Death Before Bedtime, First Edition (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First printing. Moderate wear around the extremities of the cover. R3A.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight copy. D-j scratched.

Paperback. first PB. 1093, good mystery novel, paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Very slight edge rubbing, with very light age toning of page edges, in slightly edge rubbed DJ. First printing of the compilation of mysteries done by Gore Vidal under the name Edgar Box. Now protected in a mylar jacket. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 457 pages.

Paperback. first edition. H-377 good - very good paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 1093, very good , faint creases mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 1093, very good -fine, , reading crease mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 1093, almost near fine, mystery novel, paperback,

Mystery First Paperback Edition. Mild crease along front spine hinge. Minor touches of edgewear. A tiny bit of wear at head of spine. No. 1093. First printing. Pseudonym of Gore Vidal.

1st ed. Ex circulating library - stamps, date label; selotape on front hinge, with selotape stains on pastedowns; dust jacket bright, but trmmed at edges. Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in dust jacket Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in dust jacket.

Paperback. first edition. H-377 almost near fine paperback,

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Slight browning to boards. In a fine facsimile jacket. Name label to front end paper.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Fairly rare collection. Quarter bound in black cloth over black boards has spine indentation, else near fine. Textblock tight and square. Outer page edges show light soilihg. Price intact jacket has one tiny nick at front fold top and minor rubbing on rear panel, else fine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

214pp. 8vo, Original cloth, marked at upper cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper, section torn from upper wrapper. Offsetting to endpapers. Scattered foxing. A very good copy. First UK edition. Pseudonym of Gore Vidal.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 213 pages. Originally published in 1953. Limited edition. Published simultaneously in trade, Limited and Collector editions, with a new 5-page introduction by the author. First Armchair Detective Library edition (first printing, with number line including the 1). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. In a fine slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy 'W.' Signed by the author as Gore Vidal on the limitation page.

Hardcover. F. A VG+ tight copy in a VG dj w/ very faint dampstain on rear panel , 1st Edition.

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.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second mystery. Washington, D. C. setting. A very good copy, Some fading to edges of cloth, a very good copy in about very good dust jacket with edge wear, chipping to spine ends and corners, ragged tear to upper front panel with creasing, and some general rubbing. Uncommon. (#125965).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. The author's second mystery. Washington, D.C. setting. A very good copy, some fading to edges of cloth in an about very good dust jacket edge wear, chipping to spine ends and corners, ragged tear to upper front panel with creasing, some general rubbing. Uncommon. (8963).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK Edition. First Impression. A Fine copy in black cloth, in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped, unfaded, with one tiny chip from heel of spine panel. 213pp. SIGNED by Gore Vidal [the real author of the three Peter Cutler Sergeant II detective stories] on the title page. Q09159.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 223 pages. First edition, first printing. His second of only three mystery books he wrote under the pseudonym Edgar Box. Peter Cutler Sargeant, III solves his second crime of the murder of a Senator. Inscribed by Vidal & Box on the half title page. Near fine book with slight fading to the top and bottom edges in a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/2" chip to the top of the spine and light wear to the corners. A very nice copy! Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GORE VIDAL, on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. BOX IS A PSEUDOYNYM OF GORE VIDAL. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY. Signed by Author.

First U.K. edition. A detective story. Octavo. pp [vi], 213.Free endpapers partially tanned. Some spotting. Very good in very good, nicked and chipped, price-clipped dustwrapper defective and a little torn at head of spine. Scarce.

First Edition. One of VidalÕs mystery novels published under a pseudonym. Small stain at head of last blank in text otherwise very good in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears and creases with a small chip at crest of spine.

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.

First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 213. The second of Vidal's pseudonymous crime novels.Signed by the author on the title page using both names.Free endpapers partially tanned. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper with a few nicks.