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The Naked and The Dead
by Norman Mailer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Marina Del Rey, California, United States
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About This Item
About this Item: Rinehart & Company, 1948. Hardcover. Condition: . Dust Jacket Condition: ripped at spine **see photos. 1st Edition. First Edition, This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $4.00 price present on the front flap without the common ubquitous fading to the spine. The binding is tight with no cocking or leans. The boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks . There is a book plate a famous screen writer in the early 30's Gertrude Walker... Overall, solid except for a few tears on jacket see photos .
Synopsis
Acclaimed as a successful expression of the futility of war, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei during World War II. The novel, which embodies wartime disillusionment, is partly based on Mailer’s own experiences with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Through its four parts, The Naked and the Dead addresses themes of loneliness, death of fear and dying, and brotherhood. The novel is written in gritty, journalistic detail. However, this tone was dialed back as publishers persuaded Mailer to use to euphemism “fug” in lieu of the mother of all curse words — the “F” word — in his novel. The Naked and the Dead sold 200,000 copies in its first three months and was a New York Times best seller for over a year. Despite some controversy among critics, the novel remains important in American literature. The Naked and the Dead is ranked 51st on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1958.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Flying Turtle Productions
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91321
- Title
- The Naked and The Dead
- Author
- Norman Mailer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare;
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Flying Turtle Productions
Biblio member since 2018
Marina Del Rey, California
About Flying Turtle Productions
I am starting a film company and have bought books over the years and now are selling some and will be closing shop... I have some of my mother's book collection. She passed away at 103 and had an amazing life herself, was a war corespondent in WW II in Italy so was exposed to much.
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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