£100 - £150
Americana. Mailer (Norman), The Deer Park, signed by the author, first UK edition, first impression, London: Allan Wingate, January 1957, original publisher's dustjacket, some very minor chips and general handling wear, over blue cloth boards, 8vo; An American Dream, signed by the author, first edition, New York: The Dial Press, 1965, half-title, original pictorial dustjacket designed by Paul Bacon, some wear, over publisher's blue cloth boards, top edge cut, others uncut, 8vo; Harlot's Ghost, ffep signed and dedicated by the author, first UK edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1991, half-title, original pictorial dustjacket, slightly sunned spine, over blue cloth, 8vo; further 9 works by Norman Mailer unsigned, including Barbary Shore, first UK edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1952, half-title, original pictorial dustjacket over blue cloth, 8vo, etc., all in their original publisher's bindings, mixed sizes, (12)
Provenance: Peter Messent, Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature and former Head of the School of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham.
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