Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead (SIGNED label by author laid in). Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Shelf 296. SIGNED title page by Mailer laid in from one of his other books -that way when we bought a Mailer collection). Text clean; front hinge cracked; small amount of writing on half title page and FFEP; paper lightly tanned; DJ price clipped and covered by plastic and has significant wear including front flap nearly separated, spine strip tanned, general wear, chips and closed tears to edges and flap folds; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS .
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Holt Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1948.
Price: US$52.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edition not stated, probable book club. SIGNED (without inscription) by Mailer below his name on the title page. Very good condition. Previous owner name neatly written on the flyleaf, Lacks dustjacket. (box 62)
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead (SIGNED). Rinehart & Company, Inc., New York * Toronto, 1948.
Price: US$52.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This jacketless copy of "The Naked and the Dead" is 8-1/4 inches tall in brown textured boards with a "flame" device stamped in black to lower corner of front board. Small, half-inch tear to cloth at top of spine. Dated 1948 with no later dates, states "Printed . . . by the Haddon Craftsmen, Inc., Scranton, PA.", but NO statement of edition. Also NO book-club deboss, and no book-club alphanumeric code to gutter of last page of text, so we don't know what edition or printing this thing is, other than the fact it has to be pre-1960. What we do know is that it's signed "Norman Mailer" (name only) to title page, and this is a "live" signature -- the pressure marks of the pen can be seen and felt to verso and even to following page. Mailer's first novel -- of the war in the Pacific -- won him lasting fame, and was considered "hard-bitten" at the time, though modern readers may be a bit surprised to discover that in 1948 the famed tough guy (1923-2007) apparently didn't know how to spell the common (if somewhat coarse) Anglo-Saxon word for reproductive behavior (even in dialog), preferring "fug" for all uses. 721 pp. Reduced from $117.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart & Co, New York, 1948.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards have some wear, especially at top and bottom of spine and at board tips. Foredges are toned. Slight indentation on bottom rear board and bumping at board tips. DJ ( now under protective cover) is missing several pieces, one at top of spine and one at top right and bottom right of front panel. Otherwise wear especialliy along creases. Not price-clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$116.00 + shipping
Description: THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, Rinehart, 1948, some wear to the lower front foredge corner tip, else just about a vg copy. SIGNED by the author. Along with Jones' FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and Shaw's THE YOUNG LIONS, one of the major novels of WW2. Quite scarce thus.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman.. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD.. Rinehart & Co: NY, 1948.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Description: 8.5 x 5.5, black boards, 721 pp, extremities worn and bumped, hinges loose, contents edge toned, in rubbed, edge worn, edge torn, creased and darkened (esp spine) dust jacket. Later printing (with no Rinehart seal), dust jacket with $4.00 price. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Rinehart and Company: NY, 1948.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 721pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine with vertical crease, contents used but still okay, in a rubbed, edge-worn/torn/chipped and stained dustjacket. Later printing (no "R" on copyright page), but dustjacket has seven blurbs on rear flap, and Mailer's photo is on rear cover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NORMAN MAILER, ON TITLE PAGE.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 721 pages. Inscribed on the front free end paper, "To --- a friend of my dad's, Norman Mailer, February 1949". Later printing without the Rinehart logo on the copyright page. The new facsimile dust jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. The spine of the book has wear at the top and bottom, minor chipping. A 1/2" tear at the top of the spine has been repaired. Interior of book is clean, no marks. Attractive with the new facsimile dust jacket.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
MAILER, Norman. The Naked and The Dead (Signed). Rinehart, NY, 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in tan boards stamped in black. Second-state dustwrapper (w/$4.00 price) shows a bit of edgewear to extremes, but shows quite well protected in mylar. top edge. Laid in is a 3" x 5" card signed by the author. Even after a lifetime of writing, many consider this Mailer's best book.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company, New York, 1948.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 721pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black textured paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title and 2 single ruled lines on the spine. The spine is rolled, and the edges of the spine and covers are abraded. There are several small splits in the backstrip at the foot. In a worn, price-clipped dust jacket, with 4 pieces of tape backing long tears in the front panel and the jacket's spine. Signed edition of the author's highly successful, and Pulitzer Prize winning, first book that was based on the author's own wartime experiences. Signed by Mailer on the title page. "I came out of the Army with an idea for a novel about a long patrol, an idea which had been bound in its origins to a mountain which was to serve as both an actual mass of stone and as a symbolic base for the book. The original conception was allegorical. The mountain was a consciously ambiguous symbol, something too complex, too tangible, to be defined by language." - Norman Mailer.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead (SIGNED Plus MOVIE-TIE-INS). Rinehart & Co., New York, 1948.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Later printing without Rinehart logo, in 2nd issue DJ with $4.00 price on DJ flap with young Mailer's photo on rear. DJ has some edge wear and spine is sunned. SIGNED by Norman Mailer on bookplate on front end page. 721 pages. Mailer's first book. Also includes laid-in a card SIGNED by actor CLIFF ROBERTSON who starred in Raoul Walsh movie verion of novel (as Lt. Hearn). Also includes laid-on a small signed autograph (mail return address) by actor L.Q. JONES (played Woody Wilson in film). Laid-in is a bookplate SIGNED by JAMES BEST (played Rhidges). Laid-in is a card SIGNED and inscribed by GRACE LEE WHITNEY (played girl in dream sequence). (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Mailer's "The Prisoner of Sex"). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company, New York, 1948.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's first book. Second state dustjacket. 722 pages. A handsome copy.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
MAILER Norman. The Naked and the Dead. , 1948.
Price: US$416.75 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original grey cloth, dust jacket. New York and Toronto, Rinehart & Co. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's first book. Dust jacket with substantial loss to head of spine panel.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
MAILER, Norman.. The Naked and the Dead.. Rinehart and Company, New York, 1948.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 721 pp. 8vo, publisher's black lettered cloth in dust jacket. First edition, later printing in the second dust jacket with the Tribune review on the front flap. A few tiny areas of rubbing to the bottom edge of the binding (where the boards meet the shelf); otherwise unworn, tight and sound in a jacket with some slight use at edges. Signed by Norman Mailer on the title page.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
MAILER, Norman.. The Naked and the Dead.. Rinehart and Company, New York, 1948.
Price: US$489.68 + shipping
Description: Fourth printing (so stated on the d/w flap). Inscribed by the author to noted book collector and New York attorney, Arthur Leonard Ross, who represented many authors but not Mailer. With the bookplate of Ross, some minor wear to the spine ends o/w a better than very good copy in the d/w, which has chipping and wear to the spine ends but is also very good.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company, 1948.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Norman Mailer on half title page. A good copy of the first edition, 1st printing, with first issue of jacket (jacket chipped with wear, light stain to rear panel; book has nicks and snags to spine tips, with some shelf and reading wear; erased pencil inscription just visible on front endpaper). Author's first book; novel set on a Greek island during the Second World War. Notable for the publisher's blurb on both fly leaves of the dust jacket: '. you cannot afford to pass by this astonishing performance' (lower flyleaf). First issue, with publisher's seal and copyright date of 1948 on title page verso, $4 price on jacket (and blurb). 1 b/w Illustration (map). [8], 721 pages.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1st printing, Very Good to Near Fine book that has rubbing, slight bumping and wear to spine ends and bottom edges of boards, tiny closed tear at top of spine, touch of color loss within back gutter, light age toning to page edges; in a Very Good jacket that has edge wear, several small closed tears and very small chips, some color loss at corners, along folds and along jacket edges, mild rubbing and touch of age toning along top of back panel and edges of flaps. The jacket is not the 1st state and does not have the blurb for readers by Stanley Rinehart. The Rinehart colophon is present on the copyright page and front flap shows price of $4.00. This copy of Mailer s acclaimed first novel has a 3 by 5 card laid-in with an inscription: To Orville W. Jafke with my best wishes, signed by Mailer.
Seller: Squid Ink Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. (Signed in book). NY: Rinehart and Company (1948)., 1948.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman.. The Naked and the Dead.. NY. Rinehart & Co. 1948., 1948.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition (With Rinehart seal on copyright page). Only 25,000 copies printed. With a signed bookplace laid in, autographed by Norman Mailer. Splendid photograph by G. Mailard Kesslere of the 25-year old Mailer on the rear panel. VG-/VG- in black paper-covered boards with light wear to extremities, especially to the top and bottom of the spine and the bottom edge. Bright, crisp white lettering on spine and a 1" closed tear at the top center of the spine of the dustjacket and the book. Jacket lightly worn and edge-rubbed with tear as noted; with original price of $4.00 at the top of the inside front flap.In first issue dustjacket with blurb/essay by Stanley Rinehart which concludes: "If you have read Thomas Boyd's Through the Wheat, Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and Ernest Hemingway's Farewell to Arms, or Three Soldiers, you cannot afford to pass by this astonishing performance by a young man who at twenty-five knows more about the core of man than many a writer of twice his years." First Edition (With Rinehart seal on copyright page).
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. the Naked and the Dead. Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A later printing in very good condition signed by Mailer on the front endpaper. Very light wear to the jacket and a small puncture hole to the spine. The spine of the jacket is faded and some wear to the spine ends of the book itself, otherwise a very nice copy.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart & Company, 1948.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Near Fine in VG+ price-clipped dust jacket. Fine in black boards (tight with bright white lettering). DJ shows minor chipping to spine ends and 1/2 inch chip to top edge of front panel. A well-above-average first edition of the author's first book. Laid in is an author-signed first day cover dated August 22, 1970 honoring Edgar Lee Masters. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope.
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$844.79 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: New York/London: Rinehart and Company Inc./The New American Library/Michael Joseph, 1948 - 1968 - 1991. First Editions, First Printings. The Naked and the Dead a later impression. Fine copies in (near) fine dustwrappers. The Armies of the Night inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Paul Fritz - with salutations! - Norman Mailer - August 1968." Harlot's Ghost signed by the author on the front free endpaper. CHF 750. These books part of our Catalogue 11: Crime, Spy, Mystery, Adventure, War and Pulp Fiction, a copy of which you can order at from us.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company, Inc. [1948], New York, 1948.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [10], 3-721, [7] pp. Black cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with one full-page map. Signed by the author on the title page, dated June 25th, '97. Ahearn APG 002b. The first state dustwrapper. Mailer's literary cornerstone: a World War II novel set in the Japanese theater, based on Mailer's experiences fighting in the Second World War. A few traces of wear to the boards' edges and a tiny separation between the backstrip and the textblock; jacket has a small chip to its spine panel and small spots of color touch-up (black marker) to its reverse.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead First Edition Signed. Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Norman Mailer / The Naked and the Dead / Signed 1st Edition, 1st Printing, of the Authors First Book MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company, Inc., New York: [1948]. First edition, First printing. Boldly signed by Norman Mailer on the title-page in black ink. A fine first edition (with the Rinehart circled R on the copyright page) in a good dust jacket with some small short tears to spine corners and minor rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket with original price of 4.00, un-clipped and photo of Mailer on rear panel. Clean copy with bookplate but no previous owners notations. Overall, a fine signed first edition of the first of Mailers 11 best sellers, boldly signed by him on the title page. Nicely preserved in a custom archival mylar.
Seller: Weinstein-Perez Rare Books, Studio City, CA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead: A Novel. Rinehart and Company, 1948.
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing in a 1st state dust jacket with the "R" colophon on the copyright page, "A Word from the Publisher" blurb on the front flap with no reviews and $4.00 price intact; A Near Fine book in a Very Good plus dust jacket. SIGNED card laid in. A beautiful copy of this classic of World War II fiction. This book is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright lettering on the spine, and clean, white pages with just a hint of foxing to the edges; The spine ends and board edges are rubbed, particularly the lower edges, and a ghost of a tape mark is present to both the front and rear end papers. The very good plus dust jacket shows some minor chipping to the spine ends, the spine shows some light fading, and the back panel and flaps show some age darkening, else NF to F. Overall, a wonderful example of a book that is notoriously hard to find in collectible condition, enhanced with the author's laid in signature. An absolute must for any WWII collection and a classic of the 20th century! In archival protection and ships in a new, sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company (1948), New York, 1948.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead (inscribed by Norman Mailer to Sally Soames). Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer. Rinehart, 1948 first American edition first printing. Presentation inscription from the author to Sally Soames: "To Sally, the only photographer I've met who is scrupulous at keeping her word, and is wondrously cheerful about it" to the first, with spotting to endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, the first rubbed with chips to extremities, upper panel detached, During one of his sittings, photographer Sally Soames was able to dismarm the notoriously egotistical Noman Mailer, who loathed being photographed, but they struck up a rapport and he ended up writing the preface to one of her books. Speaking of his hatred for photography, Mailer wrote "It is Sally Soames's gift to take that arid and mutually exploitative encounter, and turn it into the rarest of media transactions an agreeable 10 minutes between two strangers who thereby are left with a simple reminder that fellowship is also a communion natural to us". Rare personally inscribed copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
MAILER Norman. The Naked and the Dead. , 1948.
Price: US$1607.85 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in white, dust jacket. New York, Rinehart. Signed by the author to the title page. A very good copy, with rubbing to edges of the jacket.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart, New York, 1948.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead.. Rinehart and Company, New York, 1948.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: 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 . . . 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). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead.. Rinehart and Company, New York, 1948.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: 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 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). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart and Company, 1948.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rinehart and Company, New York 1948. First Edition / First Printing. Dated 1948 with the Rinehart logo on the copyright page. Signed by Norman Mailer on a page after the front endpaper. I guarantee the signature to be authentic. Book Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, name at the endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, short tear. Pulitzer Prize Winning first book by this author.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman (1923-2007). The Naked and the Dead. New York : Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$2149.46 + shipping
Description: 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). 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart & Company; (1948), NY, 1948.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman (1923-2007). The Naked and the Dead. New York : Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$2350.00 + shipping
Description: 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). 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Norman Mailer. The Naked and the Dead (Signed by Norman Mailer). NY & Toronto: Rinehart & Co., 1948.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition, First State of the classic debut novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, published in an initial printing of only 25,000 copies. A well-worn, much used copy, sadly stained on foredge pages, in a much better than very good First State dust jacket (priced at $4.00, and with Mailers photo on rear panel). Basis for the 1958 Raoul Walsh film starring Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson and Raymond Massey. Title ranks at #51 on the Modern Library 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. This copy is boldly signed on the half-title page by Norman Mailer.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead (Uncorrected proof). Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: 721 pages. Advance copy of the debut novel by the author who would go on to win two Pulitzer Prizes. Based in part on Mailer's experiences in World War II. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Spine toned and concave, with wear to the flap folds. Inscribed by the author to a noted book collector: 'To Don Kaufmann / I saw galleys on The Naked and the Dead while living in Paris through the winter of 1947-1948, but this edition put together before publication for reviewers was never glimpsed by me until after my return to the states in 1948. / Norman Mailer / Sept. '75.' A unique copy of this important book.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart & Company, 1948.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with "R" printed on the copyright page SIGNED by Mailer on a laid in signature. A stunning First Issue dustjacket with Mailer picture on the back panel. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $4.00 price present on the front flap without the common ubiquitous fading to the spine. The book is in excellent condition. 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 or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Norman Mailer. A beautiful First Issue dustjacket with Mailer picture on the back panel of the dustjacket. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $4.00 price present on the front flap with light wear to the edges. The book is in wonderful condition. The binding is tight with no cocking or leans. The boards are crisp with slight wear to the spine. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Mailer First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
MAILER, Norman. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Rinehart and Company Inc. (1948), New York, 1948.
Price: US$6250.00 + shipping
Description: 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. 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
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart, 1948.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with R in a circle printed on the copyright page. A spectacular copy that is authentically SIGNED by Norman Mailer on the title page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's black cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. Rinehart, New York, 1948.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 721pp., black cloth d.w. N.Y.: Rinehart, (1948). First Edition. Very fine copy with review slip announcing publication on May 6, 1948, and a glossy publicity photo of Mailer. Presentation copy, 1976.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.