Vidal, Gore — Empire

New York, Random House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, a bit worn, crinkled to front cover, two short, closed tears, tape-repaired. Turn-of-the-century novel, big, fat, sprawling, post Spanish-American War, an era named as The Gilded Age. 486 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,