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198156055NY: Random Hosue 1981. First Edition. 8vo pp. 510. Author's signaure on blank. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Near fine in little scuffed dj. Random Hosue unknown books
198151380New York: Random House 1981. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.320. Octavo 24cm; brown cloth with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's original paper-covered slipcase; xiv5106pp.Fine in a very Near Fine slipcase with some gentle sunning around the opening. Historical novel set in Persian during the 6th-5th century BC. Random House unknown books
000355Random House 1981 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Cloth in Box. As New/As New. Limited/Numbered. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-51995-7. Limited sign mint in box. Random House, 1981 Hardcover books
19819066ENew York: Random House 1981. First Edition. One of an undetermined number of copies signed by Gore Vidal on a special page bound in by the publisher. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Random House unknown books
1981110712NY: Random House 1981. First edition limited issue of 500 numbered copies signed by Vidal on the limitation page. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Spine cloth with slightly rubbed gilt lettering and few shallow cloth wrinkles; slipcase with beginning toning on one edge. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Limited Edition. Random House Hardcover books
188053194Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave 1880. First edition. 8vo. xx 493 1 pp. 27 b&w and color plates with tissue guards text illustrations. Quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards tips rubbed. Ownership stamp of nineteenth century French photographer Hubert Bretin on the front and rear free endpapers and an occasional text leaf with same on the title page largely erased leaving a short closed tear; scattered foxing. Near very good. An exceptional treatise on photomechanical techniques with examples of a Woodburytype photoglyptie phototypie photogravure chromolithograph a color carbon photograph as well as monochrome plates as illustrations of color separations etc. <br/> <br/>Roosens and Salu No. 8171. <br/><br/> Librairie Ch. Delagrave hardcover books
194660358La Habana 1946. Paperback. Very Good. 189p. Wrapper. 22cm. Cover browned with some edge tears along top edge. INSCRIBED by Rodriguez Vidal. Spanish text. Poetry. <br/><br/> paperback books
2001255545New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books 2001. Paperback. xv 336p. foreword introduction credits corner bumped and light foxing on edges else very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books paperback books
1979140940617Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue #157 of 300 copies signed by Paul Bowles on page following copyright page. 417 5 pp. Purple cloth backstrip and boards. Bottom edge a little rubbed else Fine in publisher's unprinted acetate jacket. The chilling existential short stories of the American expat author. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1986228108New York: New Directions 1986. Hardcover. xxv 574p. pages a bit toned at margins otherwise a very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. New Directions hardcover books
19859013256New York: New Directions 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover books
196721139ENew York: Arno Press 1967. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by theatrical agent Milton Goldman the life partner of photographer and theatrical lawyer L. Arnold Weissberger to Gore Vidal and his long-time companion Howard Austen. Inscribed: For Gore and Howard with affection from Milton and Arnold. Rome June 3 1971.†From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. A lightly used copy with some minor handling and a hint of foxing staplebound 8 3/8†x 11â€. A collection of black & white photographs of actors writers musicians and artists by theatrical lawyer L. Arnold Weissberger issued to accompany a special exhibition of the Museum of the City of New York sponsored by the Friends of the Theatre and Music Collection October 3 1967. Some of the portraits included are of Orson Welles Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Rex and Lilli Palmer Harrison Albert Finney Mia Farrow Sir Laurence Olivier Sir Alec Guinness Norman Mailer Ira Gershwin Truman Capote Gloria Swanson Isak Dinesen Tyrone Power and many more. Arno Press unknown books
1994112200Gif-sur-Yvette France: Editions Frontieres 1994. Hardcover. VG-. Black illustrated boards with white lettering; 394 pp. with numerous tables diagrams and figures. Proceedings of the 10th IAP Astrophysics Meeting July 4-8 1994 Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. Editions Frontieres hardcover books
1981239478New York: That New Magazine 1981. Magazine. 64p. 8.5x11 inches articles reviews news ads cartoons photos very good magazine in stapled red wraps. "Goodbye to Sally Gearhart" John Preston takes a hard look at the feminist position on porn. Profile of Harvey Fierstein. Gore Vidal on Jews and Gays. The Late Lotte Lenya on Gay Rights. Androgenous chic. That New Magazine unknown books
2001201095Los Angeles: Advocate Books/Alyson Pub 2001. Paperback. 138p. 9.25x11.75 inches introduction 16 interbviews photos Liz Smith afterword fine first edition oversized glossy magazine/reade paperback in pictorial wraps. Advocate Books/Alyson Pub paperback books
186553051Paris: Leiber 1865. First edition. 12mo. i 51 pp 2 pp 160 tables 45 pp 1 pp errata. Contemporary publisher's cloth titled in gilt on the upper cover and in blind on the spine. A fine copy. SIGNED and presented by the author on the blank front flyleaf. Appended to the text by Vidal is: MANUEL OPÉRATOIRE POUR L'EMPLOI D'UN PROCÉDÉ USUEL DE COLLODION SEC. by Charles Teisseire and Joseph Jacquemet. <br/><br/>The first published exposure calculator and manual and the prolific author's first book. Roosens and Salu No. 3712. <br/><br/> Leiber hardcover books
200726231Amsterdam: BUTT 2007. Tiny tears at the spine ends and light fading to the extremities else fine in wrappers. First Edition. Issue 20 of the quarterly printed on pink paper that transformed not only gay but broader cultural aesthetics for a new generation. Amsterdam: BUTT unknown books
19731280New York: Random House 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Octavo 430pp. Maroon cloth title in gilt on spine authors name on front panel light toning to edges of cloth. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with "24689753" number line. In publishers first state dust jacket near fine with $8.95 on front panel ISBN number at bottom right of rear panel blacked out date next to "11/73" on rear flap insignificant chip along bottom edge of spine. Book is signed by author on the title page with inscription to recipient. A superb signed first edition. Random House unknown books
1979WN674101Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. Green leather with gilt lettering and elaborate decoratio AEG and silk marker present. Mint copy in the Franklin Library manner. Author. First Thus. Full Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Franklin Library Paperback books
19791592811Franklin Library 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition with the author's signature on a front blank page. Illustrated. Silk endpapers. Franklin Library hardcover books
1979161605Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Clean tight unread copy. Pristine. Signed on a front free end paper tissue-guarded. Grey leather with elaborate gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 524 pp. with archival images. Includes a message from the author special to this edition. A biography of Colonel Aaron Burr US vice-president who sadly is best remembered as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The Franklin Library hardcover books
19791406101The Franklin Library 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine Limited Edition from The Franklin Library. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Fully leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon marker. Slight rubbing along the bottom edge; near fine. Included original "Notes From the Editors" leaflet. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1979108956The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine SIGNED limited edition from The Franklin Library. Signed by the author on the front free endpage. Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Includes a special message to subscribers from the author. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
1983WRCLIT75515Brittany 1983. iii83 leaves. Quarto A4. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in hald-lettered stiff wrappers. A couple of creases and finger smudges to wrappers otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "3rd Draft" of this screenplay based in part on Vidal's treatment of the subject in A SEARCH FOR THE KING 1950. Robert Dornheim is noted as the prospective director for the film. Dornheim and musician/actor/writer O'Brien had worked together on the 1983 television film DIGITAL DREAMS featuring bassist Bill Wyman. Among O'Brien's considerable list of accomplishments is THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW writer and actor. Evidently unproduced and not directly related to the 1983 Rice and Olivier musical of similar subject and title. unknown books
195614394JNew York: Ballantine 1956. First Edition. Hardbound issue. Some tape marks offsetting to front end rear endpapers from an old plastic dust jacket cover else fine clean copy in a bright dust jacket with a very minor trace of wear. Eight complete one-hour dramas by television writers including Gore Vidal Visit to a Small Planet Rod Serling The Strike Paddy Chayefsky The Mother Horton Foote A Lady of Property Robert Alan Arthur J.P. Miller Tad Mosel and Reginald Rose Ballantine hardcover books