Marilyn: A Biography by Norman Mailer - Photo History - 1973 Vintage Coffee Table Book - Marilyn Monroe Photography

MARILYN: A BIOGRAPHY by Norman Mailer, published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1973. This vintage hardcover coffee table style book is a fascinating combination of biography, literary portrait, Hollywood history, and photography, devoted to one of the most recognizable figures of twentieth-century popular culture: Marilyn Monroe.

The book is especially notable for its extraordinary collection of photographs. It features images by many celebrated photographers, including Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Bruce Davidson, Bert Stern, and Lawrence Schiller. The photographs portray Monroe throughout different periods of her life and career, from early photographs and her rise to Hollywood stardom to the glamorous publicity images and more intimate portraits for which she became famous. The result is as much a visual history of Marilyn Monroe as it is a traditional biography.

Mailer addresses the circumstances surrounding Monroe’s death in 1962. In the final portion of the book, he considers competing theories about her death and speculates about possible involvement by the FBI, CIA, or Mafia in connection with rumors concerning Monroe and Robert F. Kennedy

9.5 x 11 inches, 270 pages, with photographic illustrations throughout, including numerous color photographs.

Good vintage condition overall. The book is structurally sound and complete. Both the book and original dust jacket show signs of age and normal vintage wear. The pages have yellowing/age toning and scattered age spots consistent with the book’s age. There are no markings, writing, or other significant interior defects.