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19923688NCambridge: Harvard University Press 1992. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers. Harvard University Press unknown books
1949WRCLIT56195New York: Dutton 1949. Gilt black cloth. First edition. Very slightly cocked otherwise a very good copy in a rubbed and sunned printed dust jacket with creases chips and shelf wear to panels. Dutton hardcover books
194970610NY: Dutton 1949. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Rear board corners lightly bumped and faint small dampstain on foreedge; dustjacket with edgewear at spine ends corners and front panel bottom edge and toned red ink on the spine. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Vidal's fourth novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dutton Hardcover books
1949WRCLIT37681New York: Dutton 1949. Cloth. First edition. With a small manuscript presentation note tipped-in at the half- title: "Jay from Gore." The recipient was poet/publisher James Laughlin. Spine lightly cocked but very good in faded rubbed edge- worn dust jacket with evidence of dampstaining near the toe of the spine and the lower part of the rear panel. A nice association. Dutton hardcover books
194926333New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Very Good in Good dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. a solid copy only lightly shelfworn but with an unfortunate scrape along the top edge of the front cover exposing about 1.5" of the board with some minor attendant fraying to cloth; the jacket is Good only edgeworn and extensively scuffed on the front panel with a bit of paper loss at the spine ends. SIGNED by the author on the title page no inscription. Vidal's fourth book "a novel based on the emotional conflict centered around a son's urge to sever the psychological umbilical cord which ties him to a selfish and possessive mother." Signed by Author . E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover books
194985898New York: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc 1949. First edition of Vidal's fourth novel. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Gore Vidal on the dedication page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear. In Season of Comfort Gore Vidal descres the growing-up of a brilliant and precocious schoolboy whose parents separate when he is young and whose mother is portrayed as a 'monster'. A novel based on the emotional conflict centered around a son's urge to sever the pshychological umbilical cord which ties him to a selfish and possessive mother. Completely unsympathetic to his young experiences and inclinations forever critical of his interests and reactions she nevertheless appeals to his sympathies and attempts to hold him emotionally. E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc hardcover books
1982163314New York: Random House 1982. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A very good copy in red printed wrappers with publication information written on the front cover and "April" on the bottom edge of the pages. Random House unknown books
1982710606NY: Random House. 1982. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Random House hardcover books
1968URUYSEC00AFHarlin Quist 1968. Very Good. Ruy-Vidal Francois. The Secret Journey of Hugo the Brat. Claveloux Illustrator Nicole. NP: Harlin Quist 1968. First edition in DJ. Illustrated. Oblong octavo. Book condition: Very good with faintly rubbed edges. A few dog-eared pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with a small loss at head of spine. A few tiny closed tears. Slight discoloration. Price clipped. Harlin Quist unknown books
19989018012New York: Random house 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy quarter cloth and burgundy boards blindstamped on the cover spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Random house hardcover books
199831219NY: Random House 1998. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine ends and board top corners lightly bumped. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
199870742Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1998. First edition. "Special Message" by Vidal for this edition. Signed by Vidal as issued. Frontispiece by Mark Rogalski. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franklin Library Hardcover books
199811009<p>London: Little Brown 1998. First UK edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p><p>The images are of the book described and not stock photos.</p> Little Brown hardcover books
1998171812London: Little Brown & Co 1998. Hardcover. 260p. very good first UK edition in boards and unclipped dj. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1998121101New York: Random House 1998. Hardcover. 260p. very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Random House hardcover books
199721190EBoston: Godine 1997. First Edition. From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. Preface by Kurt Vonnegut. Introduction by Trudy Butner Krisher. With a two-page section for Gore Vidal; one of Vidal on the Today Show with Barbara Walters in New York 1974 and the other of him in an informal setting in London 1972. Oversized. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a trace of edge wear. A collection of more than a hundred black & white photographic portraits of leading modern writers including Tennessee Williams Rex Stout Janet Flanner John Updike Anais Nin Joan Didion Thornton Wilder Edward Albee Vladimir Nabokov Pablo Neruda Toni Morrison James Baldwin Kurt Vonnegut and more. Godine unknown books
195646731NY:: Zero Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a very good age toning dust jacket. . Zero Press, hardcover books
197821396ENew York: Random House 1978. First Edition. Signed by the author Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket. A collection of three mystery novels by Gore Vidal using the pseudonym Edgar Box: Death in the Fifth Position Death Before Bedtime and Death Likes it Hot. Random House unknown books
1978004119New York: Random House Inc 1978. First Printing. Collects 3 mystery novels published pseudonymously by Vidal in the early 1950s "Death in the Fifth Position" "Death Before Bedtime" and "Death Likes It Hot" . Near Fine top edge lightly soiled in a Very Good Plus dustjacket 2 small closed edge tears and small chips at head of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Random House Inc Hardcover books
1962297080London: Heinemann 1962. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth d.w. London: Heinemann 1962. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Visit to a Small Planet; The Best Man; On a March to the Sea. Immaculate copy signed by Vidal.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
196221560ELondon: Heineman 1962. First Edition - British. Signed by the author Gore Vidal on the title page. With a new preface by Vidal written especially for this edition. Fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears and a hint of darkening and rubbing to the spine. Heineman unknown books
198167384Sussex and New Jersey: Harvester Press and Humanities Press 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The first edition in English translated from the French by Janet Lloyd. A volume in the European Philosophy and the Human Sciences series. Octavo. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. A fine copy. Harvester Press and Humanities Press hardcover books
187726163Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1877. Third edition First edition. Small 8vo. viii 132 pp. mounted photochrome frontispiece with tissue guard plus 2 mounted photomechanical plates identified as photochromes; other illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards gilt title within raised bands on spine t.e.g.; minor rubbing at the edges. Light occasional foxing. A very good copy. 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. This manual covers photomechanical processes invented by Vidal among which is the Photochromie. It further includes the carbon-gelatin phototypie albumen techniques and color. <br/><br/>Although this publication states it as the Third Edition in actuality it is an outgrowth of an earlier treatise on carbon by the author and is indeed a unique work. INSCRIBED by the author to his mother. Roosens and Salu No. 1616. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars hardcover books
188126945Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1881. First edition. Small 8vo. xiv 246 pp. photoglyptie Woodburytype frontispiece with tissue guard by Liebert plus another printed by Woodbury; illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules t.e.g. Occasional scattered foxing. A very good copy. A nicely illustrated manual of Woodburytype processes a mechanical method of producing carbon prints and considered by many as the most realistic of the photomechanical processes. 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. <br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 11126. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars hardcover books
190028020Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1900. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. xvii 445 pp. 65 illustrations in text. New facsimile paper wrappers with fragments of original wrappers bound-in; first few leaves chipped at corners with no loss of text A good and unopened copy. 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. A survey of various methods of photomechanical reproduction including formulary and methodology.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 8191. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars paperback books