The Naked and the Dead

The first edition of this classic Norman Mailer book was published by Rinehart and Company in 1948. It was 721 pages long, and the original retail price was $4.00 . The first edition can be identified by the following points: Copyright page has the Rinehart logo (a circle with a script R in the middle). The dust jacket has a review by Stanley Rinehart that begins on the front flap and continue on the back flap.

The Naked and the Dead was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist.

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Picture of the 1948 first edition dust jacket for The Naked and the Dead.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Naked and the Dead.

Picture of dust jacket where original $4.00 price is found for The Naked and the Dead.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Naked and the Dead.

Picture of the first edition Rinehart and Company boards for The Naked and the Dead.

Other first edition points for books by Norman Mailer include: The Executioner's Song, Ancient Evenings, Why Are We in Vietnam?.

   

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