United States Essays 1952-1992

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 are given personal responses to people and events: recollections of his childhood, E. Nesbit, Tarzan, Tennessee Williams and Anais Nin. Rubbing of the book edges and panels. Fading to the backstrip. Light tanning and faint foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. A few foxing spots to the first few and last few pages of the book. Rubbing of the book edges and panels. Fading to the backstrip. Light tanning and faint foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. A few foxing spots to the first few and last few pages of the book. First Paperback Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [13], 4 - 1295, [7 – further titles from author] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; United States; ISBN: 0349105243. ISBN/EAN: 9780349105246. Inventory No: 0130538. . 9780349105246