Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional, first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer. First Edition stated, 1979 Little Brown. First Printing with no subsequent printing
The book exterior is in Very Good condition with bright boards with spots, strong title gilt on a straight spine, some smudges on page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the third free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making this an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface, heavy edge wear, and the $16.95 retail price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song won the Pulitzer Prize. A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
Large volume ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
