American Dream by Norman Mailer, First Edition (138 results)

1st printing. Set in NYC, a mythic tale of action and horror American-style. Bright tight PB 1st. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, 270 pp. VeryGood with sporadic readers markings in first 55 pp only Trade PB in glossy white illus wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Set in New York City, Mailer's first novel in 10 years explores the dark side of the American Dream over a 32-hour time period in the life of Stephen Richards Rojack--war hero/college professor/talk show host/husband--and murderer. Orig. serialized in Esquire magazine in slightly different form in 1964 & published in hardcover in 1965 (see our listing #020503 for a First Edition), this is the 6th printing (1975) of the First (1970) Mass Market Paperback edition from Dell (#0129). Condition is Near Fine: appears just slightly less crisp than Brand New & feels never opened! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages evenly tanned, but no markings of any kind. Just a hint of edgewear & a tiny spot to lower fore edge. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

PB 12mo G+/-- 1st Ed. 252 pages. 1st printing thus (March 1966). Light scuffing to wraps; crease at front wrap/spine hinge; very slight age darkening to text page edges; few light pencil check marks noted on margins of few pages; tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Boards in gray paper and blue cloth spine, very good, spine slightly cocked. Decent reading copy of this important novel of the 1960s.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good/Sl Chipped Dj. 1st. 1/4" hole on fly. Magic marked out line on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback w/ jacket; unmarked; no bent/torn pp.; jacket in only fair condition; wear at edges; about 1/3" inch tear back top.

First edition Near fine and bright stiff wraps with trifle chip to cover.

First edition Near fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and bright text throughout. Trifle chip to cover.

mass market paperback. first thus. first printing March 1966. #00466. good: spine crease, slight edge and corner wear, clean text, tight binding.

Condition: Fair. 1965. First Edition. 271 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to page edges throughout, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine to Very Fine. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. Vintage Paperback, Dell 0129; one of Mailer's best works -- a war hero/politician/professor explores the best and worst in himself and New York City, including murder; some age-tanning, apparently read once and shelved; wrappers show slight reading crease, minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Anne BARRY PHOTO DJ (illustrator). first edition,2p; Second printing". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S4.95) DUST JACKET,CLEAN, SOLID; Silver spine titles on dark blue cloth hardcovers.dark blue endpapers.FRONT DJ DESIGN by PAUL BACON. back panel dj has large photo portrait of author with anxious look,.bit rubbed . Ninteen Sixty Five" Title Page Date.COVER SHOWS AN AMERICAN FLAG WITH 1" PHTO OF GIRL. ; 270pg pages; ."Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner's Song. As Rojack runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty.

Paperback. Condition: VG. 1st Thus. Slight page browning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with spotting. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition with original '4.95' price. Wear and creases to the jacket. Pages are tanning.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Tiny creases to the corners of the covers, and slight rubbing to some edges - nevertheless, this copy has obviously never been read because the binding and text are so tight. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 252 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition, First Printing. Mailer's fourth novel and seventh book describes thirty-two hours in the life of college professor and war hero Stephen Rojack during a 1960s existential journey on Manhattan's East Side; boards are edgeworn, top of spine bumped, front hinge beginning to loosen, previous owner's name and address on fep; dustjacket is whole but rubbed and edgeworn with small chip at top of spine and closed, small triangular tear near bottom of spine. A reading/study copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by The Library of America, 2018. Octavo in slipcase. Book is like new. Clean and crisp with no writing or ownership markings. Binding tight and pages crisp. Sharp corners and spine straight. Publisher insert included. No dust jacket in slipcase as issued. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. First printing. Original price of $4.95 printed on dust jacket front flap. Jacket has light spine end wear now protected with paper backed polyester film. Book has no writing or marking.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Slight lean to spine. First printing. Jacket has rubbing on rear panel and chipping at head of spine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

PAPERBACK. Condition: VG-NF. 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.35.

Condition: Gut. Deutsche Erstausgabe. 382 (2) Seiten. Einbandgtestaltung: Herbert Karl Traue. Sehr guter Zustand. - Norman Mailer führt in die faszinierende, von gespenstischen Visionen genährte Welt des modernen New York: Sex, Gewalttätigkeit, Mord, der Sieg des Bösen. Mailer karikiert diese Elemente seines Alptraumes in einer Übersteigerung, als seien sie schon Mythos der menschlichen Existenz. Stephen Rojack, Frontsoldat und Ex-Politiker, Psychiater und Fernsehstar, Erzähler der eigenen Tragödie, tötet seine Frau und vertuscht ihren Tod als Selbstmord. Wird man die Wahrheit herausfinden, oder wird Rojack davonkommen und seine Liebe der Barsängerin Cherry beweisen, der er in der Mordnacht begegnet. . - Norman Kingsley Mailer (* 31. Januar 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey; 10. November 2007 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. . Die produktivste Zeit: Politisch links orientiert entwickelte sich Norman Mailer zu einem scharfen Kritiker der US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft. Für seine Reportage über die amerikanische Protestbewegung gegen den Vietnamkrieg Heere aus der Nacht erhielt er 1969 den Pulitzer-Preis, ebenso 1980 für Gnadenlos (The Executioner's Song), einen Tatsachenroman über den Mörder Gary Gilmore und dessen Hinrichtung im Jahr 1977. In dem Dokumentarfilm When we were kings (Regie: Leon Gast; 1994 Oscar für den besten Dokumentarfilm) kommentierte er gemeinsam mit George Plimpton den historischen Boxkampf Rumble in the Jungle (dt.: Der Kampf im Dschungel"), zwischen dem damaligen Schwergewichts-Weltmeister George Foreman und dem Ex-Weltmeister Muhammad Ali, der am 30. Oktober 1974 in Kinshasa (Zaire, heute: Demokratische Republik Kongo) stattfand. Norman Mailer schrieb darüber das Buch The Fight. Norman Mailer veröffentlichte 1973 eine Biografie über Marilyn Monroe, die ursprünglich als Essay geplant war, sich aber zu einer Art Romanbiografie entwickelte, die allerdings keinem Anspruch auf Richtigkeit standzuhalten vermag. Dasselbe gilt für seinen 2007 erschienenen Roman über Adolf Hitler, in dem er letztlich nicht Hitler, sondern den 'Teufel' für Hitlers Taten verantwortlich erklärt. Außerdem verfasste er biografische Romane über Pablo Picasso und Lee Harvey Oswald. Mailer kandidierte erfolglos für das Amt des Bürgermeisters in New York und war in den 1980er-Jahren zeitweise Präsident der US-amerikanischen Sektion der Autorenvereinigung P.E.N.-Club. Seit 1968 trat Mailer auch als Filmregisseur in Erscheinung. Die letzten Jahre: 1999 verurteilte Mailer den Einsatz der NATO im Kosovokrieg.[4] Ende April 2005 übergab Mailer sein privates Archiv von über 10.000 Briefen, bisher unveröffentlichten Erzählungen sowie weiteren Aufzeichnungen und Manuskripten an die University of Texas und erhielt dafür 2,5 Millionen Dollar.[5] 2005 war Mailer Gaststar in der Serie Gilmore Girls, in der er als Autor im Dragonfly Inn, dem Hotel, das einer der Hauptfiguren, Lorelai Gilmore, gehört, interviewt wird. Sein Sohn Stephen Mailer spielte den Interviewer. Die Folge heißt Tanz der Hormone (Norman Mailer, I'm pregnant). Mailer solidarisierte sich 2006 mit Günter Grass, als dieser vor allem von vielen Journalisten kritisiert wurde wegen seines späten Bekenntnisses zu seiner sechsmonatigen SS-Mitgliedschaft am Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges.[6] Mailer verteidigte Grass: Hätte ich in seinen Schuhen gesteckt, wäre ich wohl bei der SS gelandet." Das lange Schweigen von Grass verglich er mit seiner Messerattacke 1960 auf seine damalige Frau Adele, die Mailer eine Strafe von fünf Jahren Haft auf Bewährung einbrachte. Er wäre einfach überfordert, die Komplexität seiner Gedanken bei der Tat literarisch darzustellen, was er auch Grass zugute hielt.[7] Mailer heiratete insgesamt sechs Mal, hatte neun Kinder und lebte zuletzt mit dem ehemaligen Fotomodell Norris Church in Provincetown, Cape Cod. Norman Mailer verstarb am 10. November 2007 im Alter von 84 Jahren an Nierenversagen im Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Aus: wikipedia-Norman_Mailer Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 460 19 cm. Graues Leinen mit Kopffarbschnitt.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, in a very fine jacket. book is also very good++, unfortunately the F.E.P. has been removed, and there is one previous owner's inscription. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 271pp, green boards. Red top edge has run slightly on first few pages, not affecting text. Previous owner's name on inner board and old price. The text is clean - a good 'reading copy'.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, including a few small chips and tears. Toning to jacket. Small ink stamp to FEP and half title page. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First Edition. Hardcover. 271pp. Top edge dyed red slightly bleeding onto endpapers, otherwise V.g in dustwrapper rubbed along edges with few minor nicks.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+ DW. 1st Edition. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket (25s net) are in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. (NOT book club).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 308 pages. A collection of essays, poems, interviews and open letters to political figures. First British edition (first printing). A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket. Some foxing.