MAILER, Norman. A group of 13 works in 15 volumes, all in original cloth or quarter cloth except where noted, most in unrestored and unclipped original dust jackets, all FIRST EDITION except where noted, condition generally good.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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Lot Description
MAILER, Norman (1923-2007). A group of 13 works , including:
The Naked and the Dead. 1948. FIRST ISSUE, IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. -- Another copy (jacket price-clipped). -- Barbary Shore. 1951. -- The Deer Park. 1955. -- The White Negro. 1957. Original pictorial wraps. FIRST ISSUE. -- Deaths for the Ladies and Other Disasters. 1962. -- Another copy in original printed wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MAILER. -- The Deer Park A Play. 1967. REVIEW COPY with typed letter and card from the literary editor of the Dial Press laid in. -- Why are we in Vietnam? 1967. Second issue. -- Marilyn: A Biography. 1973. FIRST TRADE ISSUE. -- Ancient Evenings. 1983. Original slipcase, shrinkwrap present. LIMITED EDITION, number 267 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MAILER. -- Tough Guys Don't Dance. 1984. Original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 143 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MAILER. -- Huckleberry Finn, Alive at 100. 1985. LIMITED EDITION, number 40 of 250 copies, one of 50 in boards. -- And 2 others. Together, 13 works in 15 volumes, most published in NY, various 4to and 8vo sizes, a few illustrated, all in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, EACH WITH MAILER'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.
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