Empire
by Vidal, Gore
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library for the Signed 1st Edition Soc, 1987. First Edition. Leather. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Summers, Mark. A handsome brown leather First Edition (so stated) signed by the author on the signature page. In fine unread condition. With gold cover designs and page edge gilt, decorative endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. Includes six pages of black & white photographs. A significant book by one of America's best masters of the American historical novel. This is the fourth in Vidal's series "Narratives of Empire" series, or as his publishers' preferred, "The American Chronicles Series." The earlier historical novels in the series included "Burr," "Lincoln," and "1876." A beautiful book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3968
- Title
- Empire
- Author
- Vidal, Gore
- Illustrator
- Summers, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library for the Signed 1st Edition Soc
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1987
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Parrish Books
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SANDY, Oregon
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...