Gore VidalABAA
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1947rif. 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
2003rif. 182149Connecticut: Yale University Press 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Yale University Press hardcover
2003rif. 186630Connecticut: 1962-1987 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. 1962-1987 hardcover
2003rif. 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
2003rif. Atlantic-9780300101713Yale UP 2003. Hardcover. New. Yale UP hardcover
2003rif. Atlantic-9780300101713Yale UP 2003. Hardcover. New. Yale UP hardcover
2003rif. 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
2003rif. 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
2003rif. 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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1981rif. 231120-5SIGNED. LEATHER BOUND. Franklin Library limited edition leather bound signed by author. Seems unread. TIght square spine clean crisp pages no writing or marks no folded page corners. Covers are clean corners are unworn. The Franklin Library hardcover
1970rif. 310121New York: Modern Library 1970. 1st Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner personalization on FEP. Small closed tears on spine crown and heel and front panel top corner. Foxing on top text block edge. Small remainder mark on side text block edge. Modern Library hardcover
rif. 0586037284.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1979rif. 215011New York: Octopus 1979. 1st U.S. Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Octopus hardcover
1981rif. 182908Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Light spotting on side text block edge.; Signed by author on 2nd FEP.; First Franklin Library Edition.; Signed by Author. Franklin Library hardcover
1978rif. 317859New York: Random House 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Smll closed tear on bottom front gutter.; 254 pages. Random House hardcover
1978rif. 60516Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. George H. Jones. Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1978. First Edition and Limited Edition. With included separate "Notes from the Editors" which is now scarce. Octavo 315 2 pp.; illustrations executed with distinctive style by George H. Jones. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the First Edition of Vidal's fictional memoir of a California aviator's interaction with a cult leader - in fact more of a vehicle for Vidal-style diversified lampoon-y opinion. Full rich red top grain leather gilt decorated and imprinted spine panels rib divided All Edges Gilt moire endpapers of an almost-indescribable pale pinkish color and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat; the paper is 60-pound Eggshell Wove Cream; text is set in 11-point Sabon typeface. The Franklin Library doing what they did best. As New and never read; has been protectively archived since arrival. Page-marker ribbon has in fact never been moved. Please review scans. With "A Special Message to the members of The First Edition Society" by Vidal prefacing the novel with laser printed signature; and of course the scarce separate "Notes from the Editors". That little pamphlet does show some soiling. Please see all scans. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. l-frnkln3 The Franklin Library hardcover
1978rif. 155940New York: Random House 1978. First Edition. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in wrappers. Random House unknown
1978rif. 155940New York: Random House 1978. First Edition. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in wrappers. Random House unknown books
