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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
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
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
39022Unpag. 4 pp. text and list 42 plates of color reproductions of historic maps and prints of views landmarks and events of the cities and towns of Provence some folding. Folio. Box portfolio box slightly water stained and corners worn. N.p. Editions Hier et Demain 1971. unknown books
195630614NY: The Zero Press 1956. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Text pages with beginning toning board bottom edges with slightest shelfwear; dustjacket corners and spine ends just touched Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Zero Press Hardcover books
19819066ENew York: Random House 1981. First Edition. One of an undetermined number of copies signed by Gore Vidal on a special page bound in by the publisher. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Random House unknown books
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
19849011562Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Privately printed and personally signed by the author for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Bound in publisher's original blue composition leather with the covers and spine stamped in gilt. Three raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. <br/><br/> Franklin Library hardcover books
198754888NY: Random House 1987. First Random House edition second printing. 8vo pp. 486. Author's signature on blank. Dark blue cloth. Owner's embosed stamp on flyleaf and blank. A nice copy in little scuffed and faded dj. Random House unknown books
1954015223E.P. Dutton 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition.$3.50 on Flap. Scarce In This Condition. E.P. Dutton Hardcover books
199621195ENew York: Da Capo 1996. Revised & Expanded Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Joseph McBride to Gore Vidal: “For Gore Vidal best wishes always Joe McBride April 30 1996.†From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. The book is totally rewritten and illustrated with a number of photographs published here for the first time. Fine copy in printed wrappers. Da Capo unknown books
198221017ENew York: Knopf 1982. First Edition. From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The story of the many struggles to form the Screen Writers Guild as told through the voices of the writers directors actors producers and political figures on both sides of the battle including Dorothy Parker Ring Lardner Jr. Budd Schulberg Charles Brackett Jack Warner Lillian Hellman Ronald Reagan Darryl Zanuck Orson Welles Sen. Joe McCarthy and more. With a certificate of authenticity from the distributor of the Gore Vidal library. Knopf unknown books
1979161605Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Clean tight unread copy. Pristine. Signed on a front free end paper tissue-guarded. Grey leather with elaborate gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 524 pp. with archival images. Includes a message from the author special to this edition. A biography of Colonel Aaron Burr US vice-president who sadly is best remembered as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The Franklin Library hardcover books