spine. Doubleday unknown books
2000ref. 101468New York: Doubleday 2000. Hardcover. 467p. signed by Vidal on the title page near-fine first edition first printing stated hardcover bound in boards and bright unclipped dust jacket. Doubleday hardcover books
1952ref. 1393971New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 375 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black and red spine with black and white aged tan lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$3.50" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the fore corners and spine and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities mild age-toning along the head and tail edges and light fraying along the front fore edge. Textblock is lightly splitting to gutter form page 30-62 and 95-126 has stains on pages 95 and 96 adhesive stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges stains on the fore edges light foxing along the head edge and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393971. Special Collections - Upstairs. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover books
1952ref. 8125NY: Dutton 1952. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the front free endpage. Tight copy with minimal shelfwear beginning page toning and previous owner name on the front pastedown; dustjacket with minimal shelfwear mostly on the spine topedge beginning toning on the flap topedges few tiny chips. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dutton Hardcover books
1965ref. 320470New York: A Signet Book/The New American Library 1965. Softcover. Very Good. First printing. Revised and abridged by author. Mass market paperback. Very good with pages age-toned. A Signet Book/The New American Library unknown books
1965ref. 248520Boston: Little Brown & Co 1965. Hardcover. 250p. good revised edition hardcover in boards and worn unclipped dust jacket. The 1952 Dutton is Young 3931. Revised edition published 1965 according to Stanton page 9. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1952ref. 85115NY: Dutton 1952. First edition. 375 pp. Very near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. Young 3931. NY: Dutton, unknown books
1985ref. 20641Helskini: Eurographica 1985. First edition. Wrappers as new. One of 350 copies signed by the author. Eurographica unknown books
2000ref. 40859NY: Doubleday 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine topedge lightly pushed bottom edge soiled; dustjacket with few tiny edge wrinkles and light rubbing on the rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed first edition copies of this Vidal title are uncommon. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
2001ref. 584299New York: Doubleday 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 465pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Gore's ninth collection of essays including ones on Edmund Wilson Dawn Powell Sinclair Lewis Mark Twain Bill Clinton FDR JFK Al Gore John Updike Charles Lindbergh and more. Laid in is a review of the book from The New York Times Book Review. Doubleday hardcover books
2001ref. 40781NY: Doubleday 2001. First printing. 8vo pp. 465. Edges little soiled o/w a VG tight copy in soiled dj. Doubleday unknown books
