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The Naked and the Dead

by Norman Mailer

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  • Hardcover
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Rinehart & Co., January 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition with the Rinehart symbol on the copyright page. First issue dustjacket. Not quite Very Good in a lesser dustjacket. Moderate shelf wear, corners and spine ends rubbed through, binding tight, no offsetting, but some residue where the DJ flaps were once taped to the pastedowns. The jacket is not price-clipped, moderate rubbing at the peripheries and gutters, two shallow chips at the top of the spine.

Synopsis

Acclaimed as a successful expression of the futility of war, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei during World War II. The novel, which embodies wartime disillusionment, is partly based on Mailer’s own experiences with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Through its four parts, The Naked and the Dead addresses themes of loneliness, death of fear and dying, and brotherhood. The novel is written in gritty, journalistic detail. However, this tone was dialed back as publishers persuaded Mailer to use to euphemism “fug” in lieu of the mother of all curse words — the “F” word — in his novel. The Naked and the Dead sold 200,000 copies in its first three months and was a New York Times best seller for over a year. Despite some controversy among critics, the novel remains important in American literature. The Naked and the Dead is ranked 51st on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1958.

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Bookseller
Dunaway Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
190799
Title
The Naked and the Dead
Author
Norman Mailer
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Rinehart & Co.
Date Published
January 1948

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Shelf Wear
Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Copyright page
The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Flap(s)
The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

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