MAILER, Norman

The Naked and the Dead [Signed]

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. Octavo; full dark brown bonded leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt; silk moiré endpapers; xxii,683pp; illus. Signed by the author following the half-title page. Mild fading to endpaper margins (as usual), else Fine.

Specially signed 30th anniversary edition of Mailer's novel set during World War II, detailing "the capture of a Japanese island in the Pacific by amphibious assault and jungle fighting. Studies the relationship of the individual soldier within the Army organization, shows what the act of fighting does to character, and explores the forces and philosophies that create men's fates" (Coan, p.126). HANNA 2355; RIDEOUT, p.299.

Price: $95.00

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