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Seller: Linden Avenue Books, Salem, OR, U.S.A.Linden Avenue Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Random House, New York, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, square with sharp corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is price intact ($22.50), crisp and bright with no chips or tears. Sticker residue on front, else fine. Protected in mylar. The fourth in Vidal's sweeping series of historical novels covering American history. Carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box.
Seller Inventory # 10085
- Title
- Empire
- Author
- Vidal, Gore
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0517689693
- ISBN 13
- 9780517689691
- Illustrator
- Jack Ribik, jacket design
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Historical fiction, Literature, Modern First Editions
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In this extraordinarily powerful epic Gore Vidal recreates America's Gilded Age a period of promise and possibility, of empire-building and fierce political rivalries. In a vivid and beathtaking work of fiction, where the fortunes of a sister and brother intertwine with the fates of the generation, their country, and some of the greatest names of their day, including President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan, William and Henry James, the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and the Whitneys, Gore Vidal sweeps us from the nineteenth century into the twentieth, from the salvaged republic of Lincoln to a nation boldly reaching for the world.
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Linden Avenue Books
Salem, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 7, 2025
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Linden Avenue Books is independently owned and operated and located in Salem, Oregon. We feature a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, including biographies, history and literature, with over 90% of our inventory consisting of first editions. Every book is carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. Additional photos for all books are available on request: lindenavenuebooks@gmail.com
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