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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Signed by Him and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, SAUL.
Herzog.
New York: The Viking Press 1964.
First edition of the author’s second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by Saul Bellow on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142269
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Seize the Day; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, SAUL.
Seize The Day.
New York: The Viking Press 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fourth book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142270
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First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Inscribed by Saul Bellow in the year of publication
BELLOW, SAUL.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press 1970.
First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Elizabeth best wishes Saul Bellow Feb 25, ’70.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 131478
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; with a Viking press compliments card signed by Saul Bellow tipped in
BELLOW, SAUL.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press ‘compliments of the author’ card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the library of William Safire. Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of “libertarian conservatives” and authored several political columns, most notably his weekly column “On Language” which appeared in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death in 2009. He authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Richard Dunkley.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 127950
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First Edition of Saul Bellow’s Second Book, The Victim; Signed by Him
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Victim.
New York: The Vanguard Press 1947.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A Burgess 99 title.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 125877
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December; Inscribed by Him to his Canadian Publisher
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row 1982.
First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For David Kent Saul Bellow.” The recipient David Kent was Saul Bellow’s Canadian publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122663
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First Edition of Saul bellow's Something to Remember Me By; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, SAUL.
Something to Remember Me By. Three Tales. The Bellarosa Connection, A Theft, Something To Remember Me By.
New York: The Viking Press 1991.
First edition of this trio of short works by the Nobel laureate and “greatest writer of American prose of the twentieth century” (James Wood, The New Republic). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally Soames, Saul Bellow Chicago Oct 10 ’91.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on the subjects of her photographs and developed intimate rapports with them during her process resulting in intimate and revealing portraits. In addition to the several world leaders Soames came to know and photograph, she captured the creative energy and personality of some of the world’s most gifted authors, poets, and playwrights. She published two books of photographs during her lifetime, Manpower (1987) with text by Robin Morgan and an introduction by Harold Evans and Writers (1995) with a preface by Norman Mailer. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Herb Tauss.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 118778
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, SAUL.
Herzog.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1965.
First British edition of the author’s second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally S. from S. Bellow Best wishes Oct 10 ’91 Chicago, Ill.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on the subjects of her photographs and developed intimate rapports with them during her process resulting in intimate and revealing portraits. In addition to the several world leaders Soames came to know and photograph, she captured the creative energy and personality of some of the world’s most gifted authors, poets, and playwrights. She published two books of photographs during her lifetime, Manpower (1987) with text by Robin Morgan and an introduction by Harold Evans and Writers (1995) with a preface by Norman Mailer. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by John Griffiths.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118261
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Signed by Him
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press 1953.
First edition of Bellow’s first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Saul Bellow. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117859
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Signed Limited First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row 1982.
Signed limited first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow. Fine in a fine slipcase and in the original acetate.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 120568