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Williwaw.

Stock Code 113242

New York, E.P. Duttal & Company, Inc., 1946

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First edition of the author's first book. First edition of the author's first book.

Published when he was just 21 years old, Williwaw marked the beginning of Vidal's writing career, earning him the reputation as 'the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson' (Newsweek). This quasi-autobiographical novel draws upon the author's experiences during his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; ownership signature to front free endpaper, else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, blue lettering to spine and upper cover, with the unclipped dust-jacket, tiny nicks to corners and spine ends, some rubbing to extremities and folds, else very good.

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Williwaw.

VIDAL, Gore.

Stock code: 113242

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