Hardback. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Stated 1st edition. Black boards with gilt text on spine. DJ inner corner clipped. Significant losses to foot of DJ spine and bottom left of back cover along with some staining. Spine slanted. Pages are tight and unmarked. Vidal's third novel. Written in 1946 and printed in 1948, it is considered a definitive war-time influenced gay novel.