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The Naked and the Dead. (Signed in book)

by Mailer, Norman

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About This Item

NY: Rinehart and Company (1948)., 1948. First printing. Thick 8vo. 721 pp. Illustrated with a map. Original black cloth binding. Mailer's first book SIGNED by the author on the half-title page (NOT on a laid in bookplate). The book has a 3/4" tear crown of the spine and edge wear bottom and top edges of the fragile cloth, else very good minus in BOTH the first (Rinehart blurb) and second state DJs. The former is fair only, price intact ($4.00) with large chips spinal extremities, rubbing along spinal folds and small chips top of rear panel (see photo for details). The second issue is price intact ($4.00) very good with shallow chips at spinal extremities and some rubbing.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Naked and the Dead. (Signed in book)
Author
Mailer, Norman
Book Condition
Used
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
NY: Rinehart and Company (1948).
Date Published
1948

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About Thomas Dorn ABAA

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Second State
used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
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....
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Fair
is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....

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