THE LAST EMPIRE. ESSAYS 1992 - 2000

Vidal, Gore

ISBN 10: 0385501544 / ISBN 13: 9780385501545

Published by Doubleday, NY, 2000

About this Item

First edition, first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine topedge lightly pushed, bottom edge soiled; dustjacket with few tiny edge wrinkles and light rubbing on the rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed first edition copies of this Vidal title are uncommon.

Seller Inventory # 40859

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LAST EMPIRE. ESSAYS 1992 - 2000
• Publisher: Doubleday, NY
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385501544
• ISBN 13: 9780385501545
• Binding: Hardcovers
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In a provocative and witty new anthology of essays, the author of the award-winning United States shares his thoughts on a wide range of literary, historical, political, and personal subjects, from appreciations of Edmund Wilson and Mark Twain to the distressing developments in American politics to autobiographical vignettes. 12,500 first printing.

About the Author

Gore Vidal is the author, most recently, of the novel The Golden Age, the concluding book in his seven-volume series of narratives of American empire. United States is being reissued simultaneously in trade paperback by Broadway Books. Vidal divides his time between Ravello, Italy, and Los Angeles.