The Naked and The Dead by Norman Mailer First Edition, First Printing $700.00.
Rinehart & Company, Inc. New York 1948. First issue dust jacket in near fine condition with only minimal wear to the book and unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket. This is the first issue jacket with “A Word From The Publisher to The Reader” on the front flap which was removed in later issues of the dust jacket. A remarkable clean copy of this epic World War II literature book which was Mailer’s first book published when he was just age 25. Very inconspicuous small booksellers label to rear pastedown, minimal wear to the very well cared for book. Beautiful dust jacket design by Karov.
