Palimpsest: A Memoir
by Vidal, Gore
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679440380
- ISBN 13
- 9780679440383
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1995. Pictorial boards, viii, 435 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. SIGNED by Gore Vidal (1925-2012) on a bookplate pasted onto the half-title page. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket, with a corner crease/front flap, protected in a mylar cover. A memoir (not autobiography) by Gore Vidal, one of the leading figures of American society in the late twentieth century. "This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal's compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author's celebrated life, from his birth in 1925 to today, and features a cast of memorable characters--including the Kennedy family, Marlon Brando, Anais Nin, and Eleanor Roosevelt. of photos." - Publisher.. SIGNED. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112402
- Title
- Palimpsest: A Memoir
- Author
- Vidal, Gore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679440380
- ISBN 13
- 9780679440383
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Celebrities / Signed; Genre & Subject / Gay & Lesbian;
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