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Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little Brown, New York, 1979.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Norman Mailer's massive novel that wom the Pulitzer prize and formed the basis of the movie stairing Tommy Lee Jones, A glimpse into the tormented world of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who was put to death by a firing squad in Utah in 1977. Light edgewear edges of dj spine. Light scratch and some rubbing to front flap. Light soiling to text block and FFEP.
Seller: Nothing Like a Good Book, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1979.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by author on half-title page. Blue cloth with gilt and white spine titling. Orange endpapers. Illustrated jacket with author photo on back. Bumping to spine ends, sunning to top edge of boards and light soiling to text block edges. Price-clipped jacket with minor edge wear and chipping. Previous owner's name, "J. Gioia" on a front blank leaf. Joe Gioia was a senior editor at Modern Photography, a contributing editor at American Photo, an early contributor to Salon[dot]com, and the author of The Guitar and the New World: A Fugitive History and Divide's Guide to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book comes from his private estate.
Seller: Elk River Books (ABAA/ILAB), Livingston, MT, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little, Brown and Company, 1979.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED, without inscription, by Norman Mailer on the half title page. The volume is lightly bumped on the spine ends, has a small ownership sticker on the front endpaper, and the binding is a tad wobbly. The price clipped dust jacket, protected in a sleeve, has light edge wear to include corner and spine nicks.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1979.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine, first edition book in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Navy blue cloth covered boards with publisher's logo blind-stamped on the front panel. Silver and bronze gilt lettering on the spine. Upper- and lower-most board edges are sunned. Slight age-toning to external page edges. Oversize of book causes a slightly shaken impression. Internally clean and with snug text block. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs. Back panel is sunned along edges. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1979.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by Norman Mailer on a bookplate attached to top of front end page (signature only). Some page egde browning. DJ lightly rubbed with some tiny closed tears at spine top and small crease on front lower flap. $16.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. 1056pages. Also includes laid-in a card SIGNED and inscribed by ELI WALLACH, who played 'Uncle Vern Damico' in 1982 TV film version of novel. Pulitizer Prize winner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$349.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize. 1,056 pages. Great, collectible copy!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1979.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston, MA, Little Brown, 1979. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR AND SIGNED (Magriel) BY FORMER OWNER, AUTHOR/BACKGAMMON CHAMPION PAUL MAGRIEL. Early reprint. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with silver and gilt lettering embossed on spine, pastel orange endpapers, 1056 pp. Dust jacket slightly curled at top edge, bindings are faded at top edge, small discolorations. Appears gently read. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioners Song (Signed Bookplate with letter). Little Brown, 1979.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An VG + First edition.signed by Mr. Mailer on his bookplate.with a copy of a letter by Mailer.along with a First edition of Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore, brother of Gary Gilmore. Minimal edgewear on spine crown.v.This bookplate is signed and dated. along with these items is a letter on Norman Mailers stationary talking about the book 'Executioners Song' and talks about Teddy Kennedy. A great comination of items
Seller: Bob Lemkowitz , rhinebeck, NY, U.S.A.
Norman Mailer. The Executioner's Song. Little Brown and Company, 1979.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition Stated $16.95 On Flap. Rare Presentation By The Author."To Mary Elizabeth by way a guy she knows well Cheer Norman Mailer Nov '92." Gorgeous copy Of This Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little, Brown and Company, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG / VG+. 1st Printing, stated 1st Edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR half-title during Sacramento book tour. Although there is some minor give, Book remains securely bound, is very faintly and uniformly age toned and, except for light dots of stain on bottom and smudge on fore edge, is otherwise free of markings and blemishes. Cover is clean and bright, with whisper of age fading along edge of front baord, sharp corners, gently bumped joints and tail, straight headcap, hinge, spine and edges, and boldly legible, crisply distinct lettering and design. Dust Jacket is unclipped, reflecting original USD $16.95 price, with minor chipping at the corners and joints, hint of age toning along top edge of interior, rubbing to head and tail, 2 small tears (<1/4", no loss) - none of which impair legibility of lettering or clarity of design, artwork or Author image. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0316544175.ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. ADDITIONAL CHARGE (DUE TO APPROX 4.5# SHIPPING WEIGHT) WILL APPLY IF SHIPPED OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL US; CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos.
Seller: ShiroBooks, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song. Little Brown, 1979.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition inscribed, dated 1979, and signed by Mailer. A very nice copy.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Executioner's Song **Signed**. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1979.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Norman Mailer on front end page - signature only. First Edition stated. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Some rubbing on bottom page edges.Book is tight and clean inside. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.
Seller: All-Ways Fiction, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG. Little, Brown and Company, Boston and Toronto, 1979.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime novel, detailing murder and punishment in the "moneyless side of the modern West" (jacket). THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG is Norman Mailer's best-known work, "a romance of the ordinary," "an arduous, heroic response to this lumpish world" (Kellman). Mailer tells the story of murderer Gary Gilmore, an advocate for his own execution, who manages to finally put himself in front of a firing squad as the first man executed after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Painstakingly researched with interviews of Gilmore, his friends and family, police, lawyers, and a host of other people associated with Gilmore and his crimes, Mailer weaves a huge volume of details into a narrative that is dense but not overloaded. His artistry earned THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, as well as glowing reviews from literary notables Joan Didion, David Lodge, Christopher Ricks, and many others. The most popular work during the author's lifetime, increasingly viewed as the work for which he will be best remembered. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original blue cloth binding with silver and bronze titles. Original color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($16.95), designed by Marge Anderson with photograph by Roger Ward. Yellow endpapers. 1056 pages. Inscribed by Mailer to front flyleaf "To Saul / on the avenue / Cheers / Norman Mailer / Oct '79." Jacket with light foxing to verso. Clean and tight.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.