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First Edition of Norman Mailer's Advertisements for Myself; Inscribed by Him
MAILER, NORMAN.
Advertisements for Myself.
New York: Putnam and Sons 1959.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For David Cheers Norman Mailer Feb. ’81.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Judy Scheftel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142397
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"All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead": First Edition of The 50th Anniversary Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Lengthily Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, NORMAN.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Henry Holt 2005.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author’s classic first novel. Thick octavo, original boards. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, who has transcribed the first line of this title as follows, “All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead. Norman Mailer.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 842
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“I HATE EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT IN MYSELF”: First British Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, NORMAN.
The Naked and the Dead.
London: Allan Wingate 1949.
First British edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For ________ ________, Spent a winter once in Jamaica, Vermont, back in 1949, Loved it. Cheers Norman Mailer.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James Holland.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 833
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AMERICA’S "BEST WAR NOVEL": FIRST EDITION OF THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, INSCRIBED BY NORMAN MAILER TO JOURNALIST JOE HAAS
MAILER, NORMAN.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Rinehart and Company 1948.
First edition of the author’s first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to journalist Joe Haas, “For Joe Haas in Jamaica after our Lady Norman Mailer May 1969.” Near fine in a very good first issue price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Karov.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 4625
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AMERICA’S "BEST WAR NOVEL": FIRST EDITION OF THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, INSCRIBED BY NORMAN MAILER TO PAUL BARTEL
MAILER, NORMAN.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Rinehart and Company 1948.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Paul after the pleasure of our first meeting Norman Mailer Oct. ’87.” The recipient, Paul Bartel was a director, actor and the creator of such films as Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, Lust in the Dust, among others. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Jacket design by Karov.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 118122
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First editon of The Armies of the Night; Inscribed by Norman Mailer to Christopher Lawford and signed by Noam Chomsky
MAILER, NORMAN [NOAM CHOMSKY].
The Armies of the Night.
New York: The New American Library 1968.
First edition of this nonfiction novel, which went on to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Chris Lawford remembering our good conversation last summer Norman Mailer March 1983.” Additionally signed by one of the subjects, Noam Chomsky. The recipient, Christopher Lawford is an author, activist and member of the Kennedy family and friends with the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 5790
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"I am sorry but I think it's better that the creative process of writers continue to be a mystery": Rare Collection of Signed Author Questionnaires; completed and signed by Ray Bradbury, Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, and Rod Serling
BRADBURY, RAY; NORMAN MAILER; SHIRLEY JACKSON; ROD SERLING.
Ray Bradbury, Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, and Rod Serling Autograph Questionnaires.
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Rare collection of four mimeographed questionnaires sent by James A. Sherlock, a graduate student of City College of New York, to Ray Bradbury, Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, and Rod Serling, completed and signed by each. Eight pages, dated November, 1960, partially printed the questionnaire begins with a typed letter signed by James A. Sherlock politely requesting each author’s responses to several questions for “an original research project aimed at uncovering certain educational factors in the lives of successful writers” with the goal of “find[ing] out if the average successful writer considers his high school education in English a help or a hindrance in preparing him for his profession.” Questions include: “In your high school days, did you prefer to read fiction or non-fiction?”, “Did you favor one or two authors at this time in particular in your high school reading?”, “At approximately what age did you first seriously consider becoming a writer?”, and “In your opinion, how much did your high school English course contribute to your success as a writer?” Each author has completed and signed the questionnaire, Bradbury and Jackson have provided an additional typed paragraph at the conclusion. Bradbury has noted that his favorite authors during high school were “Edgar Allan Poe. Nathaniel Hawthorne”, that he preferred reading “Science-fiction novels, short stories”, that as a high school writer he consciously imitated the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and has left a lengthy typed paragraph at the conclusion of the questionnaire which reads in part, “Work habits should be impressed upon students, in high school. Only by writing and throwing away hundreds of stories can one learn to write… I did not go to college and do not feel it is necessary to do so to write… But high-school training if applied with zest and gusto, should throw the student out into the world ready to start writing… a story a week! No less than that! R.B.” Rather than complete the survey, Mailer has left a signed note, “Dear Mr. Sherlock – I am sorry but I think it’s better that the creative process of writers continue to be a mystery. Norman Mailer.” Shirley Jackson has noted that during high school she preferred reading “Novels, preferably fantasy or even fairy tales”, that she engaged in writing outside of school “Constantly. My mother has my first poem still. Singed ‘Shirley, aged six'” and has left a typed paragraph at the conclusion of the questionnaire which reads in part, “I left college at the end of my second year because I was bored and because I was kicked out, and decided that I would now enter seriously upon my career as a writer, a career I had determined upon — as I said — at the age of six.” Serling has noted that his “interest in people & problems” contributed more than his schooling to his success as a writer and that he first seriously considered becoming a writer at the age of 18. In near fine condition. Signed by all four authors. A rare and desirable collection offering unique insight into the education and influences of four of the formative American writers of the 20th century.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 123507