The Deer Park
by Norman Mailer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
Norman Mailer was born in 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. In 1955, he was one of the co-founders of The Village Voice . He is the author of more than thirty books, including The Naked and the Dead ; The Armies of the Night , for which he won a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; The Executioner's Song , for which he won his second Pulitzer Prize; Harlot's Ghost ; Oswald's Tale ; The Gospel According to the Son , The Castle and the Forest and On God . Mr. Mailer passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2007.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 854M14
- Title
- The Deer Park
- Author
- Norman Mailer
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allan Wingate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Hollywood Norman Mailer Roman a clef Norman Mailer
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
About Rooke Books
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
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