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New York: Rinehart, 1948. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 721pp., black cloth d.w. N.Y.: Rinehart, (1948). First Edition.<br/><br/> Very fine copy with review slip announcing publication on May 6, 1948, and a glossy publicity photo of Mailer.<br /> Presentation copy, 1976.<br/><br/>

New York: Rinehart and Company Inc., (1948). First Edition. wraps. Significantly cocked with a vertical concave indent to the spine. Moderate edgewear, short tear to rear cover along spine. An above average copy of this advanced state of this book. Advance Reading Copy in self-wrappers identical to the first issue dustwrapper of Mailer's impressive first book. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Uncommon state of this important book, downright scarce when signed.

New York: Rhinehard & Company, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed by Norman Mailer on title page - signature only. First Edition, First Printing. the Author's Debut Novel. Fist edition with the Rhinehard logo on Copyright Page. Scarce first issue dustjacket with the introductory blurb by Stanley Reinhart comparing Mailer with Hemingway and others. Mailer's picture on back cover. Book is in very Good condition. some rubbing on bottom edges. Clear and crisp inside. Dust Jacket is in very good condition - has some rubbing and minor chipping at edges. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks..

Original black cloth, black dust jacket. Owner's inscription dated 1948 on front endpaper. Rear endpaper browned. Fine, in a superbly preserved dust jacket.

First edition of Norman Mailer's landmark first novel. This is the first printing, with the Rinehart colophon on copyright page, and in the first issue dust jacket without reviews on rear flap.
The Naked and the Dead has been called "the best war novel to emerge from the United States" (Anthony Burgess). Norman Mailer, who "loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation … burst on the scene in 1948 with The Naked and the Dead" (New York Times). The book remained on the Times best seller list for more than a year.
Mailer's electrifying debut conveys, "with great accuracy and power, the agony of the American troops in the Pacific campaign. … It remains Mailer's best" (Burgess).
This is a splendid copy in the famously fragile dust jacket.
Modern Library 100 Best Novels 51. Burgess, Anthony. Ninety-Nine Novels:… Read More

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 .

New York: Rinehart, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing, with the Rinehart logo on the copyright page as called for. Thick 8vo., 731pp. A fine, fresh extraordinary premium copy in dust jacket. The ersatz black cloth binding with a couple of very minor rubs, the DJ with only the barest signs of use. Rarely encountered in true collectible condition, this copy sets a high bar for condition. Mailer's important first book. A Burgess 99 Novel & WWII Classic.

*** ADVANCE COPY ***THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, Rinehart, 1948, first edition small fingernail size chip missing from rear wrap, light wear to spine and flap folds, else a vg copy in wraps of this, the advance reading copy of the authors first book. Housed in a custom made traycase. Along with Jones' FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and Shaw's THE YOUNG LIONS, one of the major novels of WW2. Quite scarce thus.

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1948. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Thick paperbound octavo with integral dustwrapper. 721 pp. This is the advance reading copy / uncorrected proof of Mailer's renowned first book, a novel set in World War II. Covers show handling wear, but still a sound very good example. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Mailer on the front endpaper. Uncommon thus.

New York : Rinehart, 1948. 1st edition, 1st issue. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 721 pages; Physical desc. : 721 p : map ; 22 cm. Subject: World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction. SIGNED, with a 4-line inscription by the author (dated 1968).

NY: Rinehart & Company; (1948). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First printing of the author's first book, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small spots of wear to the black paper covered boards along the bottom edge of the boards. The spine of the book has a couple of short, light creases. The front endpaper is lightly tanned, as if something were laid in at one time. The first state dust jacket has small chips at the top and bottom of the front flap fold, and a couple of other tiny chips at edges. There is a little wear along the flap folds, but very little loss of color. A tight, square copy of this cheaply made book, with no names or other markings in the book. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy in self-wrappers. Slight split at the bottom of the rear wrapper, else a near fine copy that is tight, sound, and relatively square. A much nicer than usual copy of this fragile advance state of the author's first book, now seldom encountered. A stunning debut novel that ranks among the best American war novels ever written. *Burgess 99*.

THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, Rinehart, 1948, first edition, just about fine in like dust-wrapper with two short closed tears and some other slight wear. A very nice copy. Along with Jones' FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and Shaw's THE YOUNG LIONS, one of the major novels of WW11 and the authors first book.

New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948. First edition of the author's first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to journalist Joe Haas, "For Joe Haas in Jamaica after our Lady Norman Mailer May 1969." Near fine in a very good first issue price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Karov. Norman Mailer claimed to have four books on his desk while he wrote The Naked and the Dead: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Wolfe's Of Time and the River, Dos Passos' U.S.A. and Farrell's Studs Lonigan. It was with this tongue partly in cheek that he asserted that the "overspirit is Tolstoy, the rococo comes out of Dos Passos, the fundamental slogging style from Farrell and the occasional overrich descriptions from Wolfe." The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the Japanese island of Anopopei. "The best novel to come out of the . .… Read More

New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948. First edition of the author's classic first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Paul after the pleasure of our first meeting Norman Mailer Oct. '87." The recipient, Paul Bartel was a director, actor and the creator of such films as Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, Lust in the Dust, among others. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Jacket design by Karov. Norman Mailer claimed to have four books on his desk while he wrote The Naked and the Dead: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Wolfe's Of Time and the River, Dos Passos' U.S.A. and Farrell's Studs Lonigan. It was with this tongue partly in cheek that he asserted that the "overspirit is Tolstoy, the rococo comes out of Dos Passos, the fundamental slogging style from Farrell and the occasional overrich descriptions from Wolfe." The Naked and the… Read More

New York: Rinehart, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Light dampstaining to the bottom corners and edges of all pages, not affecting the text, thus very good in very good, internally tape repaired first state dustwrapper with edgewear. Inscribed by the author. The author's first book, a stunning debut which ranks among the best American war novels ever written. *Burgess 99*.

New York: Rinehart, 1948 First Edition. Rinehart circlular logo on copyright page. Author's first book. Black boards stamped in white. 721pp. Dust jacket has an eighth inch chip at top of spine, top edge is chipped a little, one inch closed tear near base of spine. A one inch by two inch New Orleans retailer's oval ink stamp on back of jacket. Clean. Bright and Tight. Overall an exceptionally very nice copy of a fragile binding. Near Fine/ Very good condition..

Allan Wingate, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. [ONE OF 13 copies only]. (19490 Allan Wingate, London. [x], 728pp; gilt-stamped pebbled wine leather, ribbon marker. English edition of the author's first book, deluxe issue, comprising 253 copies, of which this is number VI of 13 reserved for presentation. Inscribed by Mailer ("Cheers"), although not called for. Book near fine, some cracking along inner joints. No DJ, as issued. Comes in specially made custom cloth slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.

New York: Rinehart and Company, (1948). First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 721p octavo. Advance copy in publisher's wraps. with the dust jacket that was issued for the hardcover. Tiny scratch on the front cover of the jacket and a stain on the front fly leaf. Signed by Mailer on the title page. Enclosed in a cloth slipcase with leather label. Slipcase is a bit too tight on the book.

London: Allan Wingate, 1949. First British edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For ________ ________, Spent a winter once in Jamaica, Vermont, back in 1949, Loved it. Cheers Norman Mailer." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James Holland. The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the Japanese island of Anopopei. "The best novel to come out of the . . . war, perhaps the best book to come out of any war" (San Francisco Chronicle). "The narrative presents, with great accuracy and power, the agony of the American troops in the Pacific campaign It remains Mailer’s best, and certainly the best war novel to emerge from the United States" (Burgess, 42-43).

New York: Rinehart and Company Inc., (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. Virtually no wear to the boards, the white spine lettering very sharp. The first issue dustwrapper is complete with very light wear to the spine tips light scratching to the rear panel. The red ink on the dustwrapper is a little faded, as usual, but usually not noted as such by other sellers. Spine slightly sunned. Nice copy of this fragile, bulky book. Near Fine in a close to Near Fine dustwrapper, increasingly uncommon in this condition. Mailer's first book, a Burgess 99 novel.