KALKI
by Vidal, Gore
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Issued Without Jacket
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Cente, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. . Full-Leather. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. The Franklin Library's Limited Edition of "Kalki," Vidal's 24th novel in a long, distinguished career as an American man of letters is the true first edition, first printing, of this work about an ex-GI from New Orleans, a chemical-biological warfare expert in Vietnam, who appears in Katmandu, Nepal, proclaiming he is the Hindu god, Kalki, come to carry out the destruction of mankind to make way for a new race of man. Bound in full red leather with three raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering and decoration on the covers and spine. Moire silk end papers, a sewn-in ribbon bookmark and all text edges gilded. 320 pages on archival-grade paper, with illustrations by George H. Jones and a special note to members of Franklin Library's First Editions Society from Vidal. Boards show perhaps a touch of wear on lower edges, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight and square. A very collectable copy of this Vidal work.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005231
- Title
- KALKI
- Author
- Vidal, Gore
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Cente, PA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION, MODERN NOVEL, HINDU MYTH, KATMANDU, DRUGS, VIETNAM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Fine Literature; Franklin Library;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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