Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional, first hardcover edition, second printing hardcover copy of The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition by Norman Mailer. 50th Anniversary Edition stated, August 2000 Picador. First Printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with two corner creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a straight spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Dead received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since enjoyed a long and well-deserved tenure in the American canon. Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows a platoon of Marines who are stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948 with the wisdom of a man twice Mailer’s age and the raw courage of the young man he was, The Naked and the Dead is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
