Notes: Published in Penguin Books 1998. No number line. No data about the printing, but probably not a first one (see prices below). First published in the United States of America by Random House, Inc. 1978. "Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics" at the top of the back cover. Cover artist credited on the back cover, which also states: "Cover illustration reproduced by special permission of Playboy magazine." The first two pages contain uncredited biographical and bibliographical note about Gore Vidal. On page [257] there is a short note signed "G.V.". $23.50 in Canada. Very similar to the printing available via Amazon Look Inside, except that the latter has a number line [1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2] and different prices (U.S. $13.95, CAN. $18.99).