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Gore Vidal's First Novel "WILLIWAW", Signed First Edition
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Gore Vidal, WILLIWAW
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1946.
First edition, first printing
Measures: 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 in. (223 x142 mm); pp. 222 . Original black cloth, titles on spine and front board in bright blue ink, top edge black. Original dust jacket in very good condition, lightly rubbed at extremities, price clipped; back endpaper lightly tanned. INSCRIBED COPY, signed by the author on the title page to Harvey Donogan and SIGNED again in blue ink on the dust jacket next to his author photo and printed signature, perhaps to illustrate that an E.P. Dutton employee probably supplied Vidal's signature when the jacket was being designed. Near fine in Very good + dust-jacket.
WILLIWAW IS GORE VIDAL'S DEBUT NOVEL, written when he was 19, working as a first mate of a US Army supply ship in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. The story, set on such a ship in the Arctic waters during World War II and during hurricane season, builds tension as crew and passengers await the arrival of the 'williwaw', a violent wind common in the Aleutian Islands. As tensions rise a murder is committed onboard.
- Dimensions:Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1946
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
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