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227<p>About this Item</p><p>Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Blue cloth quarterbound in beige cloth. Dustjacket has minor shed wear. The spine is stamped in blue. Octavo. 154pps. Stated First Edition. An excellent collector's-quality copy: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. Slightest wear in boarders please see pictures The text is bright and immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve is also as new; no chips soiling or tears. The original price is intact. The finest copy of this book I could find. </p><em>Two Sisters: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel</em> by Gore Vidal is a fictional memoir that interweaves various narrative forms including a novel a diary notebooks and a screenplay set in ancient Greece. The book's main plot revolves around a love affair with a beautiful set of twins in post-war Paris. The narrative is a complex experimental work that explores themes of sexuality and is structured around a story of incest told through different perspectives and formats. Real-life figures such as Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams appear as characters alongside fictional ones. <p><strong>SYNOPSIS</strong></p><p>Gore Vidal again demonstrates in these seven stories that maturity of craftsmanship and individuality which has gained him an important place among writers. He has wit; he has variety; he has a style. Of the hundreds of new writers to come out of the Second World War only a handful have continued to develop to grow. He has survived notoriety and early success to achieve a career of letters that is unique a body of work that is substantial a perception of reality which is precise and illuminating. After reading 'A Moment of Green Laurel' published here for the first time one appreciates the comment of The Times Literary Supplement: 'It is quite possible for a successful young novelist like Mr. Gore Vidal to live in America and prevent anything he does not want from impinging on his consciousness and as he matures a correlation between his standards and those he does not follow. From the fusion a peculiarly American literature developes</p> hardcover
1958Vidal-FictionHeinemann London 1958 London: William Heinemann Ltd 1956. First edition. First printing. Full red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a near fine dust jacket: jacket is priced "12s 6d net" on the front flap slightly faded at the spine and shows minor edge wear but remains clean bright and unrestored. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo 127 pages. Seven short stories including "Three Stratagems" "The Zenner Trophy" "The Ladies in the Library" "The Mother's House" "A Moment of Green Laurel" "Pages from an Abandoned Journal" and "The Robin." Gore Vidal is the author of "Williwaw" "The City and the Pillar" "Messiah" and later the American Chronicles novels. This was his eighth book. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Heinemann, London hardcover
1956P-15472Zero Press 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A superb copy unclipped and unmarked. In a Brodart cover. Zero Press hardcover
0451015355.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1958775R13London Melbourne and Toronto: Heinemann 1958. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 7" by 5". None. The first British edition of Gore Vidal's collection of seven short stories complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. Seven classically brilliant short stories by acclaimed writer Gore Vidal.Written by Gore Vidal 1925-2012 an American writer and intellectual known for his wit. He challenged society norms and expectations in his writings in particular with regards to sexuality and corruption. He also ran for office as a Democrat unsuccessfully twice. His works spanned novels non-fiction plays and screenplays with the most famous of his novels being 'The City and the Pillar' 'Julian' 'Burr' and 'Lincoln'.The first U.K. edition of this work.Complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper has just a little minor wear to the edges and boards; spine is a touch sunned but it is otherwise in lovely condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Heinemann hardcover
1956155418New York: Zero Press 1956. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. <br /> <br /> Jacket spine panel lightly toned else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Zero Press unknown
1958155413London: William Heinemann 1958. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First UK Edition and preceded by the First American Edition published by Zero Press in 1956. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title: "Frank Adonici / from / Gore Vidal." <br /> <br /> Very Good plus in wrappers as issued with light foxing on the endpapers. William Heinemann unknown
1958509164Heinemann 1958. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/Very Good. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Gore Vidal on the FFEP to his friend and photographer Stathis Orphanos: 'For Stathis auguri da 'best wishes from' in Italian Gore Vidal.' Stathis notably shot the portrait used for Vidal's autobiography cover. With his partner Ralph Sylvester Stathis operated the LA fine press publisher 'Sylvester & Orphanos' which published Vidal's book Sex is Politics. Red cloth gilt spine lettering. Owner's name stamped to top edge pages just a bit toned otherwise very clean and crisp. Dust jacket is a bit sunned to spine and back cover front flap price-clipped. Heinemann hardcover
1958193967New York: Signet 1958. First edition. Softcover. 143 pages. Signet S1535. A collection of seven short stories. A fine copy in wrapper with some very slight toning to the pages. A very fresh unread copy. Signet unknown
195685112NY: Zero Press 1956. First edition. 154 pp. Light blemish to first leaf else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with faint toning to spine and a small tear to crown. SIGNED by Vidal on the title page. Young 3937. NY: Zero Press, unknown
69-2103London: Heinemann 1958. 8vo. Dust Jacket Good Edgewear at SpineToning. Dust Jacket Only Book Not Included! London: Heinemann, [1958?] unknown
1956004423New York: Zero Press 1956. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . 154 pages ; 21 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original taupe & blue linen over boards lettering to spine in blue. Book Condition: faint signs of handling else fine. Almost certainly unread. Dust Jacket Condition: very light wear to the extremities a little dusty as usual with such a light colored background a 1cm closed tear at the tail of the spine some wrinkling at the folds. Signed by the great man himself; from the looks of it while he was reclining on a motel bed with the magic fingers machine on. Impeccable provenance from the booksellers who handled much of Vidal's personal library in Amalfi. A sharp copy. Contents: Three stratagems -- The robin -- A moment of green laurel -- The Zenner trophy -- Erlinda and Mr. Coffin -- Pages from an abandoned journal -- The ladies in the library. <br/><br/> Zero Press hardcover
19562101290015New York Zero 1956 1956-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing - some wear to edge or dust jacket - minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy New York Zero 1956 hardcover
0917342844.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0917342836.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1958551235London: Heinemann 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First British edition. Bookstore stamp on the front pastedown else fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some toning and edgewear. Heinemann hardcover
1956007598New York: Zero Press 1956. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket Faint toning front panel 2" faint crease top edge rear panel. With lovely fresh flaps text clean book feels unread. Zero Press Hardcover
1956000670New York: The Zero Press. DJ in archival cover chip sunned. Stated first edition. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1956. The Zero Press hardcover
gore6 119ZERO Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. A FINE first in dj. . STAMPED FROM THE LIBRARY OF GORE VIDAL. signed on title page. PRE STROKE SIGNATURE. ZERO Hardcover
1958253849London: Heinemann 1958. Hardcover. First British edition hardcover is a nice clean copy the dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners with light browning of spine and panel edges. Heinemann hardcover
1956354048New York: The Zero Press 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition. Very good with a cocked spine in a poor dustwrapper with a tanned spine a few tears and light dampstaining. Signed by the author. The Zero Press hardcover
19581ivAf0028bNew York: A Signet Book/ Signet Books/ Published by The New American Library 1958. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Printing June 1958. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 143 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear crisp pages and clean text. Minimal fraying on top and bottom of spine. Light foxing around edges of pages. Slight crease in front cover. A Signet Book/ Signet Books/ Published by The New American Library Paperback
11465Vidal Gore. A THIRSTY EVIL - SEVEN SHORT STORIES. Zero Press NY 1956 First Edition stated. Signed by Vidal above his printed name on the Title Page. 8vo. cloth DJ 154pp. Fine in Fine DJ. hardcover
19561000355New York: The Zero Press 1956 First edition. Navy and tan cloth. Octavo. Light shelfwear. Very good in bright clean dust jacket which unfortunately has a four inch clean tear on the back cover portion. The Zero Press, hardcover
195661988New York: The Zero Press 1956. First edition. 154pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue and gray cloth. Previous owner's ink signature on flyleaf otherwise a virtually mint copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket. First edition. 154pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Zero Press unknown
