Visit to a Small Planet, and Other Television Plays (signed by Gore Vidal)
by VIDAL, GORE
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Potomac, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. First Edition and instance of the author's play that was later made into the 1960 motion picture starring Jerry Lewis as Kreton. Book near fine in original orange and black cloth, very richly colored. Very good dust jacket with a bit of very mild water staining, light rubbing and a couple small chips. Octavo. 14 x 21 cm. xix; 278 pp. A wonderful signed copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9092
- Title
- Visit to a Small Planet, and Other Television Plays (signed by Gore Vidal)
- Author
- VIDAL, GORE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TELEVISION PLAYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...