Vidal Gore as Box (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The hardcover is in good condition, with the dust jacket exhibiting minor wear, especially along the top edge. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean and unmarked. No inscriptions or library markings are present, maintaining the book's appeal for collectors. minor wear, notably at the top edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. super.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Later Edition. 2nd printing, with complete number line beginning with 2. Originally published in 1952 when Vidal had been blacklisted and needed a new name to write under. A fine, unread copy in dust jacket. Peter Cutler Sargeant III is a NYC press agent hired by the Grand Saint Petersburg Ballet in hopes that he can put a positive spin on the company's celebrated choreographer Jed Wilbur, one time member of the Communist Party. Set during the time of HUAC and the blacklists, Communist ties quickly become secondary to murder, and our PR man finds himself an amateur detective intimately mixed up with various members of the troupe. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Ed. 2nd edition with complete number line beginning with 2. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Originally published in 1953 when Vidal had been blacklisted and needed a new name to write under. Highly respected United States Senator Leander Rhodes asks Manhattan based public relations expert Peter Sargent to visit him at his home. He wants Peter to help him develop his PR plan for his run for the presidency and to stay on staff to work the media. However, the night before Rhodes is to announce his candidacy, someone murders the senator in his bed. Out of work at least as a presidential candidate's publicist, Sargent investigates who killed the respected reactionary politician. Book.…

Paperback. Reprints Signet. 2505 good, creases mystery novel, paperback.

Paperback. Reprints Signet. 1484, reading copy mystery novel, paperback.

Paperback. 4th. 2540 very good mystery novel, paperback.

Paperback. Reprints Signet. 1475, good, many creases mystery novel, paperback.

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

Paperback. Reprints Signet. 1475, very good , bound upside down mystery novel, paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near 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.

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

Paperback. Reprints Signet. 1526, very good -fine, reading crease mystery novel, paperback.

Paperback. Reprints Signet. 1484, very good -fine, , reading crease mystery novel, paperback.

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

Paperback. first PB. 1217, very good -fine, , reading crease mystery novel, paperback.

Paperback. first PB. 1217, almost near fine, mystery novel, paperback.

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

Hardcover. Condition: N-Fine. 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.…

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.

Cloth. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 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. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Omnibus Edition. A Very Fine copy in a Very Fine black, red and yellow dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 457pp. Includes Death in the Fifth Position [1952], Death Before Bedtime [1953] and Death Likes it Hot [1954]--all published under the pseudonym Edgar Box. Q06476.…

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).

Hardcover. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition thus. Fine in a very good slipcase with slight spotting. Copy X of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. Signed.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 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*.…

Hardcover in slipcase. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED limited edition. Copy 'F" of only 26 lettered copies. Fine in burgandy-colored cloth laid-into matching slipcase, without dust jacket as issued. First mystery written by Vidal under the pseudonym Edgar Box, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages. …