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20007163NY: Doubleday 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Quarter-cloth with gilt spine lettering and paper-covered boards. Spine top edge and rear board upper edge near spine fold bumped with corresponding small wrinkles on the dustjacket spine topedge spine bottom edge cloth lightly pushed. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover The seventh and final novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1958WRCLIT69864Culver City: MGM / Loews 1958. 8pp. Folio 43 x 31 cm. Pictorial self-wrappers. Black and white illustrations considerable amount of text very good. The studio pressbook produced for the purposes of advertising publicity and exploitation for the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed the film with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown books
198156055NY: Random Hosue 1981. First Edition. 8vo pp. 510. Author's signaure on blank. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Near fine in little scuffed dj. Random Hosue unknown books
19841592810Franklin Library 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited first edition with the author's signature on a front blank page. Large black and white illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Marbled endpapers. Franklin Library hardcover books
1976D15072New York: Random House 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original cloth lacking DJ. With the initials TC in pencil at the front and an auction slip from Bonhams laid in. From the library of Truman Capote auctioned off in parts in New York at Bonhams on November 9 2006. Following Capote's death in 1984 many of Capote's belongings including his library were passed on to his dear friend Joanne Carson wife of Johnny Carson. She became "the loving custodian of these treasures" for several decades until they were dispersed by Bonham's. A nice opportunity to acquire a book from the library of one of America's most colorful and controversial authors. Capote and Vidal had an interesting relationship rather testy at times. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1958000754London: Heinemann 1958. The First U.S edition published in 1956 this British edition 1958. His 1st book of short stories. A nice addition for the Vidal completist. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Heinemann Hardcover books
1987109137The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition. Small 4to. One of an unspecified number of copies SIGNED by Vidal who has also contributed a special two-page introduction that does not appear in the regular edition. Bound in full leather with all edges gilt and a ribbon marker. Fine. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
198722523New York: Random House 1987. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . First Random House edition stated. 486 pp. Part of the author's sweeping series of historical novels covering American history. A handsome very good copy in brown cloth binding in lightly used price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Vidal. Nice copy. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
200631385New York: Doubleday 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Near Fine first edition in dustwrapper. The author's memoir covering the period 1964 to 2006. 277 pp. SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in page at the front of the book. Doubleday hardcover books
200021333NY: Doubleday 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine ends pushed and board edges with beginning toning; dustjacket with shallow wrinkle on the spine topedge. Very Good condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The seventh and final novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1978004119New York: Random House Inc 1978. First Printing. Collects 3 mystery novels published pseudonymously by Vidal in the early 1950s "Death in the Fifth Position" "Death Before Bedtime" and "Death Likes It Hot" . Near Fine top edge lightly soiled in a Very Good Plus dustjacket 2 small closed edge tears and small chips at head of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Random House Inc Hardcover books
1974248918Boston: Fag Rag 1974. Newspaper. 36p. folded tabloid newspaper photos art news reviews services ads mild toning and edgewear dampstain otherwise good on newsprint. The most radical of the gay publications of the period this issue includes a long interview with Gore Vidal. Fag Rag unknown books
19791592811Franklin Library 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition with the author's signature on a front blank page. Illustrated. Silk endpapers. Franklin Library hardcover books
198871614NY: Random House 1988. First US edition first prnt. Originally published by Andre Deutsch in the UK in 1987 in a different form. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in forepage as issued. Most likely a Kroch's & Brentano's 1st Edition Circle copy but without the 1st Edition Circle bookmark. Burgandy cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Beginning toning on cloth edges faint small stain on foreedge; dustjacket with minor wear and little loss on spine ends. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
195014394New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1950. Hardcover. 307p. very good first edition in red & green cloth boards gilt and lightly-edgeworn unclipped dj. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1980105622Boston: Gregg Press 1980. Octavo cloth. Later edition first printing of the Gregg Press edition. Text offset from that of the 1979 Ballantine Books edition. New introduction by Elizabeth A. Lynn. "Cavism the religion of suicide conquers most of the world." - Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 159. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1185. Berger Science Fiction and the New Dark Age pp. 190-6. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 106. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 195. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 253. Baird and Greenwood An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 2488. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #105622 Gregg Press unknown books
2006010457Doubleday 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Published in New York by Doubleday in 2006. First Edition stated on copyright page and number sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. This copy is SIGNED by the author on tipped-in page. Book fine. DJ fine. DJ price reads "$26.00 Doubleday hardcover books
19991101028NY: Random House 1999. First edition first prnt. Edited by Fred Kaplan. Introduction biographical chronology and bibliography. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in front free endpage as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such. Rear endpage with a one inch tear on the bottom edge a shallow crease on the bottom corner of the last few pages and a wrinkle on the spine topedge. Very Good condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
2000249968New York: Doubleday 2000. Hardcover. 467p. signed by Vidal on the title page near-fine first edition first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj show some slight fading to spine. Doubleday hardcover books
2000101468New York: Doubleday 2000. Hardcover. 467p. signed by Vidal on the title page near-fine first edition first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj with multiple Signed by Author stickers applied. Doubleday hardcover books
194926333New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Very Good in Good dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. a solid copy only lightly shelfworn but with an unfortunate scrape along the top edge of the front cover exposing about 1.5" of the board with some minor attendant fraying to cloth; the jacket is Good only edgeworn and extensively scuffed on the front panel with a bit of paper loss at the spine ends. SIGNED by the author on the title page no inscription. Vidal's fourth book "a novel based on the emotional conflict centered around a son's urge to sever the psychological umbilical cord which ties him to a selfish and possessive mother." Signed by Author . E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover books
19709375JNew York: Random House 1970. First Edition. Review copy with the publisher’s dated notice laid in. Upper corners slightly bumped else fine in a fine dust jacket. Random House unknown books
195803517London: Heinemann 1958. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. Some light foxing to pages. Otherwise near fine in dust jacket. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover books
2015165999San Juan Puerto Rico: Ediciones Alba 2015. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth boards with color-illustration laid in on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. xiii 208 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Text in Spanish. "Portrait miniatures became popular in Puerto Rico during the 19th century with several artists mainly Creole practicing this type of painting and leaving behind a group of portraits of undeniable aesthetic and historic value. This study explores the functions and uses of portrait miniatures their relationship to those pictorial genres that preceded them and their evolution over the course of the 19th century. Biographical dates and details for some of the greatest Puerto Rican painters of portrait miniatures are also provided. The first chapter of the book looks at small portraits in oil which preceded the miniature in gouache on ivory; the second covers the technique uses special features and creators of the miniature; the final chapter investigates small photographic portraits which began to replace the painted miniature in the middle of the 19th century."-First Search. Ediciones Alba hardcover books
19791406101The Franklin Library 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine Limited Edition from The Franklin Library. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Fully leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon marker. Slight rubbing along the bottom edge; near fine. Included original "Notes From the Editors" leaflet. The Franklin Library hardcover books
