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1984161606Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1984. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Clean tight unread copy. Pristine but for a tiny ding to fore edge of back cover . Signed on a front free end paper tissue-guarded. Navy blue leather with gilt decoration all around. Three raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 657 4 pp. with illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Includes a message from the author special to this edition which was published specifically for the members of The First Edition Society. Also included after the text body is an afterword followed by a brief author biography. Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction in which Gore Vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of Civil War America with 20th-century literary technique probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding Abraham Lincoln including personal secretary John Hay and scheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase as well as his wife Mary Todd. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1984109133The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition. Small 4to. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. 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. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
199821680New York: Modern Library 1998. First edition thus. Cloth. Fine/fine. Small very thick clothbound volume in dustwrapper. A new edition of Gore's treatment of President Lincoln's life with a new introduction by the author. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by Vidal on the first blank front endpaper. Uncommon to find this book signed or inscribed. <br/><br/> Modern Library hardcover books
19749416JNew York: Radnom House 1974. First Edition. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Fresh copy. Radnom House unknown books
200661320NY: Doubleday 2006. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in page as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such issued for promotinal purposes to book shops. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1999298612New York: Random House 1999. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Edited by Fred Kaplan. 988pp. cloth d.w. New York: Random House 1999. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Signed by Vidal on a tipped in flyleaf as issued.<br/><br/> Random House unknown books
1952122573New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1952. Hardcover. 375p. toning at hinges of endpapers otherwise a very good first edition in cloth boards and lightly-toned unclipped dj. Young 3931. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
1967297117Boston: Little Brown 1967. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo gray cloth d.w. Boston: Little Brown 1967. First Edition. Fine<br/><br/> Autographed by Vidal with a bookmark from Kroch & Brentano's First Edition Circle.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
1991136052New York: Armchair Detective Library 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Number 77 from an edition of only 100 copies. One of the three mysteries Vidal wrote using the Edgar Box pseudonym that featured Peter Cutler Sargeant II. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Vidal on the limitation page. A very fresh and clean copy. Armchair Detective Library unknown books
197091915NY:: Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Modern Library number 395. A novel. Stated first edition thus. Remainder stamp on front free endpaper else near fine in a very good light shelf wear and aging dust jacket. ; 503 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
198449290Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Thomas B. Allen. Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library 1984. First edition. Signed by the author. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. 657 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue full leather. All edges gilt; gilt lettering to spine. Interior clean bright and tight. A very nice copy. Very good/No jacket issued. Franklin Library hardcover books
19709017857Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co. hardcover books
CA15A-00538Yale University Press. Collectible - Very Good. SIGNED! New Haven CT and London: Yale University Press 2003. 1st edition. 8vo Hardcover 198 pgs. Signed by author on title page with no inscription. Fine Book and Dust Jacket. Inquire if you need further information. Yale University Press 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
198740839Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1987. First edition. Signed by Vidal as issued. "Special Message" by Vidal for this edition. Frontispiece by Mark Summer. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition.Tthe fourth historical novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series . Signed by Author. First Thus. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Mark Summers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franklin Library Hardcover books
1990366648New York: Random House 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Very slightly bowed front board else about fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Random House hardcover books
1999RVIDVIS00MWM. Torres 1999. Fine. Vidal Coy Jose Luis. Visiones de un turista accidental. Visions of an Accidental Tourist. Fuente Alamo Spain: M. Torres 1999. 77pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine pristine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine in plastic protector. Text in both Spanish and English. M. Torres 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