Messiah.
by VIDAL, GORE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket. Lovely copy.
Synopsis
When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Dagg Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30650
- Title
- Messiah.
- Author
- VIDAL, GORE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
Robert Dagg Rare Books
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About the Seller
Robert Dagg Rare Books
Biblio member since 2008
San Francisco, California
About Robert Dagg Rare Books
By appointment only premises, with sales occurring on the internet, at bookfairs, through catalogs and via direct quotation. Established 1989.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...