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Vidal, Gore. THE CITY AND THE PILLAR. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948. - Octavo, black cloth titled & ruled in gilt on the spine, in a color dust wrapper. The covers are slightly bumped, rubbed and soiled at the extremities. The price-clipped dust jacket is quite chipped with a few small pieces out from the extremities and the head & tail of the spine. The jacket's front inner flap is detached though present. 314 pages. A previous owner's name is stamped on the front endpaper and a tiny piece is out from the bottom corner of page 13. Good in a fair dw.
First edition of Vidal's sensitive gay novel.
"In The City and the Pillar he [Vidal] brings new qualities; the dispassionate conviction, the breadth, the crusading spirit that make this study of male homosexuality something that is indeed both a vital social tract and a masterful story of personal tragedy." -- Excerpted from the dw blurb. Price: 75.00 USD
