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1972ref. 155748New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Gore Vidal / Roma '84 / Buon Natale!" A collection of Gore Vidal's essays seen here under an earlier title changed to "Homage to Daniel Shays" before publication. Very Good plus in wrappers with small bruises on the spine and top right corner of the front wrapper. Random House unknown books
1972ref. 155750New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket has a light diagonal crease on the front flap. Random House unknown books
2013ref. Q-1619021749Counterpoint 2013-03-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Counterpoint paperback
2004ref. 170849New York: Nation Books 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages. Nation Books hardcover
2004ref. 137547New York: Nation Books 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge.; Nation Books; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 208 pages. Nation Books hardcover
1947ref. 400287NY: E.P. Dutton 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with tape repairs. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Vidal's second novel a work with some gay aspects but one in which the author felt he played things a bit too safely. "Robert Holton has just returned from the torment and strife of war in Europe and settled in a solitary existence working for a New York stockbroking business The haunting memories of nights of love spent in Florence are suppressed as he struggles to succeed in an arid city." Book is tight and clean. There is some light soil foxing to the dust jacket. Record # 400287 E.P. Dutton hardcover
1947ref. 387242NY: E.P. Dutton 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Hardcover in a very worn dust jacket with tape repairs. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Vidal's second novel a work with some gay aspects but one in which the author felt he played things a bit too safely. "Robert Holton has just returned from the torment and strife of war in Europe and settled in a solitary existence working for a New York stockbroking business The haunting memories of nights of love spent in Florence are suppressed as he struggles to succeed in an arid city." Book is tight and clean. Record # 387242 E.P. Dutton hardcover
1947ref. 29301New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. First Edition stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in gray and yellow pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $2.75; 216pp. Light wear to jacket margins rear panel a bit dust-soiled small bump to bottom margin of front cover else a Very Good or better copy in lovely and unfaded jacket. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown
1947ref. 6545New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1947. Very Good/Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1947. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on title page. Octavo; 216pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Black coated boards with gold spine lettering. Unclipped jacket flaps were once glued to pastedowns. Large chips missing on all jacket edges; bottom quarter of jacket spine is AWOL. Back surface of jacket is soiled; flaps foxed probably triggered by previous paste. Jacket now stabilized in mylar. Front and rear endpapers foxed. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown; Brentano's stamp on front free endpaper. Impressions left in front free endpaper by some heavy-handed scrawling now largely erased. Black cloth binding scuffed. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc unknown
1979ref. 119992London: Heinemann 1979. 1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. UK hardback reissue. Uncommon. The front panel and spine both have a Cigarette burn.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 176 pages. Heinemann hardcover
ref. 20090731144346E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good - Cash/Very Good. Gray and yellow illustrated dust jacket; rubbing and chipping to corners and ends. Black hardboards gold lettering on spine. Minor wear. P/O name on first pastedown. Rough cut page ends. Clean pages. Secure binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. hardcover
1947ref. 29301New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. First Edition stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in gray and yellow pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $2.75; 216pp. Light wear to jacket margins rear panel a bit dust-soiled small bump to bottom margin of front cover else a Very Good or better copy in lovely and unfaded jacket. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1947ref. 6545New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1947. Very Good/Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1947. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on title page. Octavo; 216pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Black coated boards with gold spine lettering. Unclipped jacket flaps were once glued to pastedowns. Large chips missing on all jacket edges; bottom quarter of jacket spine is AWOL. Back surface of jacket is soiled; flaps foxed probably triggered by previous paste. Jacket now stabilized in mylar. Front and rear endpapers foxed. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown; Brentano's stamp on front free endpaper. Impressions left in front free endpaper by some heavy-handed scrawling now largely erased. Black cloth binding scuffed. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc unknown books
2003ref. 182149Connecticut: Yale University Press 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Yale University Press hardcover
2003ref. 186630Connecticut: 1962-1987 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. 1962-1987 hardcover
2003ref. 149496Connecticut: Yale University Press 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 198 pages. Yale University Press hardcover
2003ref. Atlantic-9780300101713Yale UP 2003. Hardcover. New. Yale UP hardcover
2003ref. Atlantic-9780300101713Yale UP 2003. Hardcover. New. Yale UP hardcover
2003ref. 131427New York: Yale University Press 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light damp staining at top of rear gutter.; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 198 pages. Yale University Press hardcover
2003ref. 106552New Haven: Yale University Press 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Scuffing to page edges. Clean and bright pages.; 8.40 X 5.60 X 0.90 inches; 198 pages. Yale University Press hardcover
2003ref. 35551New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0300101716 . 198 pages; Gore Vidal born Eugene Louis Vidal was an American writer novels essays screenplays stage plays and a public intellectual who was known for his patrician manner wit and aphorisms. Vidal was born to a political family; his grandfather was Thomas Gore U. S. Senator for Oklahoma 1907-21 1931-37. As a member of the Democratic Party Vidal twice ran for political office. As as political commentator Vidal's subject was the United States especially the imperialistic foreign policy which reduced the U. S. To a decaying empire. His essays were published in The Nation the New Statesman the New York Review of Books and Esquire. As a public intellectual Gore Vidal was known for his continual quarrels with other public intellectuals and writers such as William F. Buckley Jr. Norman Mailer and Truman Capote. Of his fiction "Myra Breckinridge" 1968 was a widely regarded novel of social mores; in the historical novel genre "Julian" 1964 "Burr" 1973 and "Lincoln" 1984 are considered his best works. His third novel "The City and the Pillar" 1948 offended the sensibilities of conservative critics literary and political because it featured unambiguous presentations of male homosexuality. Personally Gore Vidal rejected the terms "homosexual" and "heterosexual" as inherently false labels because he believed that men and women potentially are pansexual. Author-signed first printing of this essay on the founders of the United States. Gore Vidal's signature appears on the title page. The volume is bound in blue paper-covered boards and a blue cloth spine with stamped gilt lettering. The volume and dust jacket are in excellent condition. The jacket is preserved in mylar cover. Portrait of the first three American presidents; Signed by Author . Yale University Press hardcover
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