Williwaw by Vidal, Signed (25 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black cloth (hardcover) with blue embossed title to spine and front board in mylar protected, price-clipped jacket, (8.25 x 6 inches). First Edition (stated on copyright page). 222 pages. SIGNED by Gore Vidal in black pen on title page. "Author's first book; a story set in World War II about murder & adventure off the Aleutian Islands." Previous owner's signature on front pastedown, typical toning to endpapers, dust-jacket shows chipping and rubbing, heaviest at head and foot of spine with evidence of prior tape repair. Remains a signed collectable copy which presents nicely in mylar protected jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Signed by the author. Not one of the limited, signed copies. Covers mildly shelfworn.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 92 of 250 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. This edition of the author's first novel, published in 1946 when Vidal was 21 years old, was issued in its fiftieth anniversary year. The novel was based on his war-time service on an Army freighter in the Aleutians. Bound in black cloth with title label to spine. Printed in Hess Bold type on Schiller German mouldmade paper. A very nice copy in near fine condition, missing the dust jacket. Measures 8.5 x 11.5 inches. 119 pages plus colophon. PRI/111524. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black cloth titled in blue. Stated first edition. Cloth edges lightly rubbed, cloth at gutters and top edge have faint insecting, endpages have tape ghosts and small blue mark. Front hinge very slightly loose. The DJ in mylar is chipped at spine ends, mildly rubbed with small scrape to front panel, tape remnants to flaps. Rear flap has a pull from tape removal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. 222p., ex-library first edition of Vidal's first book, signed by Vidal on the title page, half-title and f.e.p. roughly removed, boards somewhat edgeworn with a couple of stain dots, pastedowns browned with some offsetting to title leaf, library stamp and shadow of absent pocket on r.e.p.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Limited. 3 photo illustrations. 4to, navy blue cloth, d.w. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Limited Edition. Fine. Fiftieth anniversary edition of his first book. No. 208 of 250 signed copies. Prospectus laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. "This edition of the author's first novel, issued in the fiftieth anniversary year of its first publication in 1946 by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. is limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. This is copy:" stated. "Out of series last Thursday 4/6" stated in pencil. Fine,if not new hardback in fine, if not new unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by author on limitation page. Prospectus included which states "The price is $250.00 per copy". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Limited edition. 30 x 22 cm. Quarto. 119pp. Dark blue cloth with paper spine label in illustrated dust jacket. This fiftieth anniversary edition limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies, this being copy 175 signed by the author. Photo frontispiece. Printed on German mouldmade Schiller paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This is copy 185 of 250 signed by Gore Vidal. The author's first book, a taughtly written story of the twenty-man crew aboard a small army supply ship serving in the Aleutian Islands during the final months of World War II, and their encounter with a fierce storm that blows apart the military decorum that had held their personal hostilities in check. Written by Vidal when he was a 19-year-old soldier posted to Alaska, the novel was met with critical praise that secured Vidal a place among the generation of writers that came of age during World War II, which includes Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer, and Kurt Vonnegut. This fine press edition was issued on the fiftieth anniversary of the novel's first publication in 1946 and includes a new introduction by the author. Prospectus laid in. Quarto: x, 119 p. with three tipped-in photographs and illustrated endpapers. Printed on German mouldmade Schiller paper and bound in full blue cloth, with a printed paper spine label. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed by author at Seattle University Bookstore (Invitational for event dated 1999 included). New York; Dutton; 1946; 1st Edition (stated); 8vo, 8.25" x 6". Hardcover with DJ in mylar sleeve. DJ illustrated with a stormy sea theme; rubbed and scuffed with crackling along spine and chipped edges and small piece missing top of spine. Original $2.50 price uncut. Black cloth with blue embossed titles on the spine and front board. There is a 1.5" wrinkle to board's front side. Uneven cut pages and deckled fore edge. Black-stained top edge nearly rubbed away. Toning and foxing to the pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is square and tight. Pages unmarked. 222pp. First Edition limited to 5000 copies. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST. LETTER N. OF twenty-six. A fine first edition in dj. not price clipped. GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA AND FACSIMILE BOOKPLATE. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on a card to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication, and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"(Newsweek). The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career, aged twenty-one, and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel, and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. signed on titile page. Signed by Author(s).

8.25 x 5.5", cloth, 222pp, cover rubbed and soiled, extremities badly bumped and fraying, hinges loose, eps badly toned, some toning on pages from clippings (no longer inside); still a decent copy in a rubbed, soiled, worn and edge-chipped dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "To Stanley Sofield early pedagogue and European traveler, with appreciation - Your friend.1946" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front fly, which has pretty bad uneven toning. Sofield was Vidal's 7th grade homeroom teacher at St. Albans Prep in Washington, D.C.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: new. Limited Edition. Octavo, 11 5/8" by 8 1/4", 132 pp. The types for the text are Hess Bold and Caslon Bold for italic, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, with larger sizes of Hess handset for display. The photographs were printed by offset lithography and are tipped onto the pages. The paper is Schiller, a German mould-made sheet. The binding, done in-house, is machine-sewn and bound in full dark blue cloth, with a paper spine label. The endpapers are printed with the plans of the ship in the novel. The dust jacket is cover weight paper with strips of dark blue cloth along the top and bottom edges, and printed with the review quotations on the back panel that were printed on the dust jacket of the first edition, conventional promotional copy on the flaps, and a drawing of a freight-supply ship on the front cover, beneath the title, set in ascending sizes of Futura Bold type. Edition of 250 numbered copies, plus 26 lettered copies hors de commerce, signed by the author. Gore Vidal (1925-2012) wrote a new introduction for this fiftieth anniversary edition of his first novel, composed during World War II, when he was a nineteen-year-old first mate on an Army supply ship in the Aleutians. The battles are far removed, but nature becomes the enemy in the form of a storm at sea, and the psychological subject is the tedium of waiting for the war to end. Reproduced are plans for the type of freight-supply ship Vidal was assigned to and that he used as the setting for the novel. The drawings were found by Hoyem, with assistance from the San Francisco Maritime Museum and the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington. They show the outboard profile, deck plans for the navigation bridge, and main- and below-deck arrangements. Stephanie Dal Porto, who answered the Press's telephone, was terribly worried that Gore Vidal would call from Italy and that she would impulsively imitate the voice of the comedienne Lily Tomlin playing a receptionist by responding: "Yes, Mr. Veedle!" When he did call, Hoyem answered, and the author said that he had not replied to emails because his Internet connection and computer had been zapped by lightening. __POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 222 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue wave designs and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$2.50", has mild shelving wear, light chipping along the extremities, bending wear along the head and tail edges, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges, and light fraying along the corners. Textblock has light soiling on few pages, stains on the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Gore Vidal's debut novel written when he was 19 serving as first mate on a ship in the Aleutian Islands. The title, "Williwaw", being a word thought to have Native American origins for a blast of wind descending from the mountains into the sea. 1393922. Special Collections.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 222 pages. First edition, first printing. His first book, a story set in World War II about murder & adventure off the Aleutian Islands. Inscribed by Vidal on the first sheet. Fine book in near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to thr corners & a faint creash across the middle of the front cover. A beautiful copy! Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is near fine. Stated First Edition. Text features blue top-edge. "Association Copy" inscribed by Vidal to friend Charles Abramson, an old Broadway Angel and theatrical agent, partner with Charles Feldman in Famous Actors Agency. Abramson was Preston Sturges' best friend, Sir Cedric Hardwicke's executor and Judith Anderson's agent. Letter of provenance included. Jacket is near fine and not price clipped. Pictures provided on request. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition, First Printing of the AuthorÕs First Book. With a remarkable extensive signed inscription by Gore Vidal to Dr. William Shelton Gray, Jr. written over two pages providing details on the development and history of the novel:ÊÒForÊBill GrayÊ- Twenty years later; this first (and only)edition was 5000 copies - In time, all sold - There has never been a hard-coverÊreprint - The book was written 1944-45 - Begun aboard F.S. 35 at Chesapeake BayÊjust before New Year's '44.Ê Finished at East Hampton, Shortly after Hiroshima Ð Gore Vidal, Jan 2 - 1967, NYCÓ. VidalÕs inscriptions in books are notoriously short even to close friends and this book has the longest Vidal inscription we have encountered anywhere. William Gray was the Chairman of the English Department at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia who edited Tennessee WilliamsÕ only book of poetry In the Winter of Cities and one of W.H. AudenÕs last poems ÒThe AliensÓ was dedicated to him.Ê Gray met and befriended Vidal through Williams. Hardcover, dust jacket, octavo, 222 pages.Ê The volume is in very good used condition with some rubbing to the cloth edges in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing, some aging, and light chipping. Williwaw is the term, widely thought to be Native American in origin, for a sudden, violent Katabatic wind common to the Aleutian Islands. The story combines war drama, maritime adventure and a murder plot. The book is a World War II novel set on a U.S. ship in the Arctic waters around the Aleutians in the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the local storm season during World War II. The nervousness and tension of the crew and a handful of passengers at the approach of the Williwaw is stretched to breaking point when the Chief Engineer, Duval, falls overboard in suspicious circumstances.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1946. Fist Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in a very good to near fine dustwrapper, which has small tears and minimal loss around the edges. Inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf in the year of publication: "For Lili Foldes / who did a wonderful / job of carrying / me over those / frightening air waves / sincerely / your friend / Gore Vidal / 1946". With the stamp of Lili & Andor Foldes as well as Andor Foldes's bookplate on the front paste-down. Andor Foldes was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Laid into the book is a postcard with a photograph of the author from the National Portrait Gallery, London. Widmung des Verfassers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper: "For Dick Strong - / with all best wishes - / your friend / Gore Vidal." A very good copy, just with a bit of edge wear to the boards. Toning and foxing to the pastedowns and endpapers, as well to pp. 78-79, but the contents otherwise fine. In a very good or better dust jacket, price clipped and with a bit of foxing to the verso. Slight rubbing at the extremities of the jacket, but an uncommonly attractive example still. Vidal's first novel, an autobiography of sorts written when he was 19 years old and stationed by the U.S army in the Aleutian Islands. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Owen Roberts, very best wishes -- Gore Vidal, 1946." The recipient, Owen Roberts was the father of Katherine "Kit" Vidal, second wife of Eugene Vidal, Gore's father. He was a multimillionaire, who bought -- and sold -- a seat twice on the New York Stock Exchange, before devoting himself to collecting Chinese art and antiquities. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association. Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication, and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"(Newsweek). The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career, aged twenty-one, and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel, and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences.

222 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Better than very good, in an attractive jacket with some light use to the extremities of the spine and corners. Author's first book. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page.

Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 in. (223 x142 mm); pp. 222 . Original black cloth, titles on spine and front board in bright blue ink, top edge black. Original dust jacket in very good condition, lightly rubbed at extremities, price clipped; back endpaper lightly tanned. INSCRIBED COPY, signed by the author on the title page to Harvey Donogan and signed again in blue ink on the dust jacket next to his author photo and printed signature, perhaps to illustrate that an E.P. Dutton employee probably supplied Vidal's signature when the jacket was being designed. WILLIWAW IS GORE VIDAL'S DEBUT NOVEL, written when he was 19, working as a first mate of a US Army supply ship in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. The story, set on such a ship in the Arctic waters during World War II and during hurricane season, builds tension as crew and passengers await the arrival of the 'williwaw', a violent wind common in the Aleutian Islands. As tensions rise a murder is committed onboard. Signed.