VIDAL GoreABAA
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1978152786New York: Random House 1978. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A novel from the author of "Myra Breckinridge." A very good copy with some foxing to the top edge of the pages n a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Vidal on the half title page. Random House unknown books
19782307076Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1978. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Jones George H. First edition. Small blemish to rear board corner. 1978 Full-Leather. 315 4 pp. Full red leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by George H. Jones. A pre/post-apocalyptic focused on the leader of a religious cult who may cause the downfall of civilization. Vidal discusses over-population feminism bisexuality and birth control in the novel which takes its title from the Hindu goddess who ushers in the end of the fourth and final era of the life cycle. The Franklin Library unknown books
19786242New York: Random House 1978 Stated first trade edition. Black cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt. Some foxing to foredge. A fine copy in dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1978110714New York: Random House 1978. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. Signed by Vidal. 1979 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1184. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 1070. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #110714 Random House unknown books
197872675New York: Random House 1978. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. 1979 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1184. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 1070. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #72675 Random House unknown books
197829055New York: Random House 1978. Hardcover. 255p. very good first trade edition stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Random House hardcover books
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
19841504049The Franklin Library 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition as stated on title page and spine. Signed by author on second front free end paper. Publisher's insert laid in. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Near fine book minor scuffing of gilt on bottom front cover brown residue on back cover minor rubbing on bottom edge of book and scratches on top edges and forend. 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
1984136053London: William Heinemann 1984. First British edition. Hardcover. First printing. 657 pages. A thick historical novel about the 16th U.S. President. A close to near fine copy with the usual darkening to the pages in a near fine dust jacket with some of the usual crazing to the lamination. William Heinemann unknown 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
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
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
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
198421321NY: Random House 1984. First trade edition first prnt. Inscribed by Vidal on the half-title page. "Wid best Gore after a century." . Spine cloth ends lightly pushed and beginning toning on the cloth extremities; dustjacket with tiny closed tear at the spine topedge and interior toning on the edges which is not apparent on the outside. A tight bright copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. One in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series of novels. Signed by Author with Inscription. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
198451382New York: Random House 1984. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 350 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.230. Octavo 24.25cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and silhouette of Lincoln embossed on front cover; publisher's original paper-covered slipcase viii6577pp. Fine in a Fine slipcase with some gentle sunning at upper edge. Historical novel centered around Lincoln's political and personal struggles. Random House unknown books
1984213429New York: Random House 1984. hardcover. very good. 657pp. 8vo brown cloth. New York: Random House 1984. First Trade Edition. Very good<br/><br/> Random House unknown books
199270611London: Andre Deutsch 1992. Hardcover. 232p. very good first UK edition in boards and unclipped dj. Andre Deutsch hardcover books
199223172New York: Random House 1992. Hardcover. 232p. very good first edition stated with the Random House number line ending in 2 which indicates a first printing in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Random House hardcover books
1977190664New York: Random House 1977. Hardcover. viii 285p. minor repair on f.e.p. first British edition dj. Random House hardcover books
195416407New York: E.P. Dutton 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. good /good . 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket heavily rubbed and edgeworn including a small tear with loss at front panel near spine. Rear panel suffers dampstains. Interior clean and bright. About very good. <br/><br/>A mid-career novel from Vidal a satire on religion in America. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1965123433New York: Ballantine Books 1965. First Ballantine printing. Softcover. A revised edition of this early novel. A clean close to near fine copy in wrappers. Ballantine Books unknown books
195475784New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1954. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. "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 in very good dust jacket with light edge wear mainly head and tail of spine panel and along portion of top edge of rear panel. #75784 E. P. Dutton & Co. unknown books
1954113175New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1954. Hardcover. 254p. very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj slightly worn at spine ends with one small chip. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1955102975London: William Heinemann 1955. Hardcover. 286p. very good first UK edition black cloth gilt titles rubbed and dull unclipped dj lightly worn foredge slightly foxed. Dystopic fantasia concerning the rise of a charismatic prophet in 1950s California. William Heinemann hardcover books
