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1981110712NY: Random House 1981. First edition limited issue of 500 numbered copies signed by Vidal on the limitation page. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Spine cloth with slightly rubbed gilt lettering and few shallow cloth wrinkles; slipcase with beginning toning on one edge. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Limited Edition. Random House Hardcover books
19836241New York: Random House 1983 First edition. 8 214pp. Dark blue cloth gilt-lettered spine. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. "Duluth tears the lid off Dallas." "Gore Vidal has put Duluth off the map.". Random House hardcover books
198721601New York: Random House 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth front cover and front cover with inset black label lettered in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase. 486 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition copy 2 of 250 signed by Gore Vidal in black ink. Random House hardcover books
1987005886Random House 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. NY: Random House 1987. Copyright page states First Random House Edition." This is number 90 of 250 numbered limited first edition copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author. Book fine in publisher's fine matching slipcase. No DJ as issued. Random House hardcover books
1962010026Little Brown and Company 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1968. Copyright page states FIRST EDITION. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book near fine previous owner's writing on front free end-paper in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
195223633New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. moderate shelfwear to bottom edge light spotting on top edge of text block light staining to top edge of spine cloth; jacket edgeworn and lightly browned at edges small stain at bottom corner of rear panel very slight paper loss at spine ends and along bottom edge insect nibbling. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Vidal's re-casting "in modern terms of the ancient legend of Paris and the Golden Apple" to tell the story of "a young American's year in post-war Italy Egypt and France of his adventures among the foreign cities of his affairs with three temptresses goddesses in modern terms and finally of the decision he makes."170909cq Signed by Author . E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. hardcover books
194985898New York: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc 1949. First edition of Vidal's fourth novel. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Gore Vidal on the dedication page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear. In Season of Comfort Gore Vidal descres the growing-up of a brilliant and precocious schoolboy whose parents separate when he is young and whose mother is portrayed as a 'monster'. A novel based on the emotional conflict centered around a son's urge to sever the pshychological umbilical cord which ties him to a selfish and possessive mother. Completely unsympathetic to his young experiences and inclinations forever critical of his interests and reactions she nevertheless appeals to his sympathies and attempts to hold him emotionally. E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc hardcover books
1946101473New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1946. Hardcover. 222p. ex-library first edition of Vidal's first book signed by Vidal on the title page half-title and f.e.p. roughly removed boards somewhat edgeworn with a couple of stain dots pastedowns browned with some offsetting to title leaf library stamp and shadow of absent pocket on r.e.p. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
197821396ENew York: Random House 1978. First Edition. Signed by the author Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket. A collection of three mystery novels by Gore Vidal using the pseudonym Edgar Box: Death in the Fifth Position Death Before Bedtime and Death Likes it Hot. Random House unknown books
189126165Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1891. First edition. 12mo. xvi 127 pp. frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations in text including one plate with a mounted color diagram of the visible color spectrum and a folding diagram of Vogel's spectrographe with tissue guard. Half morocco and marbled boards gilt-title within raised bands on spine t.e.g. The binding shows slight wear with one tip scuffed. A very good copy. An early and important text that furthered the attainment of a true three color photography through spectrology and orthocromatics the process by which photographs of colors are represented by their degree of intensity. <br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 7667. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars hardcover books
19547610JNew York: Dutton 1954. First Edition. Some abrasion to front and rear paper covered boards from tape removal else very good in an especially bright attractive dust jacket with the most minute hint of wear. Dutton hardcover books
196721139ENew York: Arno Press 1967. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by theatrical agent Milton Goldman the life partner of photographer and theatrical lawyer L. Arnold Weissberger to Gore Vidal and his long-time companion Howard Austen. Inscribed: For Gore and Howard with affection from Milton and Arnold. Rome June 3 1971.†From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. A lightly used copy with some minor handling and a hint of foxing staplebound 8 3/8†x 11â€. A collection of black & white photographs of actors writers musicians and artists by theatrical lawyer L. Arnold Weissberger issued to accompany a special exhibition of the Museum of the City of New York sponsored by the Friends of the Theatre and Music Collection October 3 1967. Some of the portraits included are of Orson Welles Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Rex and Lilli Palmer Harrison Albert Finney Mia Farrow Sir Laurence Olivier Sir Alec Guinness Norman Mailer Ira Gershwin Truman Capote Gloria Swanson Isak Dinesen Tyrone Power and many more. Arno Press unknown books
1876108169Color photograph 9 1/4 x 12â€. Paris: Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques 1876. Color photograph 9 1/4 x 12†mounted with contemporary mat framing the photo in an oval window with gilt title information printed in red to mat board. Very good. § “Leon Vidal 1833-1906 is not well known today but during the latter half of the nineteenth century was heavily involved with public photographic display instruction in photography promotion of photography and the development of photographically linked printing processes in France.†Hannavy p. 1448. Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques unknown books
1956298637New York: Zero Press 1956. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Seven Short Stories. Thin 8vo d.w. N.Y.: The Zero Press 1956. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Fine clean copy autographed by Vidal on the title page.<br/><br/> Zero Press unknown books
194718262New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 216pp. Bookplate signed by Vidal loosely laid in. Upper board corners lightly bumped with a few tiny smudges on lower edge of front board and rough erasure to former owner's name on front endpaper; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped with small chips to edges and spine ends and a few short tears; Very Good. Vidal's second novel a work with some gay aspects but one in which the author felt he played things a bit too safely. YOUNG 2657. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
200040859NY: Doubleday 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine topedge lightly pushed bottom edge soiled; dustjacket with few tiny edge wrinkles and light rubbing on the rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed first edition copies of this Vidal title are uncommon. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
194726022New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1947. Hardcover. 216p. first edition stated a little edgeworn in an edgeworn unclipped dj that has a 2 inch creased closed tear slightly affecting title lightly soiled back dj panel foxed endsheets slight foxing to textblock edges. Young 3929. Vidal's second novel set in the East Village. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
1953006167New York: E.P. Dutton 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition stated of this mystery novel written by Gore Vidal under the pseudonym Edgar Box. The second of only three books he wrote thus. Very good in very good price intact dustwrapper. Some small chips and creases to jacket but unfaded with rich ruby red spine colors. Nicer than usually found. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1956007598New York: Zero Press 1956. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket Faint toning front panel 2" faint crease top edge rear panel. With lovely fresh flaps text clean book feels unread. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Zero Press Hardcover books
194970610NY: Dutton 1949. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Rear board corners lightly bumped and faint small dampstain on foreedge; dustjacket with edgewear at spine ends corners and front panel bottom edge and toned red ink on the spine. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Vidal's fourth novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dutton Hardcover books
1962297080London: Heinemann 1962. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth d.w. London: Heinemann 1962. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Visit to a Small Planet; The Best Man; On a March to the Sea. Immaculate copy signed by Vidal.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
195621511LBoston: Little Brown & Co 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . Stated first edition. 278 pp collection of the author's television plays. A handsome near fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper with original $4.00 price on front flap. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1946150524029New York: E.P. Dutton and Company 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. 356 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Cloth worn at head and along top edge corners a bit bumped. Typical offsetting to gutters from publishers' glue. Small stain spot to title page. Jacket is presentable and complete with chipping at the head rubbing along the spine panel and back panel creasing to the top edge and bottom front corner. Price intact $2.50. The author's very first book a nautical novel of the Arctic. E.P. Dutton and Company hardcover books
196821193ENew York: Twayne Publishers 1968. First Edition. From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. This is the very first study of Vidal’s work and includes this from Ray White’s opening paragraph of his Acknowledgments: “First I thank Gore Vidal for answering my many questions giving me access to his personal papers and letting me quote from unpublished material and published works for which he owns copyright.†Near fine copy with a hint of use in a used dust jacket with a 6†tear to the rear spine fold and across the spine some faint rubbing and dust soiling and small chips. A critical survey of the life and works of Gore Vidal whose published works available at the time of this book include the novels The City and the Pillar The Judgment of Paris Messiah Julian Washington D.C.; the plays Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays The Best Man: A Play About Politics and more. Twayne Publishers unknown books
000355Random House 1981 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Cloth in Box. As New/As New. Limited/Numbered. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-51995-7. Limited sign mint in box. Random House, 1981 Hardcover books