The Bullfight: A Photographic Narrative
Macmillian Publishing Co., Inc., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #271237
ISBN: B000GVMW3G
10 by 9-1/2 inches. 90 black-and-white photographic reproductions of bullfighting, including the Spanish bullfighters Luis Miguel Dominguin and Antonio Ordonez, plus text by Mailer. Originally issued with a 33-1/2 r.p.m record of Mailer reading from the text and a poem by Garcia Lorca. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Book only. Inscribed by the author: 'To Don Kaufmann, this book began in the mind of my friend Buzz Farbar. Cheers, Norman Mailer, Sept. '75.' Kaufmann published one of the first critical studies of Mailer, Norman Mailer: The Countdown (The First Twenty Years). Farbar later spent time in prison for drugs. The FBI was intent on nabbing Mailer and Buzz agreed to wear a wire to a lunch with the author, who was not involved in any such crime as shown by the recording. An implication of Mailer would have likely kept Farbar out of jail but alas, of this particular transgression, Mailer was innocent.
Price: $75.00