Overall, a handsome copy that presents well in a fresh Mylar cover. This copy is in near fine condition with only light rubbing to the edges and mild soiling to the text block, else fine housed in a clean and bright good or better dust jacket that shows moderate rubbing and chipping to the panel ends and edges, especially along the top of the back panel, and a couple of tears to the back panel that have had some minor tape repair done on the inside of the jacket. A unique item for the Wouk fan relatively scarce in the marketplace in collectible condition. This illustrated edition was published in the year after the first edition this edition was sent out to booksellers by Doubleday as a Christmas present included are correspondence between Wouk and Doubleday and a promotional card laid in that also went to the booksellers.
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SIGNED by the author to the front free paper. Stated First Illustrated Edition/First Printing A Near Fine book in a Good or better Original dust jacket. Fine copies of the dustwrapper are difficult to locate due to the lamination and curling. This sensational bestseller was followed in quick succession by Wouk's own adaptation of the court-room section of the narrative for the stage (The Caine Mutiny Court Marshall, 1954), and then the Hollywood adaptation The Caine Mutiny (Columbia Pictures, 1954). with four double-page color illustrations in text by Lawrence Beall Smith, who also did the dustwrapper illustration, and the facsimile correspondence between Wouk and the Doubleday sales manager regarding the edition before the title page. SIGNED by Wouk on the first blank leaf after the front free endpaper. A Fine copy in dark blue cloth stamped in silver and blue, map endpapers, in a Fine laminated color dustwrapper, not price-clipped, one tiny invisible tear lower front panel. Deluxe Illustrated Edition, which followed the trade edition of 1951. Jacket with edgewear, some loss to top of spine and a few spots of soil. Cartographic endpapers of the cruise of the Caine.
Original unclipped ($3.95) color pictorial first state ("The City Boy" no mention of Pulitzer price: see Sarner) dust jacket, illustrated by John Hull.
Original blue cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. An enormous bestseller at the time, the true first edition is uncommon. Rather than being an action-packed reflection on the adventure of war, THE CAINE MUTINY focuses on the minutia and procedures that keep the war machine turning, and the tough decisions that must be made when things break down With Humphrey Bogart in the indelible role of the unstable Lieutenant Commander Queeg, the 1954 Hollywood adaptation of the novel was the second-highest grossing film of the year. Herman Wouk drew on his own experiences aboard destroyers in the Pacific theater to craft his narrative of internal and external conflicts. Signed by Author(s).įirst edition, in first state jacket, of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of conflict and mistrust aboard a destroyer, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Humphrey Bogart. In archival protection and ships in a sturdy box.
Overall, a lovely copy of this scarce novel, an important entry in World War II fiction and the basis for the film starring Humphrey Bogart. Please review scans for further explanation. Housed in the first state dust jacket (with The City Boy blurb on the back panel) that is clean, bright, and intact moderate rubbing and chipping are present to the spine ends, corners, and flap edges with minimal loss of material, some light age toning is present to the back panel and flaps, and a few creases are apparent again to the flap and panel edges. The book itself is in near fine condition with only mild bumping to the spine ends and some mild darkening to the exterior text block, else fine. This is an outstanding copy of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, very scarce in the first edition/first printing with an intact first state jacket, particularly signed. SIGNED on a Roland Comstock bookplate affixed to the front paste down (Comstock was a noted book collector with a collection of over 50,000 volumes his collections have been the subject of a number of publications and auctions). Stated First Edition in the First State Dust Jacket A near fine book in a very good ORIGINAL dust jacket.
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