Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Published by Random House, New York, 1978
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Book Club Edition. Book Club Edition. Hard cover 8vo. About Fine book in Near Fine unclipped DJ. Owner stamp front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked; jacket edgeworn and creased w/several short tears. 470pp. Book.
Language: English
Published by Random House Inc, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0394501179 ISBN 13: 9780394501178
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: N-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N-Fine. 1st Edition. A square solid tight veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil. The 12.95 jacket has some edgewear, light rubbing wear. Compilation edition of the three mysteries written by Vidal using the Box pseudonym. The titles collected are Death in the Fifth Position, Death Before Bedtime and Death Likes it Hot. A pretty nice copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Remainder.
Published by The Armchair Detective Library, (New York), 1991
ISBN 10: 0922890900 ISBN 13: 9780922890903
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus, with a new introduction by the author. Navy cloth stamped in silver with author portrait laid down on the cover. Faint spotting on the rear board, one tiny soil mark on the front cover, near fine.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1954
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
US$ 48.37
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition (stated). First Edition stated, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/red dec and spine titles. About Fine book in Fine unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Ex-lib w/stamp front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked. 187pp. Ex-Library.
Published by Armchair Detective Library, (New York), 1990
ISBN 10: 1562870017 ISBN 13: 9781562870010
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. New introduction by the author. Fine in a near fine slipcase with some spotting. Copy 49 of 100 numbered copies Signed by Gore Vidal with both his own name and as Edgar Box.
Language: English
Published by Random House Inc, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0394501179 ISBN 13: 9780394501178
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: N-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight over-all clean veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy carefully read copy. This copy has some veryyyyyyyyyy light pagedge soil and a couple of light bumps to the board edges. The 12.95 jacket has some light edgewear else fine. Compilation edition of the three mysteries written by Vidal using the Box pseudonym. The titles collected are Death in the Fifth Position, Death Before Bedtime and Death Likes it Hot. A very nice copy that includes a laid in bookplate that has been signed by Vidal. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Language: English
Published by Armchair Detective Library,, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0922890625 ISBN 13: 9780922890620
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing, limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies; this being the number 43. Signed by Gore Vidal. Book and slip case in fine, as new condition. Signed by Author(s).
US$ 69.17
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first printing of the first UK edition. 8vo. 212pp. Black boards lettered in slightly dulled gold at spine. A small area of spotting to fore edge, occasionally encroaching to extreme margins of text leaves. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly edgeworn with several short closed tears, several tiny slivers of loss and some dust soiling to the predominantly white rear panel. The third and final of Vidal's pseudonymous Peter Cutler detective novels.
Published by Ota Fusae, 1974
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1953
First Edition Signed
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Inscribed by Vidal under his pseudonym to fellow author William Targ: "For Wm Targ / Edgar Box." Very Good with the usual discoloration to the cloth and some foxing to the front pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket that is foxed on the verso, with chipping along the top edge, and a mostly separated front flap fold. Signed.
Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, 1952
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Jacket art by Lester Kohs. Lightly toned pages in first half of book, binding slightly cocked, very good in a moderately rubbed, about very good dust jacket with several chips and tears, and interior tape repairs at the flap folds. The first of three mysteries featuring New York City public relations manager Peter Cutler Sargeant II. The other two being *Death Before Bedtime* and *Death Likes It Hot*.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1952
First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Slightly cocked, else strong Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket with minute rubbing to the corners and a small chip at the heel. A bright copy.
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1954
First Edition Signed
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First UK Edition, signed by Vidal on the title page. About Fine in a Very Good plus, lightly spine-toned dust jacket with some rubbing to the front and rear panels and small chips at the spine ends. Signed.
Published by Armchair Detective Library, New York, 1991
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Signed
First Thus. First Thus (originally published 1952-54). Octavo (23cm.) 3 volumes, each one of 26 lettered, signed copies of a total edition of 126. Bound uniformly in maroon cloth, titled in gilt on covers and spines; slipcases; publisher's clear acetate dustjackets. All three volumes Fine in the original clear acetate jackets and slipcases. Attractive set of these signed, limited reprints of works originally issued under Vida'ls pseudonym, Edgar Box, in the early- to mid-1950s, featuring detective Edgar Cutler Sargeant. Includes:. Death in the Fifth Position (1991) - Letter "D", signed Gore Vidal Death Before Bedtime (1990) - Letter "I", signed Gore Vidal Death Likes It Hot (1990) - Letter "C", signed Edgar Box and Gore Vidal. Signed.
Published by no date circa 1890, 1890
Seller: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, United Kingdom
US$ 691.74
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches, - finely made wooden book box - similar to a Victorian Bible with brass Gothic corners and a brass clasp - with a central brass shield. Containing various little compartments, a pen and a small ink pot- good condition. Fine Library Furnishing.
US$ 2,001.79
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketAn early 20th century writing box containing various items for writing and storing letters. Paper covered cardboard box measuring 28 x 14 x 17 cm. lined with marbled paper. Contents: four envelopes, two advertisement cards, two glass ink bottles, one blotter, a miniature terrestrial globe and a letter scale. The miniature globe is titled: 'Sphere Terrestre'. Published at Paris by L.N. et K. Editeurs published early 20th century with all names printed in French. Consisting of 12 paper gores and 2 polar-caps, mounted on a black wooden stand, measuring 12 cm. in total, the globe with a diameter of 6 cm. (The paper covering the box has faded at some places and lacks a piece on the front of the box. Exteriors slightly rubbed, the gores of the globe are partly detached.).