Williwaw.
VIDAL, Gore.
Williwaw.
First Edition of Gore Vidal's First book Williwaw; inscribed to his stepmother's father
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1946.
$475.00
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Item Number: 150089
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First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on a card to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first publication, and it earned him the reputation as "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson"(Newsweek). The military novel marked the beginning of his writing career, aged twenty-one, and is based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. Williwaw is a quasi-autobiographical novel, and its value comprises not merely Vidal's excellent writing but the insight it offers into the author's experiences.
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