BARBARY SHORE
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Fair
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1951. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair. Mailer's first novel after the best-selling success of his World War II book, "The Naked and the Dead," is set in New York City and narrated by Mikey, a man with amnesia, who has scars and was probably in the war but has no memory of it; boards show wear along edges and at spine ends; text is very slightly age-tanned, o/w clean, tight and square; dustjacket, though basically whole, shows considerable edgewear and is worn and chipped along spine with significant chipping at spine ends.
Synopsis
Barbary Shore is Norman Mailer's second published novel, written after Mailer's great success with his 1948 debut The Naked and the Dead. It concerns a protagonist who rents a room in a Brooklyn boarding house with the intention of writing a novel. Wounded during World War II, he is an amnesiac, and much of his past is a secret to himself. After Rinehart & Company published the novel in 1951, it received poor reviews and sold poorly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003235
- Title
- BARBARY SHORE
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, 1940S, NEW YORK, AMNESIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; New York; Fine Literature;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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