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Author: Mailer, Norman
Title: The Naked and the Dead
Place: New York
Publisher: Rinehart
Date: [1948]
Item # : 162370
Sale Number   327
Lot Number   388
Sale Name    
The Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature, plus Modern Literature
Sale Date   03/09/2006
Price realized   $ 287
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Description:
Black cloth, spine lettered in white, jacket designed by Karov. First Edition, First Issue.
First edition of the author's first book. First printing with publisher's circled "R" on the copyright page. First issue jacket in the red and black coloring and the publisher's original printed "$4.00" price present.
Condition:
A vertical and horizontal crease across jacket, tears (1" to 2") at the fold ends, a few small stains to upper rear panel; some wear to edges and rear volume joint, corners a bit bumped, 1" split to head of spine; binding shaken; still very good, jacket about very good.
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