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1968138763London: Cassell 1968. First UK Edition preceding all others. INSCRIBED by Sassoon on the half title page: "To Gerald Naborro / Thank you / Vidal Sassoon / Dorchester Hotel / 26.4.68 / It was very kind of you."<br/><br/>A memoir by the legendary hair designer written when he was 40 years old and at the height of his popularity and influence on woman's fashion. Sassoon was born into extreme poverty with seven years of his childhood spent in an orphanage. He quit school at age 14 became a hairstylist at the suggestion of his mother and after a mercurial rise to fame had a chain of shops and a line of products. He mentored Paul Mitchell who also became a great hairstylist and icon. Mitchell has described Sassoon as "the greatest hair stylist in the history of the world."<br/><br/>Sassoon's lasting contribution to fashion was to liberate women's hair from the high maintenance styles of the previous decade creating casual and modern looks that matched the emerging fashions of the day. He caused an international sensation with his reintroduction of the bob hair cut on Nancy Kwan for 1963's "The Wild Affair" created a shorter and more angular version of it known as the five point cut for British model Grace Coddington and was flown to Los Angeles by Roman Polanski for a press event where he cut Mia Farrow's long hair into the iconic pixie cut she wears in "Rosemary's Baby." <br/><br/>Sassoon went on to write another autobiography several decades later published in 2010 only a year prior to his death. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dust jacket. Cassell unknown books
195916236ELos Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1959. Original 124 page final white shooting script with color rewrite pages dated April 23 1959 for the comedy film Visit to a Small Planet directed by Norman Taurog starring Jerry Lewis Joan Blackman Earl Holliman and Fred Clark. Bradbound. Very good lightly used copy. The film tells the story of a naive and curious alien visitor to Earth named Kreton Lewis whose fascination with human beings generates much comic action and dialogue. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1952225501New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1952. 1952. First edition. 8vo. Original orange/red/tan cloth. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by Lester Kohs unclipped; few nicks. Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. F. Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. hardcover books
1984305889New York: Random House 1984. First trade edition unnumbered presentation copy signed by the author on the limitation leaf for the edition of 350 copies bound in cloth. vi 657 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's presentation binding in full brown leather spine titled in gilt upper cover stamped in blind. Faintest traces of rubbing at extremities. Fine. First trade edition unnumbered presentation copy signed by the author on the limitation leaf for the edition of 350 copies bound in cloth. vi 657 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation binding signed. Random House unknown books
1970142749Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Gore Vidal. <br/><br/>One of the key twentieth century films about Hollywood and a prescient one in terms of trans interests which at the time received almost no attention from major studios. Myra Breckinridge undergoes gender confirmation surgery and upon completion promptly moves to Hollywood to enroll in her uncle Buck's acting academy where she attempts to claim her half of her uncle's inheritance. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine save for the first and last few leaves which have been worn to around Very Good condition bound with a gold brad. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967232649Boston: Little Brown 1967. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey cloth. Very good in worn and faded dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Johnny Carson. Inscribed on the half-title:<br/><br/>"Johnny / from / Gore / on air! / Rome '67 Little, Brown unknown books
1976144976Spain: Profilmes 1976. Collection of 25 vintage borderless photographs for the international release of the 1976 Spanish exploitation film. Also included in the original plain brown paper envelope and a glossy full color two sided flyer for the film featuring a synopsis in English French and Spanish. <br/><br/>Two friends travel to a remote village to investigate the mysterious death of a friend only to uncover a possible supernatural explanation in a young woman the villagers claim is a witch. <br/><br/>Photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Flyer 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. Profilmes unknown books
195211020JNew York: Dutton 1952. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with one interior mend and a few tiny tears and chips. One of Gore Vidal’s mystery novels published under the pseudonym Edgar Box. Dutton unknown books
197568907New York: Simon and Schuster 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Presenation copy inscribed by Beverly and Vidal Sassoon to Hugh Hefner on the title page: "To Heff sic taking you into the next fifty. Many of your positive thoughts are represented here. Warmest Beverly and Vidal". Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. The hair styling pioneer and his wife Canadian-born actress Beverly Adams were friends with Hefner and frequent guests at the Playboy Mansion. Octavo. In a custom full brown morocco binding with silver titles and marbled endpapers. Near fine. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
195292437New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1952. First edition of this classic coming of age story. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by George Salter. Rare in this condition and signed. Set in post-war Europe fresh-out-of-law-school Philip Warren takes a year to discover his future. In this classic coming-of-age story Philip journeys through various affairs misadventures and cities full of unforgettable characters that prompt his self-discovery and lessons on taking pleasure in both love and life. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover books
19461181New York: Dutton 1946. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original black cloth. Signed by the author on the half title page. Very good plus in a very good dust jacket. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"Newsweek. The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career aged twenty-one and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences. Dutton hardcover books
1950261194New York 1950. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten "Gore Vidal at Edgevales / XIX hh 25 / Nov 1 1950"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission" and stamped in blind. 1 vols. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten "Gore Vidal at Edgevales / XIX hh 25 / Nov 1 1950"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission" and stamped in blind. 1 vols. 7 x 5 inches. Early photograph ic portrait of the 25 yewar old Vidal. unknown books
196821012ENew York: Twayne Publishers 1968. First Edition. Signed by the author Ray Lewis White to Gore Vidal: “For Gore Vidal a fine subject. Ray White 11/19/68.†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 lightly used dust jacket with some faint rubbing and dust soiling and a few small chips and tears. 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. With a certificate of authenticity from the distributor of the Gore Vidal library. Twayne Publishers unknown books
1960150322N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage oversize borderless black and white photograph of actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward holding hands as they cross the street in Rome circa 1960s. With the stamps of PIP Photo and photographer Elio Sorci on the verso along with holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding cropping.<br/><br/>Vidal relocated to Italy in the 1960s where he lived for many years with his partner Howard Austen. <br/><br/>7.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1969147266London: Winkast Film Productions 1969. First draft screenplay and copied second draft screenplay for an unproduced film from author Gore Vidal adapting his esteemed 1964 historical fiction novel "Julian."<br/><br/>From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br/><br/>Vidal's account of the life and murder of Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus "Julian" also known as Julian the Apostate. <br/><br/>First draft screenplay:<br/>Black untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as 1ST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Gore Vidal. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads.<br/><br/>Second draft screenplay:<br/>Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 15 July 1969 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Gore Vidal. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with prong binding. Winkast Film Productions unknown books
1981WALTER-FILM004145Vintage original Second Revision script by Gore Vidal adapted from the novel by Lucian Truscott USA. Los Angeles: Richard Roth Productions 6 March 1981. 11261 quarto brad bound in production wrappers. Paper filing label across spine NEAR FINE. <br /><br />Second revision draft script of this early form of an adaptation by Gore Vidal to television of Lucian Truscott's novel. In its present state the script would translate into a two-hour television film. <br /><br /><i>offered with: </i><br /><br />Vintage original Final Draft script by Gore Vidal adapted from the novel by Lucian Truscott USA. Burbank CA: Warner Bros. Television 25 September - 4 October 1985. 22261 plus lettered inserts quarto printed on blue and salmon stock the latter dated revises brad bound in studio wrappers. A call sheet for the 17th day of shooting is laid in. A few smudges to wrappers else NEAR FINE. <br /><br />Final draft script expanded and in 1986 aired as a two part made-for-television production. Truscott's novel set at West Point at the time of the Vietnam War reportedly based it on fact. The completed film when screened on television dealt with homophobia both external and internalized and it was very strong stuff in the mid-1980s at the height of the Reagan era. The film was clearly troubling to some contemporary critics but it nonetheless was nominated for three Emmy Awards. <br /><br />This pair of scripts which are very different from each other are a very interesting example of Vidal's work as a screenwriter especially because of the film's LGBTQ subject matter. Richard Roth Prod. paperback books
19481184New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1948. First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo original black cloth. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a bright dust jacket with a few small chips but does not show the fading to the spine panel. 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 isn't sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking" Christopher Isherwood. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1948218954New York 1948. Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length frontal portrait of the author in shirt and sweater. 1 vols. 35.2 x 23.5 cm. approx 13-7/8 x 9-1/4 inches. Fine. Verso docketed with holograph notations in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XV-FF-1". Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length frontal portrait of the author in shirt and sweater. 1 vols. 35.2 x 23.5 cm. approx 13-7/8 x 9-1/4 inches. unknown books
1950009598Dutton 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine copy in Like Jacket.Beautiful Gorgeous Copy of Author's Scarcest Book.First Edition Stated $2.75 on flap. Dutton Hardcover books
194825087New York: E.P. Dutton 1948. First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo original black cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with two small chips to the crown but does not show the fading endemic to the spine panel. A very sharp example. 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 hardcover books
194857819New York 1948. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten "Gore Vidal / IX ff 5 / Oct 14 - '48"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Fine. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten "Gore Vidal / IX ff 5 / Oct 14 - '48"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. In the Year of City and the Pillar. Very early photographic portrait of the 23-year-old Vidal taken in the year that the publication of his controversial novel THE CITY AND THE PILLAR scandalized the mainstream press. unknown books
1948218953New York 1948. Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Seated on chair leaning forward. 1 vols. 32.2 x 2 21.8 cm. approx 12-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches. Fine. Verso docketed with holograph notations in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XV-FF-1". Variant of portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Seated on chair leaning forward. 1 vols. 32.2 x 2 21.8 cm. approx 12-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches. unknown books
