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1949rif. 201624London: John Lehmann 1949. Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Good/Fair. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has significant edgewear and is a touch faded with fraying to the spine ends and corners. Leans vaguely. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding which is somewhat dull. The contents complete clean and tight but with a crease and short tear to the head of the half-title leaf; First edition first printing. Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8 x 5½ 0.8 kg; pp 270; Cover art by B. Biro; The book is on the shelf ready to be appropriately packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John Bath by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201624 London: John Lehmann hardcover
1949rif. 1714050133GEOJohn Lehmann Ltd. 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. Second Impression. 270 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Bottom corners of page 269 and rear endpaper are chipped. Bookseller sticker to bottom edge of front pastedown. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is slightly dulled. Faint white markings with scuffing to boards. Sunning to spine ends and edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket. Panels have heavy edge wear with chips tears and creasing. Loss to edges and corners. Faint black marks to rear. John Lehmann, Ltd. hardcover
1948rif. 102973Grosset & Dunlap 1948 First edition published by E.P. Dutton; this is a contemporaneous Grosset & Dunlap reprint MIssing jacket. Red publisher's dye to top edge of text block. Owner's bookplate on FFEP; otherwise clean interior. Tight square binding. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1948rif. 23763New York: E.P. Dutton 1948. Boards. Very Good/Very Good -. A presentable copy of the 1948 stated 1st edition of Gore Vdal's 3rd published novel following "Williwaw" and :In a Yellow Wood". Solid and VG light offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns mild soiling to the panels in a crisp price-intact VG- to VG dustjacket with very light chipping along the top-edges and the spine ends and spotting along the flap-folds and the spine. Small neat former owner name as well at the front free endpaper. Still though solid and moderately well-preserved. E.P. Dutton unknown
1965rif. 16423new pb perfect rare condition Signet paperback
1949rif. 155928London: John Lehmann 1949. First Edition. First UK Edition preceded by the First Edition published by E.P. Dutton in 1948. Gore Vidal's third novel a milestone in gay literature. Very Good plus in an about Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed at the corners. Jacket lightly rubbed and edgeworn with a pinhole on the center rear hinge and a faintly faded spine. John Lehmann unknown
1948rif. 155933New York: E.P. Dutton 1948. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author on the title page: "For Drew Dudley- / with all best wishes / Gore Vidal / 1948." Vidal's third novel a milestone in gay literature. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine lightly rubbed. Jacket moderately rubbed on the front panel and front flap fold with chips at the spine ends and corners and accompanying creasing. E.P. Dutton unknown
rif. 0233988807.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1948rif. A52798New York NY: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. . Good in Fair dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the half title page. The book is in Good condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book covers have lightish bumping to the spine ends and corners. There is a bit of a light bow to the spine of the book cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a wrinkled tear to the top edge of the title page. The front endpaper has been clipped at the top corner and there is a thin strip of black on the front pastedown page where a previous old dust jacket cover sat. The rear pastedown page has two thin strips of black from the previous dust jacket cover. The price clipped dust jacket bottom front flap corner has been clipped has been "protectively enhanced" by a previous owner -- basically the former owner used clear tape on both the front side and the reverse at the corners spine joints and edges. There is a longish tear to the bottom rear flap joint along with several other small edge tears nicks and chips. The dust jacket also has some general wear and tear and wrinkling from use. "As a novelist Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life. His style of narration evoked the time and place of his stories and delineated his characters' psychology. His third novel The City and the Pillar 1948 about a dispassionately presented male homosexual relationship offended conservative book reviewers' literary political and moral sensibilities." from Wikipedia; 314p. pages; Pictured 4/6/26; Signed by Author . 1948. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. hardcover
1948rif. 657239Dutton 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Signed by author on the title page. Stated 1948 First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. 314pp. Light foxing to upper page edges mild lean to spine rear inner hinge lightly tender yet binding solid light toning to endpapers interior text clean. Dust jacket mildly worn chipping to edges closed tears to lower rear and upper front 1/2' of loss at upper jacket spine end $3.50 price intact. Good copy in Good dust jacket. Dutton hardcover
1965rif. 70626NY: E.P. Dutton 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised edition. Slight spine lean else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket. Inscribed and signed by Vidal on the half title page. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1994rif. 615836London: ANDRE Deutsch Limited 1994. Hardcover in very good condition unread. First edition revised and unexpurgated edition also with a preface by the author. Jacket unclipped. Clean and sound pages. CM. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. ANDRE Deutsch Limited Hardcover
1948rif. 509163Dutton 1948. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. First Printing. SIGNED on title and subsequently INSCRIBED by Gore Vidal on FFEP to his personal friends Stathis Orphanos and Ralph Sylvester: 'For Stathis and Ralph.' Stathis was a noted photographer and shot Vidal on multiple occasions including the portrait used on the cover of his memoir. Stathis and Ralph also operated the Los Angeles fine-press publishing firm 'Sylvester and Orphanos' which published Vidal's Sex is Politics. 314pp. Black buckram gilt spine lettering blindstamp to front cover. Some trivial toning to pages and endpapers otherwise very clean and sharp; Dust jacket has some light rubbing to extremities and a very small chip to head of spine. Vidal's third novel The City and the Pillar is recognized as the first post-war novel to portray an openly gay protagonist whose homosexuality is treated as natural and appropriate. The novel met with some scandal: in his autobiography Vidal notes that the New York Times refused an advertisement for the book and that for a period of six years following no major newspaper or periodical would review his work. He quotes an editor at Dutton as saying 'You will never be forgiven for this book. Twenty years from now you will still be attacked for it.' Vidal also notes private enthusiasm expressed by his LA friends and fellow Gay writers Christopher Isherwood Thomas Mann and Steven Spender. While Spender averred that the novel was essentially autobiographical Vidal denied it. Dutton hardcover
1948rif. 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
rif. 40305NY: Dutton. VG in VG dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very nice copy of the first edition minor edgewear to the DJ a little toning to the pages. An important novel in the history of gay literature. . Dutton hardcover
rif. 113247New York E.P. Dutton and Company Inc. 1948. . First edition first impression; 8vo; bookplate to front pastedown else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth gilt lettering to spine spine ends slightly bumped lettering a little dulled with the unclipped dust-jacket slightly rubbed and soiled a few small nicks and tears to extremities else very good. First edition of the author's third novel. A milestone in LGBT literature The City and the Pillar is significant for its sympathetic portrayal of a homosexual protagonist defying social norms post-World War II. It is also recognised as one of the definitive war-influenced gay novels being one of the few books of the time to deal directly with male homosexuality. New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1948. hardcover
1948rif. 2305New York: E. P. Dutton 1948. Stated First Edition. 8vo. Black cloth. 314 pp. Fine/in good dust jacket with three deep chips along the top edge. See photo. E. P. Dutton unknown
1948rif. 144891New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1948. First edition of this landmark novel from the library of Anais Nin. Octavo original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a clipped dedication page that reads "For Anais Nin" boldly signed by Vidal laid in. Gore Vidal and Anais Nin's friendship emerged from their shared commitment to challenging the literary and cultural orthodoxies of mid-twentieth-century America. While Vidal’s incisive social satire and Nin’s lyrical explorations of erotic subjectivity differed in style both writers pursued themes of identity and transgression which created a foundation of mutual admiration. In fine condition. From the library of Anais Nin. An exceptional association linking these two great writers. Stylistically influenced by Hemingway this work "is distinguished by its honesty and lack of self-pity; the central figure is unexceptional in every respect but his sexual choices" Stringer 690. "One of the best novels of its kind. . . . It isnt sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking" Christopher Isherwood. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1948rif. 562184New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pages 259-262 and 279-282 roughly opened along bottom edge pages evenly age-toned spine mildly cocked else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. The story of a young man discovering his homosexuality. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1948rif. SKU1038230E.P. Dutton 1948. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. E.P. Dutton and Company; New York 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good black binding with blind stamped publishers emblem bottom front board and gilt lettering on spine binding sturdy and intact some handling/scuffing to boards mild crimping to spine edges some rubbing to board and spine edges discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers some age toning to pages some scattered foxing to text block edges spine buckram starting to separate from backing material in a Very Good some handling/scuff marks to panels bit of edge/corner wear with few small tears along edges spine fade couple of moisture stains top spine and partially on rear panel and verso Dust wrapper. A nice overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 314pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1949rif. 954791949. First edition UK. John Lehmann London. 1949. Hardback rust cloth gilt type to spine. 270 pages. No dust-wrapper; spine sl. sunned page edges foxed. Flat-signed by author on title-page. hardcover
1949rif. 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
rif. 0965319962.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1995rif. Q-0679436995Random House 1995-07-04. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Random House hardcover
1949rif. 2222322244925The First UK printing published by John Lehmann London in 1949. The BOOK is in Very Good condition with some ghosting to the spine. The gilt decoration and titling to the spine has dulled slightly more-so the publisher's logo at the foot of the spine. Some toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition with some fading of colouring to the lower spine portion. Mild edge-wear with a little loss at the upper spine and a few nicks. Mild rubbing and creasing in places to the edges. The B.Biro wrapper artwork looks very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed without dedication by the author to the title page. A very scarce early title from the acclaimed author. 'In 1948 Mr. Vidal published 'The City and the Pillar' which was dedicated to J. T. Jimmie Trimble. It is what would now be called a coming-out story about a handsome athletic young Virginia man who gradually discovers that he is homosexual. By today s standards it is tame and discreet but at the time it caused a scandal and was denounced as corrupt and pornographic. Mr. Vidal later claimed that the literary and critical establishment The New York Times especially had blacklisted him because of the book and he may have been right. He had such trouble getting subsequent novels reviewed that he turned to writing mysteries under the pseudonym Edgar Box and then for a time gave up novel-writing altogether. To make a living he concentrated on writing for television then for the stage and the movies NY Times August 12th 2012. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. John Lehmann, London hardcover
