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Gore Vidal's Kalki; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Kalki.
New York: Random House, 1978.
First book club edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie love Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Hall. An exceptional association.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 126712
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First Edition of Vidal in Venice; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Vidal in Venice.
New York : Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of this wonderful overview of Venice. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie from 1/2 brother Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Katz. Edited by George Armstrong. Photographs by Tore Gill. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126474
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal; Inscribed by Him To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal.
New York : Random House, 1992.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie love Gore." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126598
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First Edition of Dark Green, Bright Red; Inscribed by Gore Vidal to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Dark Green, Bright Red.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950.
First edition of this “[w]ell-written work” (Kirkus). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie from Gore, June 1954." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, which was laminated by Vidal. An exceptional association.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 126599
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First Edition of Rocking the Boat; Inscribed by Gore Vidal To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Rocking the Boat.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 1962.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "Valerie -- with semi-fraternal best wishes & God-paternal blessings for Christmas '62. Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, laminated by Vidal. An exceptional association.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126579
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's A Search For The King; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
VIDAL, Gore.
A Search For The King.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Marie from Gore- all best wishes 1950." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126014
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Duluth; Inscribed by Him to his sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Duluth.
New York : Random House, 1983.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Kit - all love - Gore Vidal." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket art by Carol Wald. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126272
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Burr; Inscribed by Him to his Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Burr.
New York : Random House, 1973.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Valerie -- love -- Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, jacket laminated by Vidal. Jacket design by Jack Ribik.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126791
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal, for Kit, with love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126989
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Kalki; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Kalki.
New York: Random House, 1978.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal For Kit, all love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Hall. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126149
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Screening History; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Screening History.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal For Kit, my only stepmother, all love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Clark. An exceptional association.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 126912
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Valerie love Gore.” The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126590
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976).
New York: Random House, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal all love to Kit.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Artworks.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126757
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's 1876: A Novel; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
1876: A Novel.
New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the "Kit love Gore." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice association.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131323
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"Nothing that ever was changes. Yet nothing that is can ever be the same as what went before": First Edition of The City and the Pillar
VIDAL, Gore.
The City and the Pillar.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144891
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Limited First Edition of Gore Vidal's Empire; Signed by Him
VIDAL, Gore.
Empire.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1987.
Signed limited first edition of the fourth historical novel in the 'Narratives of Empire' series, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Gore Vidal in a period setting by Mark Summers executed in an intricate scratchboard technique and specially commissioned by The Franklin Press…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146890