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Empire; A Novel
by Vidal, Gore
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394561236
- ISBN 13
- 9780394561233
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/very good. Signed first edition of Empire by Gore Vidal.. Octavo, 486pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Random House Edition" on copyright page, with appropriate number line. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $22.50 retail price on front flap, faint sunning to spine, blue stain to verso of dust jacket, not visible on front. Signed by the author on tipped-in blank. This copy is signed by the author for The First Edition Circle at Kroch's & Brentano's of Chicago, with laid-in bookmark.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12808
- Title
- Empire; A Novel
- Author
- Vidal, Gore
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Empire by Gore Vidal.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394561236
- ISBN 13
- 9780394561233
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Julian Vidal, Julian Vidal signed, Williwaw Vidal, Williwaw first edition, The City and the Pillar, A Star's Progress, The Judgment of Paris
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