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Lot 150

Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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MAILER, Norman (1923-2007). A group of 14 works of fiction by Mailer, MOST FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED, comprising:

1) The Naked and the Dead. London: Allan Wingate, 1949. FIRST BRITISH EDITION.

2) Barbary Shore. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1951. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER.

3) Deaths for the Ladies (And Other Disasters). New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1962. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER.

4) An American Dream. New York: The Dial Press, 1965. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER.

5) Why Are We in Vietnam? New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1967. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER.

6) Ancient Evenings. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1983. Original cloth; original slipcase; shrinkwrap. LIMITED EDITION, number 100 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MAILER.

7) Tough Guys Don’t Dance. New York: Random House, 1984. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 152 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MAILER.

8) Tough Guys Don’t Dance. New York: Random House, 1984. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER.

9) Tough Guys Don’t Dance. New York: Random House, 1984. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER.

10) Harlot’s Ghost. New York: Random House, 1991. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER on half-title.

11) Harlot’s Ghost. New York: Random House, 1991. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER on half-title.

12) The Gospel According to the Son. New York: Random House, 1995. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER on half-title.

13) The Castle in the Forest. New York: Random House, 2007. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER on half-title.

14) MAILER. The Naked and the Dead. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1948. Later Book Club edition.

Together, 14 works in 14 volumes, all 8vo, in original cloth and publisher’s dust jackets (except where indicated), condition generally fine.

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