Search Results: United States Essays 1952-1992 by Gore Vidal

Abacus, 2000. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Good.

Abacus. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Paperback. 0349105243 . 7.7 X 5.0 X 2.4 inches; 1312 pages .

Abacus, London, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Author's note and index. Photographic paperback binding with black and blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. Gore Vidal's reputation as America's finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three categories, or states. State of the Art:- covers literature, including novelists and critics, bestsellers, pieces on Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Suetonius, Nabakov and Montaigne (a previosly uncollected essay from 1992). State of the Union:- deals with politics and public life: sex, drugs, money, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, The Holy Family (his essay on the Kennedys), Nixon, and finally Monotheism and its Discontents, a scathing critique of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In state of Being:- we… Read More

Abacus, 2000-07-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

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RANDOM Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ. GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA AND FACSIMILE BOOKPLATE. .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped with tiny enclosed tear on rear. This collectible, "AS NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY

Abacus, 2000-07-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!