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1993réf. 002810New York NY U.S.A.: Random House 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated with correct number line sequence no writing marks underlining or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped with tiny enclosed tear on rear. This collectible "AS NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY Random House hardcover
1993réf. 45181Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Random House 1993. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larger very thick heavy book dark blue cloth spine cream boards very bright red lettering and border at top front gilt lettering very bright on spine spine lightly sunken 1295 pages plus a two-page biographical note on author. DJ glossy white with a color-illustration of worn U.S. flag smaller on spine b/w photo portrait of Vidal at top back. DJ and book both As New. Random House hardcover
1993réf. 004122New York: Random House 1993. Signed by author on title page in my presence at UCLA 4/26/08. Brief gift inscription on front end paper. This collection chosen by the author contains about two thirds of what he has published in magazines and journals. They are divided into 3 groups literature politics and public life and religion. 1285 pages. Extra shipping will be required on most orders. A tight square clean copy which appears unread. In mylar. Signed by Author. 6th Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover
1985réf. 349124New York: Summit Books 1985. 160p. 8x10.75 inches signed on the half-title page by Vidal profusely illustrated. with Gill's color photography first US edition hardcover bound in buckram cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Summit Books unknown
1987réf. cfe20068U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first print copy in a near-fine unclipped $22.95 dustjacket. This copy has been signed by Gore Vidal on the upper title page--signature only without any other inscriptions. A tight and unmarked copy in fine condition--there is a blind stamp on the lower title page from a previous owner that is inconspicuous and almost unreadable. Red cloth with gold gilt lettering to the spine. The dustjacket is complete and has just the tiniest bit of rubbing to the back panel or would also be fine. Although the listing of the ISBN shows the publishing date of 1987--the only date listed on the copyright page is 1985--therefore a first print copy. Very scarce signed. Dozens of photographs of Venice and the art throughout by Tore Gill. Will be carefully packed and shipped in a box. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1987réf. 208807N.Y. Summit Books. 1987. rep 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 159pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. With a signed photograph of Gore Vidal inserted. American novelist Gore Vidal gives his personal impressions of Venice recounts its long history & describes the paintings & architecture of the city. N.Y. Summit Books. unknown
1985réf. 126474New York: Summit Books 1985. First edition of this wonderful overview of Venice. Quarto original cloth illustrated. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Valerie from 1/2 brother Gore Vidal." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Katz. Edited by George Armstrong. Photographs by Tore Gill. An exceptional association. The award-winning author offers his personal impressions of Venice recounts its long history and describes the paintings sculpture and architecture of the city. Summit Books hardcover
réf. 0297786881.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1987réf. Q-0671606913Simon & Schuster 1987-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simon & Schuster hardcover
1987réf. Q-0671645366Summit Books 1987-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Summit Books paperback
1985réf. 040299Summit Books 1985. Hardcover. Very Good . SIGNED Summit Books hardcover
1997réf. 584573London: Andre Deutsch 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 245pp. Pages lightly age toned else fine in a fine dust jacket with faint toning on the spine. Includes essays on Edmund Wilson Dawn Powell Sinclair Lewis Anthony Burgess FDR Truman Clinton-Gore and more. Andre Deutsch hardcover
1998réf. Q-0349110654Abacus 1998-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Abacus paperback
1997réf. Q-0233991360Trafalgar Square 1997-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Trafalgar Square hardcover
1997réf. VIDALGOR007568Andr� Deutsch London. 1997. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp viii 247 2. Literary and political essays.Signed by the author on the title-page.Edges very slightly spotted otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper. Andr� Deutsch, London. unknown
1997réf. 17788London: Andre Deutsch 1997. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Andre Deutsch hardcover
2003réf. 17789New York: Yale University Press 2003. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 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. Yale University Press hardcover
1997réf. 028338London: Andre Deutsch 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition/First Printing. AS square solid tight clean carefully read copy. This copy has browning to the edges of the text block which is pretty normal for British editions. The jacket has some light rubbing wear edgewear else fine. This is the British and International First edition of this title from what I can make out from informaion available to me. This copy includes a bookplate signed by Vidal layed in. Andre Deutsch Hardcover
1957réf. 7347Boston: Little Brown & Company 1957. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. With the author's Preface. Sm 8vo. Quarter cream cloth and green paper covered boards with green spine lettering. Green top-stain. 158 pages with four b/w photographic images by Fred Fehl of the Broadway production. SIGNED by Gore Vidal on the title page. Also signed and inscribed by Vidal on the half-title page: "From VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET '57 to Dress Gray '86 many thanks Gore Xmas 85". Vidal wrote the screenplay for the 1986 TV mini-series "Dress Gray" based on the Lucian Truscott IV novel. From the collection of Glenn Jordan who directed and co-produced "Dress Gray". In a chipped edge-worn and faded dust-jacket with "$2.95" price intact. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
1957réf. 1393918New York NY: Little Brown and Company 1957. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xxiii 158 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Dark green spine aged tan-green with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.95" has moderate shelving wear small open tears along the extremities and front cover a large closed tear along the front cover tail small closed tears along the head edges stains on the rear cover and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards are cocked have mild wear along the head and tail edges chipping along the tail edges small white stains and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges moderate age-toning along the edges and stains on the tail edges. Contains a 1958 playbill for "Visit to a Small Planet". Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Room Z. 1393918. Special Collections - Upstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1956réf. 303667Boston: Little Brown 1956. First. hardcover. fine/very good. 8vo cloth d.w. upper edge lightly chipped. Boston: Little Brown 1956. First Edition. Little Brown unknown
1957réf. 57478NY: Gloria Enterprises 1957. Signed by Cyril Ritchard the star of the play on the front cover. A large 12-page program promoting the play. “Visit to a Small Planet” debuted as an original television production in 1955 then was reworked by Vidal as a Broadway play starring Cyril Ritchard and Eddie Mayehoff. On Broadway the play debuted on February 7 1957 and ran for 388 performances. It was Vidal's first Broadway play. Ritchard who also directed the play received a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Kreton. Mayehoff also received a nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor. Vidal intended the play as a satire on the post-World War II fear of communism in the United States McCarthyism Cold War military paranoia and the rising importance of television in American life. The play a comedy tells the story of Kreton an alien from an unnamed planet who lands on Earth intending to view the American Civil War. He miscalculates and lands instead 100 years later. Having missed the opportunity to see conflict first hand but delighted with all the new playthings the 20th century has invented for war-making he decides to create a war for himself. “Visit To A Small Planet” was made into a film starring Jerry Lewis. The film was released on February 4 1960. Quarto printed wraps; 16 pages. Photographs by Friedman-Abeles. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight. Gloria Enterprises unknown
1956réf. 00007731Boston: Little Brown and Company 1956 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 7 ix-xix 3 3-278 4 pp. Quarter orange cloth over black cloth boards with orange lettering on the front board and black lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. A nice copy of Vidal's first published collection of plays. A very near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket with wear and a closed tear to the rear panel. Little, Brown and Company [1956] hardcover
1957réf. 17777New York: Little Brown & Co 1957. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/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. Little Brown & Co hardcover
réf. gore4 133LITTLE BROWN Book. Fine. Soft cover. FIRST. A fine first in dj not price clipped.STAMPED FROM THE LIBRARY OF GORE VIDAL. GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY. LITTLE BROWN Paperback
