New York: The Dial Press, 1965. Dust Jacket Art by Paul Bacon. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. An American Dream stands as a powerful critique of the American ideal of success and the destructive tendencies that can underlie the pursuit of power and autonomy. Through its complex.....

New York: Rinehart, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Norman Mailer emerged as one of the defining literary voices of postwar America, blending journalism, fiction, politics, and cultural criticism into a confrontational public career. Barbary Shore represents one of his earliest attempts to move beyond conventional realism toward psychological.....