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* NVA indicates “no value assigned,” as we think it is rare or unobtainable
* NVA indicates “no value assigned,” as we think it is rare or unobtainable
* [0] or [ ] indicates we are not sure if the item actually states first edition/
* [0] or [ ] indicates we are not sure if the item actually states first edition/printing as we’ve never had a copy
printing as we’ve never had a copy
* [1] indicates the copyright page of the first printing states first printing/edition or First published . . .
* [1] indicates the copyright page of the first printing states first printing/
* [2] indicates the book was a limited edition and this fact is stated in the book
edition or First published . . .
* [3] indicates that the copyright page has a series of numbers beginning with “1”
* [2] indicates the book was a limited edition and this fact is stated in the
* [4] indicates a Random House printing which had “First edition” on copyright page and the numbers “23 45 6...” (on the second printing they took the “First edition” slug off)
book
* [5] indicates that the first printing has an “R” in a circle on the copyright page. This is how Rinehart identified their first editions. They took the “R” off on later printings but never changed the copyright page in any other way
* [3] indicates that the copyright page has a series of numbers beginning
with “1”
* [4] indicates a Random House printing which had “First edition” on
copyright page and the numbers “23 45 6...” (on the second printing
they took the “First edition” slug off)
* [5] indicates that the first printing has an “R” in a circle on the copyright
page. This is how Rinehart identified their first editions. They took the
“R” off on later printings but never changed the copyright page in any
other way


The prices listed below are estimated retail prices based on the copy being in
The prices listed below are estimated retail prices based on the copy being in
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most subject to wear, as books are normally found to be in very good to fine
most subject to wear, as books are normally found to be in very good to fine
condition.
condition.
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| 001a: || THE FOUNDATION. Privately published, California, 1943–44. Mimeographed copies of the work which was then published as “A Calculus at Heaven” in ''Cross-Section: A Collection of American Writing'', edited by Edwin Seaver. New York: L. B. Fisher, 1944, and later reprinted in ''Advertisements for Myself''. || NVA.
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| 002a: || THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Rinehart, New York, 1948. [5] 500 copies. (Malcom Bell 10/98.) Advance reading copy bound in red and black paperwraps with flaps as in final dustwrapper, but glued to the spine. || $3,000.
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| 002b: || THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Rinehart, New York/ Toronto (1948). [5] 25,000 copies (of which possibly 10,000 copies were in the first state dustwrapper). Black boards with white lettering. First state dustwrapper has introductory blurb by Stanley Rinehart comparing Mailer favorably with Hemingway, and others. The second state dustwrapper has review blurbs on front and rear flaps from ''The New York Herald Tribune'', ''the New Yorker'', ''the Philadelphia Inquirer'' and several other publications. (Malcom Bell 10/98) Both are priced $4.00. ||
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|  || First-issue dustwrapper: || $300/2,000.
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|  || Second-issue dustwrapper: || $300/750.
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