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1984134139New York: Random House 1984. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1988 television mini-series directed by Lamont Johnson starring Sam Waterston and Mary Tyler Moore. <br/><br/>Light foxing to the page edges a short closed tear to the rear jacket panel and light fading to the jacket spine else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Random House unknown 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
1984290646Franklin Center.: Franklin Library. 1984. 1st Edition. Full blue leather raised bands gilt decorations all edges gilt marbled endpapers ribbon marker. . Near fine light spotting to edges tight and unread no dust jacket as issued. 24x16 cm . Signed by the author on the second endpaper. weight: 2.7 lb. Franklin 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
1992Embry 107306Random House 1992. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Random House, 1992. First edition. unknown books
188526369Paris: Gauthier-Villars Imprimeur-Libraire 1885. First edition. 2 parts bound together. 8vo. part 1 xvi 348 pp. phototypie frontispiece illustrations in text; part 2 x 238 pp. gelatin silver portrait frontispiece text illustrations. Half morocco and marbled boards raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules t.e.g.; lightly rubbed. The frontispiece to the second part is detached and is foxed on the blank reverse. A very good copy. An excellent and comprehensive manual covering a wide array of apparatus techniques and processes including platinotype; primarily for landscape and photography in the field. INSCRIBED by the author to his mother. <br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 5763. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire hardcover books
189153056Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1891. First edition. 12mo. xvi 127 pp. frontis with tissue guard 14 illustrations in text folding diagram of Vogel's spectrographe with tissue guard and one plate with a mounted color chart of the visible color spectrum. Printed paper wrappers. A folded contemporary manuscript of six holograph pages concerned with the color spectrum orthochromatic photography etc. is laid-in. Front wrapper is creased with a short tear at the spine repaited with clear tape. Léon Vidal 1834-1906 was head of the Association of Musée des Photographies Documentaires which he founded and a professor of photography at the École des Arts Decoratifs. 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 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
189126332Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1891. First edition. 12mo. xvi 127 pp. 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. Quarter morocco and marbled boards gilt-title within raised bands on spine. Some pencilled underlining and marks and rubbing at the edges of the marbled paper else very good. Léon Vidal 1834-1906 was head of the Association of Musée des Photographies Documentaires which he founded and a professor of photography at the École des Arts Decoratifs. 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
191944201Paris 1919. 4to pp. 74. Index. In French. Illustrated with engraved borders and vignettes. Red cloth gray spine. Paper label on front printed in red and gray. Cover little soiled and scuffed one hinge tender o/w VG. unknown books
1977Embry 196768Random House 1977. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Random House, 1977. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1977190664New York: Random House 1977. Hardcover. viii 285p. minor repair on f.e.p. first British edition dj. Random House hardcover 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
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
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
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
