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20001-0245503498Laurier Books Ltd. 2000. Hardcover. New. new edition edition. 1208 pages. 9.60x6.80x1.70 inches. Laurier Books Ltd. hardcover
1968994W11London: Anthony Blond 1968. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A first UK edition of Vidal's satirical novel exploring themes of transgenderism identity and patriarchy. A first UK edition of this satirical and notorious novel.In original binding with gilt lettering to the spine and in its original unclipped dust wrapper.Vidal's favourite of his own works the novel follows the titular Myra - a transgender woman through her fictional diary.The work was critiqued and praised for its deconstruction of contemporary gender norms and spawned a sequel 'Myron' published in 1974. Bound in original black cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Rubbing to dust wrapper extremities. Slight chipping to dust wrapper extremities. Very subtle marks to boards. Mild bumping to head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages consistently bright and clean. Slight spotting and infrequent mark to top text block edge. Very Good Indeed Anthony Blond hardcover
1986828W36London: Anthony Blond 1986 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 6". None. The first edition first printing of Gore Vidal's satirical novel in the original dust wrapper. First edition first printing of Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This satirical novel is written in diary form. The book provides social commentary on gender norms and sexuality which was unusual for the time. It discusses themes such as feminism transsexuality and patriarchy. Gore Vidal was an American writer and intellectual who championed LGBTQ rights throughout his career in the twentieth century. In the original publisher's cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities. There is a tear to the top left corner where it sits on the rear board. The binding is in fine condition with only some very slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine Anthony Blond hardcover
19773720099Barcelona.: Grijalbo. 1977. Hardcover. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Firma del anterior propietario. Good. 19 cm. 536 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Colección 'Edibolsillo'. Traducido del Inglés . Sobrecubierta deslucida. Firma del anterior propietario. ISBN: 9788425308994; 8425308992 Literatura: DS Inglés 2AB Grijalbo. hardcover
1976322295New York: Random House 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tear on front panel bottom corner. Closed tears on top front and rear panels. Sunning on spine. Foxing on top text block edge. Light bumping on spine crown.; From the personal collection of notable photojournalist Ted Spiegel known for his work with National Geographic and his portrait of John F. Kennedy.; 364 pages. Random House hardcover
2000324909New York: Doubleday 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Adhesive on top and bottom front and rear flaps.; 467 pages. Doubleday hardcover
199549219Diputacion Foral De Alava 1995. Tapa dura. 2ª Mano. . Tomo II ISBN 846054800X. Epistolarios. . . Tela roja con dorados. 1017- 704 pag. 25x18 cm Diputacion Foral De Alava hardcover
1974308492-MB13Neuilly-sur-Seine : Dargaud Editeur 1974. Softcover. Good. 35 uniform issues of this magazine 1974-1976: numbers 1-30 13 bis 17 bis 21 bis 25 bis 28 bis and Pilote Annuel: numero superextragenialflippantdinguedecheval original wrappers 164 pages 1975 and Pilote Nouveau: le dossier de la delinquance juvenile No. 733 Neuilly-sur-Seine : Dargaud Editeur paperback
1956557860New York: The Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 239pp. Some fraying on bottom edges of cloth boards very good in a very good lightly age-toned dust jacket with short chips on bottom edges one-inch tear mid-spine with publisher's pink wrap-around band printed in black states: "Special in this edition: Colin Wilson/ a new article from the author of 'The Outsider'/ also/ The Hours After Noon/ a nouvella-length story by Paul Bowles". Contains the first book appearance of Paul Bowles' novella-length story "The Hours After Noon" and two other contributions by Paul Bowles Miller B24. Also contains Samuel Beckett's short story "The Smeraldina's Billet Doux" F&F 16.01 and contributions by Gore Vidal Marianne Moore Colin Wilson and many others. Uncommon with the publisher's wrap-around band. The Zero Press hardcover
1999166397Various cities: Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo / Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea 1999. Softcover. First Spanish Edition. Text in Spanish and English.<br /> <br /> Published in conjunction with an exhibition which ran from March 4-21 1999 at the Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo and from March 24 through May 5 1999 at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea. <br /> <br /> Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with French flaps. Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo / Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea unknown
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
1979028285Santa Barbara California U.S.A.: Black Sparrow Press 1979. One of 750 trade cloth copies. Light soil to outer edges and light creasing from page handling. Boards have light edge/rub wear light bump wear a crimp middle top of the front board and light soiling. Clear acetate DJ has rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. A collection of brilliant short stories. 16 x 23.7 x 3.8cm wt1Kg. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black Sparrow Press Hardcover
198024576Editions Le Sycomore 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. White paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Light foxing to wrapper. Residue to rear wrapper where original price sticker was. Light foxing to several pages throughout though text remains clean and bright. IN FRENCH. 198 pages. Spanish History. SPA/030111. Editions Le Sycomore paperback
19436232Buenos Aires London: Editorial Viau SRL R. Ackermann 1943. Very Good. Buenos Aires: Editorial Viau SRL 1943; facsimile of volume originally published by R. Ackermann in London in 1820. Limited Reprint Edition of 3470 of which this is No.1489. Quarto; xxviii 115pp. Twenty-five full-color watercolors reproduced on 24 bound-in plates including four landscape-format fold-out plates. Broché in cream cardstock with front cover reproducing original 1820 allegorical frame in brown. Nude spine.<br /> <br /> Binding toned minimally soiled all corners politely abraded. Spine paper flaking and showing six vertical cracks but holding well. About one third of back cover detached at joint but still stably connected. All illustrations present with bright colors and without misfolds; textblock unmarred and unmarked.<br /> <br /> Vidal was a British naval officer and talented watercolorist. His work is celebrated for the enlightened conspectus of landscape cityscape social mores financial structures and multiple demographic and social classes he sought to describe. His watercolors-all clear handsome and informative-avoid the predictably picturesque to show without condescension what was striking and different about lives in Argentina. The overall tone of both images and text is documentary; the overall result is far more enlightening than the usual colonial travelogue. Editorial Viau SRL [R. Ackermann] unknown
1940130517Lisbon: Agencia Geral Das C. 1940. 419p. A hardcover book in good condition. Rebound. Ex-library: number painted on spine library slip on endpaper stamp on title page and page edges. Otherwise clean and tight. Includes fold-out map. Text in Portuguese. Agencia Geral Das C. unknown
195632819New York: Ballantine Books 1956. Very Good /Very Good. New York: Ballantine Books 1956. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $2.75; vi250pp.250pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including closed tear at top edge of upper panel touching text without loss of meaning rear panel a bit dust-soiled front hinge starting else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Includes the scripts for eight one-hour dramas by authors like Horton Foote Rod Serling and Vidal himself. Ballantine Books unknown
1979F00610<p>Franklin PA: Franklin Press 1979. Limited signed leatherbound edition Signed 60. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in page. Gilt page edges and cover design against grey leather boards. Unread volume in fine condition. Tissue guard in place over signature page. Tight binding clean pages sharp corners. Overall a very attractive copy.</p> Franklin Library hardcover
19873485<p>First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket with only faint age-spotting to the top of the exterior text block and mild fading to the jacket spine. SIGNED by the author to the 2nd free paper with provenance for the signing laid in bookmark from the Kroch's & Brentano's First Editions Circle. An outstanding copy of this title by the prolific and controversial Vidal; somewhat uncommon in the first printing and signed. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.</p> Random House hardcover
1978246770Franklin Library January 1978. Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good. Very good condition. May show some signs of use/age/shelf wear/creasing. No writing or tears. Franklin Library hardcover
196265540Little Brown & Co 1962. 1st. Hardcover . Collectable very good. Almost like new book in VG jacket. First printing. Light blue hardcover published by Little Brown in 1962 stated FIRST EDITION. Cover like new page edges not quite pristine endpapers very lightly tanned FFE has a very small tan spot no marks or writing binding tight and square. Jacket not price clipped 5.75 light edgewear plus 1/4" chip missing from lower edge of back panel; now protected in clear archival removable mylar sleeve. We are a small family business selling online since 1999 with over 30 years' experience providing fine new and pre-owned books. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. Your purchase supports our town's public library. Little Brown & Co, hardcover
1957164272Boston: The Writer Inc 1957. First Edition. First Edition. Eight complete scripts of television dramas circa 1957 with comment and analysis by the authors. <br /> <br /> About Fine and unread in a Very Good dust jacket with an archivally repaired tear along the verso of the front hinge fold and some nicks and small chips along the top and bottom edges. The Writer, Inc unknown
199926489Palma Mallorca: Lleonard Muntaner 1999. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 123 3pp. Original illustrated wrappers with printer's device on front cover and title-page. Frontispiece. Title-page in red and black lettering. Scarce and fascinating work being a compilation of several historical works presented by various specialists at the conference on Jewish converts in the Balears at the time of the discovery of America. The meeting was organized by the Institut de Relacions Culturals Balears-Israel in May 1992. This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of portraits and documents. Minor shelf wear on wrappers. Text in Catalan. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. Lleonard Muntaner unknown
194529045Rio de Janeiro: Gráfica Olímpica Editora 1945. Paperback. Good. Octavo wraps 331 p. b/w plates facsims. ports. photos notes. Moderate wear to wraps former owner's name inscribed to first three pages. Biography of Getúlio Vargas 1883-1954. With several pages of black and white plate photographs portraits and facsimilar documents. Gráfica Olímpica Editora paperback
194300524043R. Ackermann / Editorial Viau 1943. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Facsimile reproduction of the Ackermann edition issued in London in 1820. Bound in half red polished calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt-stamped titling marbled endpapers some rubbing. Copy #1423 of 3470 numbered copies.Color b/w Illustrations. R. Ackermann / Editorial Viau unknown
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
