Gore Vidal. First Random House edition (stated). Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclipped jacket designed by Jack Rubio. Hardcover: Fine. New York: Random House, 1987. No writing or markings in this extremely well preserved edition, 486 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine.
Prior to this publication, there were 250 signed copies by the author. This is the fourth novel in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. Another splendid historical fiction by Vidal that revolves around the period of the Spanish-American War (c.1895-1898) with conflicts between Teddy Roosevelt and publisher William Randolph Hearst affecting characters--especially a wealthy young woman named "Caroline"--who struggle for fulfillment during the Gilded Age.
