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Best.-Nr. Gore Vidal 82HEINEMANN Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ.GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA AND FACSIMILE BOOKPLATE. HIS PERSONAL COPY. HEINEMANN Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 000170CEN.Y.: Armchair Detective Library 1983. LIMITED EDITION. HARDCOVER. Very Fine. A VERY FINE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY IN SLIPCASE. SIGNED LIMITED EDITIN NO. 67/100 COPIES. A Very Nice Copy. No bumped corners to book or case. As New. Armchair Detective Library unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 164435London: William Heinemann 1954. First UK Edition signed by Vidal on the title page. About Fine in a Very Good plus lightly spine-toned dust jacket with some rubbing to the front and rear panels and small chips at the spine ends. William Heinemann unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 164436New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1953. First Edition. First Edition. Inscribed by Vidal under his pseudonym to fellow author William Targ: "For Wm Targ / Edgar Box." Very Good with the usual discoloration to the cloth and some foxing to the front pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket that is foxed on the verso with chipping along the top edge and a mostly separated front flap fold. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
2011Best.-Nr. Q-0307741435Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2011-03-22. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage Crime/Black Lizard paperback
1954Best.-Nr. VIDALGOR007852Heinemann London. 1954. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp iv 213. The second of Vidal's pseudonymous crime novels.Signed by the author on the title page using both names.Free endpapers partially tanned. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper with a few nicks. Heinemann, London. unknown
1954Best.-Nr. VIDALGOR009825William Heinemann London. 1954. First U.K. edition. A detective story. Octavo. pp vi 213.Free endpapers partially tanned. Some spotting. Very good in very good nicked and chipped price-clipped dustwrapper defective and a little torn at head of spine. Scarce. William Heinemann, London. unknown
Best.-Nr. PBA1113HEINEMANN Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A VERY GOOD PLUS FIRST IN DJ. . HEINEMANN Hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 8414JNew York: Dutton 1953. First Edition. One of Vidal’s mystery novels published under a pseudonym. Small stain at head of last blank in text otherwise very good in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears and creases with a small chip at crest of spine. Dutton unknown
1991Best.-Nr. 563202New York: The Armchair Detective Library 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus with a new introduction by the author. Navy cloth stamped in silver with author portrait laid down on the cover. Faint spotting on the rear board one tiny soil mark on the front cover near fine. The Armchair Detective Library hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 31101New York: The Armchair Detective Library. Fine with no dj. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. in Fine slipcase; no dust jacket beautiful as-new copy with no discernible wear to either book or slipcase. SIGNED by the author as Gore Vidal on a tipped-in limitation page stating this as number 36 of 100 numbered and signed copies. The book was also issued in a trade edition and a "Collector" edition the present example being one of the "Limited" edition. A republication of the second of the three "Edgar Box" mysteries written pseudonymously by Vidal in the early 1950s each one in eight days according to him. He describes the circumstances under which he came to write the books in a new Introduction written for this edition in which he notes that the book's Washington D.C. background "was that of my youth." Signed by Author . 1991. The Armchair Detective Library hardcover books
1953Best.-Nr. 164436New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1953. First Edition. First Edition. Inscribed by Vidal under his pseudonym to fellow author William Targ: "For Wm Targ / Edgar Box." Very Good with the usual discoloration to the cloth and some foxing to the front pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket that is foxed on the verso with chipping along the top edge and a mostly separated front flap fold. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 164435London: William Heinemann 1954. First UK Edition signed by Vidal on the title page. About Fine in a Very Good plus lightly spine-toned dust jacket with some rubbing to the front and rear panels and small chips at the spine ends. William Heinemann unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 245502New York: The Armchair Detective Library 1990. Hardcover. v 213p. black cloth boards gilt in dust jacket. We see that the jacket enclosed in a brodart protector is a bit edgeworn. The book itself is about fine: clean sound unmarked. The new introduction is amusing of course and answers the question "Why no more Boxes" The second Peter Cutler Sargeant III mystery written by Gore Vidal under his nom de plume. The Armchair Detective Library hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 59928NY: Bantam Books 1973. First Bantam edition. Small 8v0 pp. 169 adv. Some writing on the end paper o/w a very good copy. One of several mysteries written by Vidal under the pseudonym. Bantam Books unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 175401Armchair Detective Library 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 221 pages. Originally published in 1952. Limited edition. Published simultaneously in trade Limited and Collector editions with a new 5-page introduction by the author. First Armchair Detective Library edition first printing with number line including the 1. A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket as issued. In a fine slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy 'J.' Signed by the author as Gore Vidal on the limitation page. Armchair Detective Library hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. C85026London: William Heinemann 1954. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 186. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt on spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. VG in clean VG d/w showing three silhouettes looking at a collapsed dancer in a gymnasium with light nick at base of spine closed tear at head. No inscriptions not price-clipped. William Heinemann, hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 3117947New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 221pp. Light shelf-soiling on front end-paper. Edge-wear and traces of rubbing with a few small chips in jacket. An acceptable copy for those who are not overly fastidious. First of Gore Vidal's Box mystery novels. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages . Dutton hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 536614London: William Heinemann LTD 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition. Slightly bumped corners else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning on the spine short tears and shallow chips. William Heinemann LTD hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 09309New York: E. P. Dutton 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. octavo 221 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $2.50 on front flap and small chip at head of rear panel. Owner name and town on FFEP. E. P. Dutton unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 17792New York: E.P. Dutton 1952. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR GORE VIDAL on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. BOX IS A PSEUDOYNYM OF GORE VIDAL. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 8962New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1952. First edition. A very good copy some dustiness to top edge in a very good dust jacket light edge wear light shelf wear to corners light rubbing to spine ends minor loss to head and heel of spine panel small chip to lower rear corner dust soiling to rear panel. 8962. Octavo cloth. The author's uncommon first mystery. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 21568New York:: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1952. First edition. original boards in dust jacket. Very slightly shelf-slanted; minor sunning to edges; in a jacket with minor use at edges and a very slightly soiled rear panel. 8vo. A Dutton Guilt Edged Mystery. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 25030E. P. Dutton NY 1952. Hardback NODUSTjacket 1952 Stated 1st edition Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg VG-/VG AS-IS NOJACKET Terra cotta RedRust Tweed embossed cloth CVR Titled & Decorated on Spine cvr in Gold Gilt Interior nice tight clean LIGHT FOX Wear 221 pgs .The first of three mysteries by Gore Vidal written under the Box pen name introduces Peter Cutler Sargeant III Public Relations Consultant called upon to solve the murder of a Ballerina on Stage. Vidal's mastery of language and biting satire are evident throughout. Quite risque for the period. The first of the Box mysteries. . First Edition. Hard Cover. E. P. Dutton, NY hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 164431New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1952. First Edition. First Edition. Slightly cocked else strong Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket with minute rubbing to the corners and a small chip at the heel. A bright copy. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
