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Vidal, Gore. Prospectus for WILLIWAW. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1996.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. broadside, folded once. (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Gore Vidal. With a new introduction by the author especially written for this edition, on the fiftieth anniversary of its first publication. Illustrations consist of three photographs of Vidal in his World War II uniform (his first novel, Williwaw is based on his experiences aboard a freight-supply ship), and endpapers with portions of the blueprints for this class of ship. Hoyem's notes on the ship follow NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Vidal's introduction. The text is letterpress printed on German mouldmade paper. The photographs are reproduced by offset lithography and tipped onto the pages. The binding is full dark blue cloth with gray blue-green endpapers and title label. The dust jacket is made of a heavier version of the same paper, and is trimmed in the dark blue binding cloth. The dust jacket reprints the original reviews printed on the jacket of the first edition. The fifty-first book of the Arion Press.

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

VIDAL, Gore. [Publisher's Prospectus]: Williwaw. The Arion Press), (San Francisco, 1996.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Publisher's prospectus. One folio sheet folded to make four pages. Measuring 8¼" x 11½" closed. Fine.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Gore Vidal. Williwaw. The Arion Press, 1996.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed by the author. Not one of the limited, signed copies. Covers mildly shelfworn.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Vidal, Gore. Williwaw. San Francisco, California: The Arion Press, 1996.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: "This edition of the author's first novel, issued in the fiftieth anniversary year of its first publication in 1946 by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. is limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. This is copy:" stated. "Out of series last Thursday 4/6" stated in pencil. Fine,if not new hardback in fine, if not new unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by author on limitation page. Prospectus included which states "The price is $250.00 per copy".

Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Vidal, Gore. Williwaw. The Arion Press, San Francisco, 1996.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: 30 x 22 cm. Quarto. 119pp. Dark blue cloth with paper spine label in illustrated dust jacket. This fiftieth anniversary edition limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies, this being copy 175 signed by the author. Photo frontispiece. Printed on German mouldmade Schiller paper.

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Gore Vidal. Williwaw. The Arion Press, 1996.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: #216/250cc. Signed by Gore Vidal.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

VIDAL, Gore. Williwaw. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1996.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 3 photo illustrations. 4to, navy blue cloth, d.w. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Limited Edition. Fine. Fiftieth anniversary edition of his first book. No. 208 of 250 signed copies. Prospectus laid in.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.