The Naked and the Dead
New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1948. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-721,[7]pp. Bookplates of Charles John Muto mounted to front and rear pastedowns. Light wear to lower board edges, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. In the correct first printing dustjacket, printing text by Stanley Reinhart on the flaps; unclipped (priced $4.00), showing a hint of toning along the upper flap edges, else Fine – with the spine unfaded, and notably, without a trace of the usual heavy rubbing that seems to plague even the best of copies.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first regularly published novel, centered around "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). An uncommonly well-preserved copy. RIDEOUT, p.299. 87822.
Price: $2,500.00