Messiah

New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. Book. Fine. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Edition. Paperback - Ballantine 94 - 1st. Paperback print (1954) - FINE (appears un-read) - "In California, where strange cults flourish, there arose a new Messiah who knew that mankind yearned for Death. This is the story of how a great new religion swept across the… Read more about this item

Panther. Good. Paperback. 1973. Owner's name in ffep. Text tanned.<br>Strange, sinister prophetic novel of a California death cult! Startling revelation of the pe rverse passions that seethe beneath the California sun. .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Gore Vidal directly on the title page. Light toning to endpapers, upper edge of cloth spine is frayed, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some tanning to spine, moderate rubbing, moderate edge-wear, else fine.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. First Ballantine printing. Softcover. A revised edition of this early novel. A clean close to near fine copy in wrappers.

Boston: E.P. Dutton, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed, with a chip on the bottom edge of the rear panel, and cello tape reinforcements on the inside crown.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. [spine a little turned, otherwise just lightly shelfworn, a bit of age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket is rubbed and moderately edgeworn, with some minor paper loss at both ends of the spine and a tiny chip at the… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Blue and yellow cloth bright and as new. Dust jacket with slight rubbing near top and tail of spine, else fine. In protective mylar. A wonderful copy that is rare in this condition.

NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a dust jacket that's unclipped ($3.50) but has some edgewear. Stated First Edition. SIGNED BY VIDAL on title page, dated "1991 LA". Record # 372612

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1954. Very good in good plus jacket.. First edition of this satire from Vidal, tackling religion in the US. 8'' x 5.5''. Original cloth. In original unclipped ($3.50) typographic dust jacket designed by William Metzig. 254 pages. Moderate dampstain to bottom portion of jacket, primarily visible on verso, with a touch of dampstain also… Read more about this item

Melbourne, William Heinemann Ltd, 1955.. First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. (vi) 286; original cloth, worn dustjacket, flecking to edges of pages; a good copy. Loosely insert slip of paper signed by the author in ink.

E. P. Dutton & Co., 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. First Edition. 254 pages. Black jacket over black and yellow cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

(New York): Penguin Books, 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. Some edgewear else near fine.

New York:: E. P. Dutton,., 1954.. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with very slight soiling to the rear panel--except that the jacket has been trimmed, and is approximately 1/8" shorter than the volume. . 8vo,.

USA: Ballantine Books, 1954. Book. Illus. by RICHARD (DICK) POWERS Painted Cover Art. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 201 pages. Bantam Books $0.35 cover price. "New cult in California and the man whose demonic urge and terrifying force of personality made him the prophet of a worldwide religion, based on the worship of death." >>Cover scuffing… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Ink notation on the front free endpaper else about fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, short tears, and shallow chips.

New York: Ballantine, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. Richard Powers. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Vintage Paperback Ballantine #484k $.35 Cover Price. Sharp 2nd Paperback Printing, no month other than original 1954 copyright but 1961, (ISFDB). Tight, solid and clean throughout with typical tanning of page edges though less than most. Some fairly minor surface and… Read more about this item

HEINEMANN Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ.. GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA AND FACSIMILE BOOKPLATE..

New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1954. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. Ballantine book number 94. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a slight crease / crack to the spine of the book. There is some… Read more about this item