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199623992San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Previous owners small exlibris label to front free endpaper else in fine jacket/like new. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth-trimmed jacket; 132 pp. illustrated with 3 photographs of the author. <br/><br/>A fiftieth-anniversary edition of Gore Vidal's first book written when the author was a 19-year-old first mate on an Army supply ship. The photographic illustrations depict Vidal in uniform in 1946 frontispiece; the second shows Vidal a year earlier as a Warrant Officer at the helm of FS 35; the third picture is from 1944 showing Vidal as a serviceman in Anchorage Alaska. Printed letterpress on German mouldmade paper. Edition of 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the author this #64. Arion Press hardcover
1946150089New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1946. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original black cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on a card to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"Newsweek. The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career aged twenty-one and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1946125772New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1946. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original black cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper "For Owen Roberts very best wishes -- Gore Vidal 1946." The recipient Owen Roberts was the father of Katherine "Kit" Vidal second wife of Eugene Vidal Gore's father. He was a multimillionaire who bought -- and sold -- a seat twice on the New York Stock Exchange before devoting himself to collecting Chinese art and antiquities. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"Newsweek. The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career aged twenty-one and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
199622813San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket/like new. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth-trimmed jacket; 132 pp. illustrated with 3 photographs of the author. Publication prospectus laid in. <br/><br/>A fiftieth-anniversary edition of Gore Vidal's first book written when the author was a 19-year-old first mate on an Army supply ship. The photographic illustrations depict Vidal in uniform in 1946 frontispiece; the second shows Vidal a year earlier as a Warrant Officer at the helm of FS 35; the third picture is from 1944 showing Vidal as a serviceman in Anchorage Alaska. Printed letterpress on German mouldmade paper. Edition of 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the author this #201. Arion Press hardcover
1946107561New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1946. First edition first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original black cloth titles to spine and front board in blue top edge black. With dust jacket. Housed in a black cloth chemise and slipcase. Extremities lightly rubbed spine tips a touch crumpled. An excellent copy in a slightly rubbed jacket. hardcover
1946103426New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1946. First edition first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original black cloth titles to spine and front board in blue top edge black. With dust jacket. Spine a little rolled tips rubbed. An excellent copy in the jacket with toned spine and creased and chipped extremities. hardcover
194670889New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 1946. First edition first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original black cloth titles to spine and front board in blue black top-stain. With dust jacket. Lightly rubbed at extremities endpapers unevenly tanned. An excellent copy in the dust jacket. hardcover
194644390New York:: E. P. Dutton 1946. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Better than very good in an attractive jacket with some light use to the extremities of the spine and corners. . 8vo. Author's first book. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. E. P. Dutton, hardcover
19461393922New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 222 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue wave designs and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.50" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the extremities bending wear along the head and tail edges and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and light fraying along the corners. Textblock has light soiling on few pages stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. <br /> <br /> Gore Vidal's debut novel written when he was 19 serving as first mate on a ship in the Aleutian Islands. The title "Williwaw" being a word thought to have Native American origins for a blast of wind descending from the mountains into the sea. 1393922. Special Collections. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc hardcover
199637616San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 92 of 250 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by the author. This edition of the author's first novel published in 1946 when Vidal was 21 years old was issued in its fiftieth anniversary year. The novel was based on his war-time service on an Army freighter in the Aleutians. Bound in black cloth with title label to spine. Printed in Hess Bold type on Schiller German mouldmade paper. A very nice copy in near fine condition missing the dust jacket. Measures 8.5 x 11.5 inches. 119 pages plus colophon. PRI/111524. Arion Press hardcover
8500015306.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
74289E-006. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by E. P. Dutton & Company New York 1946. 222 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities small pieces and closed tears present to the edges of the DJ. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. His first book a story set in World War II about murder & adventure off the Aleutian Islands. Vidal masterfully captures the atmosphere of military life and the psychological impact of conflict on young soldiers. Thrust into a remote and unforgiving environment these men confront not only the enemy but also the isolating power of nature itself. "Williwaw" stands as a testament to the enduring human spirit exploring themes of resilience camaraderie and the search for meaning during wartime.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1946rbr2-105<p> Side and lower page edges are untrimed. Top edge trimmed. Gore Vidal's first novel written when he was 19. A VG copy without a Dust Jacket. No internal markings. Binding is tight and sounhd. Light edge wear to bottoms of boards. Pleasse see photos.</p> E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover
199687930The Arion Press 1996. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Signed by the author. Not one of the limited signed copies. Covers mildly shelfworn. The Arion Press hardcover
194616668JNew York: Dutton 1946. First Edition First Printing of the Author’s First Book. With a remarkable extensive signed inscription by Gore Vidal to Dr. William Shelton Gray Jr. written over two pages providing details on the development and history of the novel: “For Bill Gray - Twenty years later; this first and onlyedition was 5000 copies - In time all sold - There has never been a hard-cover reprint - The book was written 1944-45 - Begun aboard F.S. 35 at Chesapeake Bay just before New Year's '44. Finished at East Hampton Shortly after Hiroshima – Gore Vidal Jan 2 - 1967 NYCâ€. Vidal’s inscriptions in books are notoriously short even to close friends and this book has the longest Vidal inscription we have encountered anywhere. William Gray was the Chairman of the English Department at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland Virginia who edited Tennessee Williams’ only book of poetry In the Winter of Cities and one of W.H. Auden’s last poems “The Aliens†was dedicated to him. Gray met and befriended Vidal through Williams. Hardcover dust jacket octavo 222 pages. The volume is in very good used condition with some rubbing to the cloth edges in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing some aging and light chipping. Williwaw is the term widely thought to be Native American in origin for a sudden violent Katabatic wind common to the Aleutian Islands. The story combines war drama maritime adventure and a murder plot. The book is a World War II novel set on a U.S. ship in the Arctic waters around the Aleutians in the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the local storm season during World War II. The nervousness and tension of the crew and a handful of passengers at the approach of the Williwaw is stretched to breaking point when the Chief Engineer Duval falls overboard in suspicious circumstances. Dutton hardcover
19462303New York: E. P. Dutton 1946. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth. A little toning to endpapers. Small abraded area in upper right corner of free front endpaper where sticker was removed. Overall very good/in very good dust jacket with a few minor flaws. E. P. Dutton unknown
1996CNAP051San Francisco: The Arion Press 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New/new. Octavo 11 5/8" by 8 1/4" 132 pp. The types for the text are Hess Bold and Caslon Bold for italic in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris with larger sizes of Hess handset for display. The photographs were printed by offset lithography and are tipped onto the pages. The paper is Schiller a German mould-made sheet. The binding done in-house is machine-sewn and bound in full dark blue cloth with a paper spine label. The endpapers are printed with the plans of the ship in the novel. The dust jacket is cover weight paper with strips of dark blue cloth along the top and bottom edges and printed with the review quotations on the back panel that were printed on the dust jacket of the first edition conventional promotional copy on the flaps and a drawing of a freight-supply ship on the front cover beneath the title set in ascending sizes of Futura Bold type. Edition of 250 numbered copies plus 26 lettered copies hors de commerce signed by the author. Gore Vidal 1925-2012 wrote a new introduction for this fiftieth anniversary edition of his first novel composed during World War II when he was a nineteen-year-old first mate on an Army supply ship in the Aleutians. <br /> <br /> The battles are far removed but nature becomes the enemy in the form of a storm at sea and the psychological subject is the tedium of waiting for the war to end.<br /> <br /> Reproduced are plans for the type of freight-supply ship Vidal was assigned to and that he used as the setting for the novel. The drawings were found by Hoyem with assistance from the San Francisco Maritime Museum and the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham Washington. They show the outboard profile deck plans for the navigation bridge and main- and below-deck arrangements. <br /> <br /> Stephanie Dal Porto who answered the Press's telephone was terribly worried that Gore Vidal would call from Italy and that she would impulsively imitate the voice of the comedienne Lily Tomlin playing a receptionist by responding: "Yes Mr. Veedle!" When he did call Hoyem answered and the author said that he had not replied to emails because his Internet connection and computer had been zapped by lightening. <br /> <br /> __POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover
1023487470.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
50172737like new. unknown
1946332New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1946. First Edition First Printing. Near fine/Very good . 8vo 8 x 5 1/2 in. 223 x142 mm; pp. 222 . Original black cloth titles on spine and front board in bright blue ink top edge black. Original dust jacket in very good condition lightly rubbed at extremities price clipped; back endpaper lightly tanned. INSCRIBED COPY signed by the author on the title page to Harvey Donogan and signed again in blue ink on the dust jacket next to his author photo and printed signature perhaps to illustrate that an E.P. Dutton employee probably supplied Vidal's signature when the jacket was being designed. WILLIWAW IS GORE VIDAL'S DEBUT NOVEL written when he was 19 working as a first mate of a US Army supply ship in the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The story set on such a ship in the Arctic waters during World War II and during hurricane season builds tension as crew and passengers await the arrival of the 'williwaw' a violent wind common in the Aleutian Islands. As tensions rise a murder is committed onboard. E. P. Dutton & Co unknown
1946300867New York: Dutton 1946. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo black cloth lettered in blue d.w. New York: Dutton 1946. First Edition.<br/> <br/> His first book. Fine copy in a near fine price intact dust wrapper with minor rubbing at the corners & light soil on the back pane.l<br/> <br/> Dutton unknown
194645622New York: E P Dutton & Company 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 222p octavo. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket nicked on the foredge of the jacket <br/><br/> E P Dutton & Company hardcover
1996302240San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited. hardcover. fine/fine. 3 photo illustrations. 4to navy blue cloth d.w. San Francisco: Arion Press 1996. Limited Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Fiftieth anniversary edition of his first book. No. 208 of 250 signed copies. Prospectus laid in.<br/> <br/> Arion Press unknown
194656534New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21cm. Original black cloth titled in blue on spine and front cover; 222pp. Pinpoint traces of rubbing at base of spine and board corners; endpapers mildly toned as usual; still a straight tight very Near Fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. Vidal's first book a novel of suspense set on board a U.S. Army troop ship during WW2. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
0345332334.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
