1980, ISBN: 093571605X

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780935716054], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, U.S.A.], A handsome Limited Deluxe Numbered First Edition, signed by Norman Mailer on the limitation … More...

[EAN: 9780935716054], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, U.S.A.], A handsome Limited Deluxe Numbered First Edition, signed by Norman Mailer on the limitation page and numbered #15 of only 100 Deluxe editions bound in full black leather. It is also a presentation copy in that #15 traditionally was given by the author to the late Herb Yellin, the founder and publisher of Lord John Press. This volume is from his library. The book is beautifully bound in full black shiny leather with gold gilt titling. In fine unread condition. 102 pp. Enclosed in a brown cloth slipcase that is also in fine condition. A very special copy. More a short book than an essay, "Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling With Dots" is Norman Mailer s scathing and often brilliant take-down of television culture, penned for Esquire in the wake of Mailer s infamous altercation with Gore Vidal on The Dick Cavett Show. Here's what happened: At the December 15, 1971, taping of The Dick Cavett Show, with Janet Flanner and Gore Vidal, Mailer, annoyed with a less-than-stellar review by Vidal of Prisoner of Sex, apparently headbutted Vidal and traded insults with him backstage.[24] As the show began taping, a visibly belligerent Mailer, who admitted he had been drinking,[24] goaded Vidal and Cavett into trading insults with him on air and continually referred to his "greater intellect". He openly taunted and mocked Vidal (who responded in kind), finally earning the ire of Flanner, who announced during the discussion that she was "becoming very, very bored", telling Mailer "You act as if you're the only people here." As Cavett made jokes comparing Mailer's intellect to his ego, Mailer stated "Why don't you look at your question sheet and ask your question?", to which Cavett responded "Why don't you fold it five ways and put it where the moon don't shine?" A long laugh ensued, after which Mailer asked Cavett if he had come up with that line and Cavett replied "I have to tell you a quote from Tolstoy?". The headbutting and later on-air altercation was described by Mailer himself in his essay "Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots." "Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling With Dots" was originally published in Esquire, November 1977.<

1980, ISBN: 093571605X

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780935716054], [PU: Lord John Press], [NXM; LIMITED EDITION], 102 pages. One of 300 signed and numbered copies. Mailer's critique of television culture in which he recounts his TV … More...

[EAN: 9780935716054], [PU: Lord John Press], [NXM; LIMITED EDITION], 102 pages. One of 300 signed and numbered copies. Mailer's critique of television culture in which he recounts his TV appearances with people including Truman Capote, Dorothy Parker, Gore Vidal and others. First appeared in Esquire. First edition (first printing). Marbled paper over cloth and stamped in gilt. Black cloth spine a bit faded thus a near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. In a fine slipcase. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Copy number 71., Books<