Barbary Shore.
by MAILER, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light soiling to fore-edge; else a sharp copy in a very nice example of the green jacket. The white lettering on the spine is s
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Rinehart and Co.,, [1951].. First edition with Rinehart device on copyright page.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Light soiling to fore-edge; else a sharp copy in a very nice example of the green jacket. The white lettering on the spine is slightly browned, and there are a few minor areas of rubbing to the edges. An attractive copy.. 8vo,. Author's second book.
Synopsis
Barbary Shore is 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. After Rinehart & Company published the novel in 1951, it received poor reviews and sold poorly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25956
- Title
- Barbary Shore.
- Author
- MAILER, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Light soiling to fore-edge; else a sharp copy in a very nice example of the green jacket. The white lettering on the spine is s
- Edition
- First edition with Rinehart device on copyright page.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Co.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1951].
- Pages
- 312 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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