first edition Hardcover
1948 · New York
by MAILER, Norman
New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A bit of rubbing along the bottom of the boards as usual, else near fine in very near fine second state dustwrapper with a couple of pinhead sized rubbed spots. Both the first and second state jacket appeared on the first edition. The author's first book, a stunning debut which ranks among the best American war novels ever written. *Burgess 99*. (Inventory #: 430970)