Author: VIDAL, GORE (EUGENE LOUIS "GORE" VIDAL)
Title: Dark Green, Bright Red
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover along with some looseness to the spine hinges. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper, and some light, but noticeable toning to both front and rear endpapers. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, several various sized edge tears, nicks and wear. The previous owner has used tape to hold the tears together, both on the front and reverse of the dust jacket. "The story concerns the attempted return to power of the fallen dictator Generl Alvarez, who, with the aid of an army of Indians as well as the financial backing of an American fruit company, marches from his northern fortress at Raton to the city of Nadatenango and then on to the capital and to the climax of his career." "Eugene Louis "Gore" Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing. He was born to a political family; his maternal grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore, served as United States senator from Oklahoma (1907–1921 and 1931–1937). He was a Democratic Party politician who twice sought elected office; first to the United States House of Representatives (New York State, 1960) , then to the U. S. Senate (California, 1982)". Very Good in Good dust jacket .
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Title: Dark Green, Bright Red
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover along with some looseness to the spine hinges. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper, and some light, but noticeable toning to both front and rear endpapers. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, several various sized edge tears, nicks and wear. The previous owner has used tape to hold the tears together, both on the front and reverse of the dust jacket. "The story concerns the attempted return to power of the fallen dictator Generl Alvarez, who, with the aid of an army of Indians as well as the financial backing of an American fruit company, marches from his northern fortress at Raton to the city of Nadatenango and then on to the capital and to the climax of his career." "Eugene Louis "Gore" Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing. He was born to a political family; his maternal grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore, served as United States senator from Oklahoma (1907–1921 and 1931–1937). He was a Democratic Party politician who twice sought elected office; first to the United States House of Representatives (New York State, 1960) , then to the U. S. Senate (California, 1982)". Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Gore Vidal South America Relationships Modern Fiction Firsts
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 34485
- Book number: 34485
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