ANCIENT EVENINGS
Mailer, Norman
From Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 3, 2018
From Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 3, 2018
About this Item
SIGNED by the Author in black ink on the front free red endpaper, thick & tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/8" x 1 7/8"), black cloth with gold & shiny scarlet lettering on spine & Egyptian symbols on front cover, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the great pyramid during a red sunrise, red endpapers, 709 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 5 oz. BARBARY SHORE was Norman Mailer's second published novel, written after Mailer's great success with his 1948 debut The Naked and the Dead. It concerns a protagonist who rents a room in a Brooklyn boarding house with the intention of writing a novel. Wounded during World War II, he is an amnesiac, and much of his past is a secret to himself. Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and political activist. His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His best-known work is often considered to be The Executioner's Song (1979) winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Mailer's Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction and the National Book Award. SUPERIOR CONDITION internally: clean, tight, and bright. Mini-bump lower right corner of front cover and nick to corner of dj. No previous owner or remainder marks. First Edition [printing not specified: presumed first]. Seller Inventory # 8628
Bibliographic Details
Title: ANCIENT EVENINGS
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, Boston and New York
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Very Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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