The Caine Mutiny.

WOUK, Herman.

Item Number: 2873

Garden City: Doubleday, 1951.

Facsimile edition of the first edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Herman Wouk on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

The Caine Mutiny was published in March, 1951 and word of mouth quickly spread and a second printing was issued in April 1951, and four more printings in June alone. By September 1951, The Caine Mutiny had become the best-selling novel in the country. The book remained on the best-seller list for two and a half years, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1952. The Caine Mutiny was both a Broadway play and a Hollywood film starring Humphrey Bogart in an unforgettable performance as Captain Queeg.