Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$3.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: black cloth with gilt titltes to the spine, binding weakening, a little foxed to endpapers. Mailer's best book
Seller: Krokodile Books, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$5.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth with light indentations to covers, as if tied with string. Some wear to top and base of spine. Owner's name to free fep. A little shaken, but holding. Some splitting of front end papers up internal hinge.
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The naked and the dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$6.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3rd imp. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$6.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Allan Wingate 1949, reprint. Hardcover with loose binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The Naked And The Dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$7.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards have some soiling, fading, scuffing to edges. Cracking to hinge which has now been glued. Content has even toning. No DJ. Previous owner gift message in FFEP.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
MAILER Norman. The Naked and the Dead.. London. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Description: Hardback. 5th. Imp. Rubbed black cloth with gilt spine titles in unclipped, clearview protected dustwrapper with wear to edges & one small piece missing to upper edge of rear panel. Slightly foxed endpapers. 7.8" x 5.8". viii pp. + 721 pp. Wt: 0.9 Kg. Good+ (Good-)
Seller: Mr Mac Books (Ranald McDonald) P.B.F.A., Thornhill, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$23.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small piece missing from top of dj spine. price clipped.
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$30.53 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer. First edition, third impression. This book is in good condition. The black boards are in gfood condition, with bumping and rubbing to the spine edges, and ridging to the spine. There is a 3mm closed tear to the spine head. The boards show shelfwear and is somewhat worn. The pages are yellowed with age. The page blocks show signs of discolouration perhaps due to a smoky environment at some time. The binding remains quite tight. The FFEP is split away from the spine.
Seller: Wordhoard Books, Clevedon, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman:. The Naked and the Death. London, Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$32.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 721 Seiten / pages gut erhaltener Leinenband mit Goldtitelprägung und dem schönen, illustrierten Originalschutzumschlag Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1
Seller: ACADEMIA Antiquariat an der Universität, Freiburg, Germany
Mailer, Norman. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$33.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dj a little chipped at tips, with some small closed tears. Price clipped, No inscriptions. Scan available on request.
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$36.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: gilt lettering to spine, soiling to d/j, chips to edges of d/j, lightly rubbed tail of spine, text clean and tight. Third Impression
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A first U.K. edition of Norman Mailer's best-selling novel inspired by his time as a cook during the Second World War. This novel draws upon the author's experiences during the Second World War, and was an instant best-seller., selling two hundred thousand copies in the first three months. Interestingly, the work was so full of profanities that the publisher refused to publish it without using an alternative, 'fug'.Written by Norman Mailer, an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner. This was his debut novel.An early edition; this work was first published in the U.S.A. the same year, with this edition a first impression of the first U.K. edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; spine is a little worn, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, binding is strained and exposed at both hinges. Pages are age-toned to the edges. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed with light creasing around the edges. The boards are slightly edge rubbed. The binding is secure. The pages are lightly tanned but there are no inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate London 1949, 1949.
Price: US$43.60 + shipping
Description: 7th imp. dust jacket Very Good octavo 721pp., map, Signs of use but a nice copy in like unclipped dustjacket of an early impression published 4 months after the first
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$43.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardback copy. Unmarked. Poor dustjacket - shelfworn, small piece missing and one small tape repair. Images available on request. 721pp
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
MAILER, Norman. The Naked And The Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$44.52 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Published: 1949. First Edition. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Sunned spine. Rubbed cloth with a few horizontal sun lines across front board. Tightly bound with strong hinges. Lightly toned endpapers with bookplates to front paste down (Peter M. Scott) and ffep (Robert K.S. Mc. Kinlay). Lightly toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 721. Size: 20cm by 14cm.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Mailer Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$44.52 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All books outside UK sent airmail. All dustwrappers are film protected. PayPal accepted. Original black cloth faded at spine and worn in places. Front end paper spotted otherwise clean throughout. Hinges a little tender. Pictorial dustwrapper is torn at joint and with chips and a small piece missing at top affecting Authors's name at top of spine. Dustwrapper is browned at edges.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The naked and the dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$46.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: hardcover, without dustjacket - very good
Seller: Antiquariaat Coriovallum, Heerlen, Netherlands
Price: US$53.42 + shipping
Description: 8vo., Fourth Impression thus, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter dulled at backstrip and with light browning on (predominantly white) rear panel. With striking dustwrapper artwork by James Holland. Published three months after the first UK edition. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. London: Allan Wingate (1949)., 1949.
Price: US$57.24 + shipping
Description: First English edition, 8vo, (viii), 721, (1) pp. Contemporary signature to fly leaf, hinges slightly cracked but sound. Cloth, some rubbing, d.w. price clipped and with marking and loss to extremities.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The naked and the dead. London : Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$71.33 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 721p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$75.05 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Condition: Near Fine minus: Sixth impression, September 1949; original binding with very clean and straight black boards with gilt letters; no previous owner's marks, apart from small bookseller sticker to bottom edge of front paste down; 5cm split to bottom of front gutter; very clean and tight text block with no spotting or tanning. Dust jacket condition: Very Good minus: striking graphic design and letters by James Holland to front board; small losses to spine tips and to edges of flap folds, with scuffs to extremities (see images); not price clipped (15s). Both flaps feature reviews by book critics such as Alan Moorhead in the Observer: "There are passages of remarkable brilliance and fidelity. It hardly seems possible that a writer in his early twenties could handle such a range with such an intelligent grasp or such sureness of technique .".
Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$82.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover without jacket. First UK edition, first impression. From the collection of the late poet Gavin Ewart, with his name penned on FEP, dated May, 1949. Spine is slightly faded; rubbed at foot. One or two minor marks and a hint of wear to boards. Two or three imperfections on tanned page block. Minor wear to a few early page corners. Text is clear throughout. TS
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The Naked & the Dead. Allan Wingate Limited, 1949.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Allan Wingate Limited, London (1949). First Edition/Third Impression (As Stated). 721 Pages. 8 x 5.5 Inches. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The book itself is in near fine condition. Clean bright pages bereft of inscription, firm binding, tight square boards, etc. Small pencil price inscription to top of front endpaper. The dust jacket, unclipped, is in good condition. Clean & vibrant. Wear along edges. A number of small tears. Tape to top of back cover. Jacket has been repaired in a few spots on inside of jacket by former owner.
Seller: Blotto Von Sozzle Rare Books, Hampstead, NC, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The naked and the dead. London : Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 721p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MAILER, Norman.. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD.. Allan Wingate,, London,, 1949.
Price: US$101.76 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 721. Original publisher's full red leather, lettered gilt at the spine. Limited edition of 240 copies, this being no.30. Somewhat used copy: rubbing at spine and extremities with general wear to covers - otherwise sound with complete text; very good minus
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
MAILER, Norman. The naked and the dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$113.72 + shipping
Description: 1st UK edition, 1st impression. Tidy copy in tight binding. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine; boards firm. End papers foxed; yellowing to prelims and page edges. Dust jacket not price clipped; slightly discoloured with wear & up to 5mm loss at head & foot of spine. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in good dust-jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$124.66 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition published in 1949. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The Naked and the Dead explores the experience of soldiers during the Second World War. It is largely based on Mailer's experience as a cook with the 112th Cavalry Regiment during the Philippines campaign. Mailer's debut novel.Includes one map.Written in four parts this novel explores the reality of warfare. Mailer explores the psychological impact of war on an individual and the extent to which these experiences shape the everyday. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Chipping the dust wrapper resulting in loss to the spine and covers. Spotting to the reverse. Age toning to the flyleaf. The boards are bright and clean. Spotting to the first and last pages but overall pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition. Black cloth. Endpapers splitting but hinges sound, front free endpaper foxed, text age-toned in margins. Jacket foxed on back panel, frayed at extremities of spine and corners.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. London : Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$137.17 + shipping
Description: Provenance: Bookplate of Michael Behrens. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 721 pages ; (8º). Subjects: World War, (1939-1945) -- Campaigns in Oceania -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$159.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Limited Edition, first UK edition of Norman Mailer's popular World War II novel, based on his own experiences in the war. The Limited de Luxe Edition of Norman Mailer's popular novel, published simultaneously with the UK first edition, by special arrangement between Allan Wingate and the Collector's Book Club. No. 213 of 240 copies printed.In the publisher's original leatherette binding.Based on Mailer's experience in the 112th Cavalry Regiment during the Philippines Campaign in World War II, this has been credited as the first popular novel about World War II, bringing Mailer early and wide renown.With an illustrated map facing page 3. In the publisher's original leatherette binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. Minor fading to back strip, with small loss of leather to back strip head. The odd spot to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. London : Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Provenance: Bookplate of Michael Behrens. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 721 pages ; (8º). Subjects: World War, (1939-1945) -- Campaigns in Oceania -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. London : Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$192.04 + shipping
Description: A good copy only in the original plum leatherette, with gilt tooling on spine and front board. Spine bands and panel edges worn. Additional scans &c. on request. Physical description; 721 p., 1 leaf of plates map ; 20 cm. Notes; This Limited de Luxe Edition is published by special arrangement with Messrs. Allan Wingate, Publishers, Limited, London and appears simultaneously with their first edition. Two hundred and forty copies have been printed for sale to members of The Collector's Book Club only. In additon, thirteen copies, numbered I to XIII, have been struck off as presentation, review, and reference copies. No. 20. Subjects; prose. USA. Second World War. literature. fiction. novels. works about novelists. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. London : Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: A good copy only in the original plum leatherette, with gilt tooling on spine and front board. Spine bands and panel edges worn. Additional scans &c. on request. Physical description; 721 p., 1 leaf of plates map ; 20 cm. Notes; This Limited de Luxe Edition is published by special arrangement with Messrs. Allan Wingate, Publishers, Limited, London and appears simultaneously with their first edition. Two hundred and forty copies have been printed for sale to members of The Collector's Book Club only. In additon, thirteen copies, numbered I to XIII, have been struck off as presentation, review, and reference copies. No. 20. Subjects; prose. USA. Second World War. literature. fiction. novels. works about novelists. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, UK, 1949.
Price: US$241.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 240 copies issued simultaneously with the trade first. Produce, by special arrangement with Allan Wingate, by The Collector's Book Club. Wine red leather - gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Gilt design on front board. No wrapper as issued. A bright, clean book which is normally found in poor condition. The boards are clean, the gilt on the front board is bright and bold. The board edges and the spine ends are lightly rubbed. The spine is unfaded. The gilt on the spine is fresh and bold. Internally, the book is bright. No foxing. Tight binding. No inscriptions. A very nice copy. Paypal accepted
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Mailer (Norman).. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate,, 1949.
Price: US$267.12 + shipping
Description: Lower hinge cracked, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly browned and slightly chipped and frayed dust-wrapper The authors first book.
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead (First Printing). Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$286.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Fine: tight and square binding in sharp black cloth; bright, crisp and clean throughout. The unclipped, first state dustwrapper (15s net stated and no reviews) is Near Fine: very crisp and vibrant with splendid vivid colouring; a hint of toning and a little rubbing to the upper corners; three short closed tears to the head of the spine, sealed to the verso by vintage tape; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. One of the nicest copies you could see. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
MAILER, Norman.. The Naked and the Dead.. Allan Wingate, London., 1949.
Price: US$731.41 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition of the author's first book. Octavo. pp [viii], 721. From the library of Felix Dennis, the poet, publisher and of course one of the Oz three, with his bookplate on the front pastedown.Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper with one short closed tear. An unusually bright copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead.. Allan Wingate, London, 1949.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 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 Mailers best, and certainly the best war novel to emerge from the United States" (Burgess, 42-43).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Allan Wingate, 1949.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [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.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.