Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Deluxe Edition. First Illustrated Edition. Signed by author on front free end paper. Includes tipped in correspondence between Wouk and Doubleday. Book is clean, lettering on spine is clear and not rubbed, and binding is sturdy. There are minor signs of shelf wear on the bottom of the boards. The dust jacket is price clipped, Three closed tears and some edge wear and shallow chipping on dust jacket. Dust jacket is in a protective clear cover. Image shown is of actual item. Light areas on image are glare, not wear or markings. Free shipping within the US.
Seller: Friends of KPL, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
WOUK, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1952.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with dust jacket, 494 pp. First illustrated edition; deluxe edition illustrated in full color by Lawrence Beall Smith. Signed by Wouk on front endpaper prior to two leaves of facsimile letters. Dust jacket chipped along upper edge, dust jacket corners trimmed, staining and damp staining to text block edges, mainly upper edge, bit of foxing.
Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "First illustrated Edition" stated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in very good plus, if not near fine dust jacket (T.C.M. Price, $6.00). Dust jacket has a 3/4 inch closed tear to top edge of front panel near spine and associated 2.5 inch hairline crease; a 1 inch by 1/8 inch chip to bottom edge of front panel; a 1.25 inch closed tear to top edge of front panel along fore-edge fold; a 1 inch by 1/2 inch triangular chip to bottom edge of rear panel; wear to 1/8 inch of spine head and additional minor, if not trivial wear to edges, corners and extremities. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket. Special bookseller edition with facsimiles of two letters bound in from Doubleday Sales Manager Fred Murray to the author, and the author's reply. Signed by author on first blank page.
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Herman Wouk. The Caine Mutiny (Deluxe Edition). Doubleday & Co., New York, 1952.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 24cm x 15cm. 494pp. Deluxe Edition which has been SIGNED by Herman Wouk. With printed letters from the publisher and author bound in for presentation for this illustated edition. Dark blue cloth in color pictorial dust jacket. Map endpapers. Jacket has some small tears and creases at edges. This book won the Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. Doubleday, New York, 1952.
Price: US$269.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is the first illustrated edition. Signed by Wouk to ffep. Letter from Sales Manager at Doubleday bound in, indicating his book was a Christmas gift in 1952 to Doubleday booksellers, and asking him to sign these copies. Wouk's thank you letter to booksellers also bound in. Spine ends slightly softened; slight offset from DJ to ffep. DJ in mylar is slightly clipped but the $6.00 price remains intact. DJ is chipped/creased at edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
WOUK, Herman.. The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II.. Doubleday & Company, New York, 1952.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: xiv, 494 pp. With Paintings by Lawrence Beall Smith. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First illustrated edition; for presentation to booksellers with printed letters from the publisher and author tipped in; signed by Herman Wouk. Bookplate on the blank leaf opposite the half-title; some light use to the cloth at extremities; the jacket is price-clipped with one small chip and a light stain on the rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny (SIGNED Plus SIGNED CAST ITEMS). Doubleday, New York, 1952.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated Later Printing (21st- November 21, 1952). Dark navy boards with silver lettering on spine; blue-green top staining on top page block (not the more common 'Illustrated edition'). 2nd state DJ with 'City Boy' on rear cover. DJ price-clipped with sunning to spine; some edge wear; closed tear; and chips to spine ends and corners; mylar protected. 498 pages. SIGNED by Herman Wouk on a bookplate affixed to dedication page (signature only). From the famous 1954 flm version of the novel: Attached to half-title [age is a card SIGNED by VAN JOHNSON (played 'Lt. Steve Maryk'); another card SIGNED by JOSE FERRER (played 'Lt. Barney Greenwld'); and a cut signature slip SIGNED by E.G. MARSHALL (played 'Lt. Comander Hallee'). Laid-in is a card SIGNED and inscribed by MAY WYNN (played 'May Wynn'); a card SIGNED by STANLEY KRAMER (film's Producer); a notecard SIGNED and inscribed by TOM TULLY (played 'Comander DeVriess'); and a card SIGNED by FRED MACMURRAY (played 'Lt. Tom Keefe'). Pulitzer Prize winner. Nice copy for the Wouk--Caine Mutiny fan or collector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Herman Wouk. The Caine Mutiny. Doubleday, 1952.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Illustrated Edition/First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Good or better Original dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to the front free paper. Illustrations by Lawrence Beall Smith. This illustrated edition was published in the year after the first edition; this edition was sent out to booksellers by Doubleday as a Christmas present; included are correspondence between Wouk and Doubleday and a promotional card laid in that also went to the booksellers. A unique item for the Wouk fan; relatively scarce in the marketplace in collectible condition. This copy is in near fine condition with only light rubbing to the edges and mild soiling to the text block, else fine; housed in a clean and bright good or better dust jacket that shows moderate rubbing and chipping to the panel ends and edges, especially along the top of the back panel, and a couple of tears to the back panel that have had some minor tape repair done on the inside of the jacket. Overall, a handsome copy that presents well in a fresh Mylar cover. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($6.00 intact), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny.. Doubleday & Co., Garden City:, 1952.
Price: US$880.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED BY HERMAN WOUK on the title-page, and ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY HIM AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS TO HIS IN-LAWS on the half-title. A wonderful association copy of Wouk's great novel subsequently made into an Academy Award winning movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer and Van Johnson. Size: 8vo.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.