"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.96; [1]. Publisher's black paper boards over a red paper spine. Pictorial dust-jacket shows image of Vidal in a movie theatre, titles in red and white. Signed by Vidal, actor Cliff Robertson, and one other. With two newspaper clippings, contemporary obituaries of Robertson. Internally clean. Minor bumping to spine. Jacket is neat and presentable, no fading, only minor edgewear. Vidal's memoirs filtered through the gentle light of the celluloid screen. Signed by Vidal, and also by Cliff Robertson, Academy Award winner, who played the Nixon-like Joe Cantwell in the film version of Gore's 'The Best Man'. Item #49116
Price: £150.00