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013988First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine and quite exceptional. An undated early holograph version of Saul Bellow's only full-length play contained in a ledger-type notebook 8-1/4" x 11-3/8" with marbled paper boards and a black cloth spine. Bellow has subtitled this as "A Work in Progress." Acts I and II of this version are complete in 71 pages with 4 pages of preliminary material for an Act III all handwritten by Bellow. The 1964 staged version was reduced to two acts. Bellow appears to have written out Acts I & II as a fair copy from previous versions and notes in preparation for completing the play with a new Act III. There are relatively few insertions and corrections in his text of the first two acts which take up about 75% of the notebook. The third act consists mostly of blank pages with 3 pages of rough notes and key speeches including what seem to be the climactic lines of his main character the comedian Bummidge who has been undergoing an obsessive self-analysis in the previous acts: "The world was never real for me. But now I see it's more real than I was. I never admitted that it existed. It always knew I was here he goes around picking up objects & kissing them because they're real. Now what is the theory. Not Momma's womb but my own empty heart" Laid in to the notebook is a SIGNED typed 12-page fragment of an earlier version of the play with Bellow's original title THE CRASH PROGRAM crossed out in ink and his new title THE LAST ANALYSIS written over it. Bellow manuscripts of this size and importance are seldom offered with most already housed in institutional collections. <br/><br/> hardcover
1968SS-001<p><em><strong>Ink watercolor ink stamps and collage on paper</strong></em> <em><strong>14 5/8 x 23 inches</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Signed and dated recto; inscribed verso.</strong></em></p><p>A wonderful example of Saul Steinberg's lush and playful postcard-style landscapes.<br /><br />From the Saul Steinberg Foundation website:<br /><br />"Exquisitely brushed or sponged in oil or thin watercolor wash they are simple compositions with cloud-sky formations above punctuated by rubber stamp sun-seals and a horizontal expanse of flat land and/or water below; sometimes a bit of faux calligraphy feigns elucidation. They are peopled with painted or usually rubber stamp figures the kind of embellishments called staffage in earlier landscape painting. 'If I use a rubber stamp…I do it to show that this paint is not real paint it's a symbol of the thing painted.' Steinberg didn't depict nature but nature as translated by art from high to low the low end here represented by the clichéd vistas of tourist postcards."</p>
195939004New York: The Viking Press 1959. First edition of Bellow's classic fourth book. Octavo original half cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Christopher Hitchens "For Christopher with good wishes Saul Bellow." Hitchens wrote "When I think of Bellow I think not just of a man whose genius for the vernacular could seem to restate Athenian philosophy as if run through a Damon Runyon synthesizer but of the author who came up with such graphic expressions for vulgarity and thuggery and stupidity—the debased currency of those too brutalized to have retained the capacity for wonder" Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens signature on the front free endpaper near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket painting by Bill Preston. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A remarkable association. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards for The Adventures of Augie March Herzog and Mr. Sammlers Planet in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre as both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." Henderson the Rain King was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century by Modern Library. The Viking Press hardcover
199280345Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas 1992. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good. xxiii 1 302 pages. Inscribed by the editor on the fep: "2/7/92 To Victor--with affection & respect! Saul". Dr. Saul Feldman D. P. A. was the Chairman of the Board at U.S. Behavioral Health a part of The Travelers Corporation. He was also President of the Bay Area Foundation for Human Resources and Editor of the journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health. Earlier Dr. Feldman had been President of HealthAmerica Corporation of California Director of the Staff College at the National Institute of Mental Health and Consultant to the World Health and Pan American Organizations. Appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services he was for 6 years a member of the National Advisory Council of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. For two years he served on a panel of experts appointed by the Institute of Medicine a component of the National Academy of Sciences to analyze and make recommendations for the improvement behavioral health services across the country. The Institute's final report Crossing the Quality Chasm has been published by the National Academy Press. He has also served on a national policy panel sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to recommend improvements in the quality of treatment for alcohol and drug problems. Dr. Feldman is a founding fellow and former President of the American College of Mental Health Administration. The College established an award in his name for individuals who have made outstanding lifetime contributions to behavioral health policy and administration. This compendium has chapters addressing topics such as: Group Health Insurance Health Maintenance Organizations Mental Health Insurance Information Systems Quality Assurance Legal Issues Ethical Issues Mental Health in the Public Sector Mental Health Economics and Evaluation of Mental Health Programs. Among the contributors are: Michael Bennett Jeffrey Berlant Stephen Blum Richard Frank Gary Gaumer Michael Goran Trevor Hadley Richard Kunnes Judith Lave Marvis Oehm Joan Pearson Peter Rich Aileen Rothbard Arie Schinnar Joseph Smith and H. G. Whittington. Charles C. Thomas hardcover
195939004New York: The Viking Press 1959. First edition of Bellow's fourth book. Octavo original half cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Christopher Hitchens "For Christopher with good wishes Saul Bellow." Hitchens wrote "When I think of Bellow I think not just of a man whose genius for the vernacular could seem to restate Athenian philosophy as if run through a Damon Runyon synthesizer but of the author who came up with such graphic expressions for vulgarity and thuggery and stupidity--the debased currency of those too brutalized to have retained the capacity for wonder" Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens signature on the front free endpaper near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket painting by Bill Preston. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A remarkable association. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards for The Adventures of Augie March Herzog and Mr. Sammlers Planet in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre as both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." Henderson the Rain King was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century by Modern Library. The Viking Press hardcover books
138119Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1980. First edition of this work widely considered one of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page "Best wishes Saul Kripke." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. "In the philosophy of language Naming and Necessity is among the most important works ever ranking with the classical work of Frege in the late nineteenth century and of Russell Tarski and Wittgenstein in the first half of the twentieth century . . . Naming and Necessity played a large role in the implicit but widespread rejection of the view—so popular among ordinary language philosophers—that philosophy is nothing more than the analysis of language" Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century Harvard University Press hardcover
1960131763Los Angeles: Saul Bass and Associates 1960. Original glossy photographic title card for plate No. 3 in the title sequence from Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film "Spartacus." This plate was used for the portion of the title card sequence showing "LAURENCE OLIVIER as Crassus." Only a small portion of the photographic image here was used in the sequence the entire photograph being quite striking. <br/><br/>With a vinyl pull attached to the right as originally designed "Saul Bass & Associates" rubber stamp and pencil annotations on the verso the number "3" in blue holograph pencil on the recto. <br/><br/>20 x 22 inches. Near Fine. Saul Bass and Associates unknown books
195988076New Haven New Jersey: Association for Symbolic Logic Inc March 1959. First edition of Volume 24 of The Journal of Symbolic which includes the first appearance of Kripke's landmark paper A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic. Presentation copy inscribed by Saul A. Kripke on the first page of his theorem "For Thorild Dahlquist Saul Kripke." In this paper Kripke both proves the formal completeness of modal logic supplemented by first-order quantifiers and the sign of equality and “creates a semantics now called Kripke semantics†Hurley Logic: The Essentials 217. “Of great importance is the paper “Semantical Analysis of Modal Logic I†where normal systems are treated. It is here that Kripke fully develops the analogy with the algebraic results of Jónsson and Tarski and proves completeness and decidability for propositional systems T S4 S5 and B the Brouwersche system which is here introduced It is in this paper that two crucial generalizations of the model theory are introduced†Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Octavo original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Scarce especially signed and inscribed. American philosopher and logician Saul Kripke has made some of the most important and original contributions to the field of formal mathematical logic particularly modal logic which extends classical logic to include modalities. Kripke wrote his first completeness theorem A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic at the age of 17 before graduating high school and had it published a year later. Association for Symbolic Logic, Inc unknown
1960131763Los Angeles: Saul Bass and Associates 1960. Original glossy photographic title card for plate No. 3 in the title sequence from Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film "Spartacus." This plate was used for the portion of the title card sequence showing "LAURENCE OLIVIER as Crassus." Only a small portion of the photographic image here was used in the sequence with the entire photograph offered here being quite striking. <br /> <br /> With a vinyl pull attached to the right as originally designed "Saul Bass & Associates" rubber stamp and pencil annotations on the verso the number "3" in blue manuscript pencil on the recto. <br /> <br /> 20 x 22 inches. Near Fine. Saul Bass and Associates unknown
1964COLLECTI007323INEW YORK NY: VIKING PRESS THE. VG SPIRAL BOUND WRAPS. PUB SEPT 1964. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: UNREVISED PROOFS THAT APPARENTLY WERE AT A LATER STAGE SINCE A. ISBN: SIGNIFICANT NUMBER HAVE CORRECTED PAGES PASTED OVER THEM. PROOFS ARE LIGHTLY WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH SOME MODEST SOILING TO THEWRAPS. Keywords: UNCORRECTED PROOFS NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ABCDEF. VIKING PRESS (THE) paperback
1965106713New York: Viking Press 1965. Unbound. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof consisting of unbound long folded galleys with two applied labels: a title label and a summary label. Modest wear near fine. A rare state of Bellow's first play it is likely that fewer than a dozen were printed. Viking Press unknown
1965122002N.p.: N.p. 1965. A dazzling collection of ten original pressbooks designed by Saul Bass documenting the majority of the famed title and ad designer's work with director Otto Preminger in the 1950s 60s and 70s. <br /> <br /> Several of the pressbooks defy the conventions of pressbook design with custom shapes to represent items in keeping with the films for which they were made: "Advise and Consent" resembles a briefcase "In Harm's Way" is designed as a dossier with a string tie "The Cardinal" as a parcel and "Bunny Lake is Missing" as a newspaper. Other key titles in the collection include "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" "Exodus" and "The Man with the Golden Arm."<br /> <br /> For most of the pressbooks in this collection we have never seen another example. A fascinating example of the advertising work done by the premiere title and ad designer of the twentieth century. <br /> <br /> Various sizes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine condition. <br /> <br /> Complete details available on request. N.p. unknown
19534244New York: The Viking Press 1953. First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo original cloth salmon topstain. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Raymita Chaffee with best wishes Saul Bellow Breadloaf VT 1954." The recipient was a student of Bellow's at Breadloaf. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket with a closed tear to the crown and a light brown spot to the top right side of the front panel. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Contemporary inscriptions in this title are uncommon. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American Chicago born and go at things as I have taught myself free-style and will make the record in my own way: first to knock first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954 and was listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. The Viking Press hardcover books
19534244New York: The Viking Press 1953. First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo original cloth salmon topstain. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Raymita Chaffee with best wishes Saul Bellow Breadloaf VT 1954." The recipient was a student of Bellow’s at Breadloaf. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Contemporary inscriptions in this title are uncommon. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American Chicago born and go at things as I have taught myself free-style and will make the record in my own way: first to knock first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954 and was listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. The Viking Press hardcover
1965122002N.p.: N.p. 1965. A dazzling collection of 10 original pressbooks designed by Saul Bass documenting the majority of the famed title and ad designer's work with director Otto Preminger in the 1950s 60s and 70s. Several of the pressbooks typically defy the existing conventions of pressbook design utilizing a wild variation of size and dimension with several of the items literally molded to represent the films they represent: "Advise and Consent" is shaped like a briefcase "In Harm's Way" is designed as a dossier with a string tie "The Cardinal" as a parcel and "Bunny Lake is Missing" as a newspaper. Other key Bass designed titles include "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" and "The Man with the Golden Arm."<br/><br/>For most of the pressbooks in this collection we have never seen another example. A fascinating example of the advertising work done by the premiere title and ad designer of the twentieth century. <br/><br/>Various sizes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1944157559New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. Sociology and poetry in Chicago First edition first printing of the author's first book inscribed by him on the front free endpaper "To Kurt & Carla Wolff affectionately Saul Bellow". One of the Wolffs has added "Chicago Ap 15 44" beneath Bellow's inscription and "Kurt & Karla Wolff Chicago Mr. 27 1944 H. Bookstore" above. This is an excellent association from Bellow to his friend and fellow writer the influential sociologist Kurt Wolff 1912-2003. They met in Chicago: Bellow was raised there and Wolff "had fallen in love with the region with the people and with the situation" quoted in Stehr while a research fellow at the Social Science Research Council in the early 1940s. Bellow wrote this book about a young Chicago man waiting to be drafted during his service with the merchant marine during the Second World War. Both Bellow and Wolff were significantly engaged in one another's disciplines: Bellow was a writer educated in sociology and Wolff a sociologist whose literary experiments Bellow encouraged. Bellow was a Canadian-born Lithuanian-Jew who had graduated from Northwestern University with an honours in anthropology and sociology the study of which had a marked influence on his literary style. Wolff was a Jewish German-born sociologist forced out of Germany by rising Naziism who recounted that "after a relatively short time in America I began to write literature in which the most important help I received was from Saul Bellow whom I got to know in Chicago in 1943". Wolff co-founded a short-lived poetic journal titled Experiment around this time and it was then that his central sociological ideas of surrender and catch "gave rise to a synthesis between sociology and poetry". He stated that "my method of imagination is neither sociological nor poetic but rather spontaneously phenomenological if I may call it that. That means the attempt to capture something as exactly as possible which is thus as you see connected to the art of poetry as much as to the appearance of nature but isn't one of the other: it's a third method". Both Wolff and Bellow shared this dedication to a "third method": in 1962 Bellow returned to Chicago as a professor on the Committee on Social Thought the goal of which was to develop multidisciplinary approaches to learning. He taught on the committee for more than 30 years. This is a significant association from the beginning of an intellectually fertile relationship. Octavo. Original light green cloth spine lettered in brown small design of man with arm outstretched on front cover in brown top edge brown. With dust jacket. Spine a touch sunned and cocked spine ends just bumped cloth and edges lightly soiled edges of endpapers lightly toned. A very good copy indeed internally clean in like jacket edges toned shallow chips to head of spine and corners a little rubbing to front panel a few short closed tears to folds and one across spine head of front panel and flaps a touch creased edges nicked unclipped a clean example. Nico Stehr "A Conversation with Kurt H. Wolff" Gary Backhaus & George Psathas eds. The Sociology of Radical Commitment: Kurt H. Wolff's Existential Turn 2007. hardcover
1913153720London: John Richmond Ltd 1913. His pseudonymous parody inscribed to Lady Ottoline Morrell First edition first impression presentation copy with a significant association inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To O.M. from 'S.K.'" Ottoline Morrell from Saul Kain. Perhaps the most important support that Lady Ottoline Morrell ever offered to a poet or artist was her friendship for Siegfried Sassoon during the First World War. She became aware of him when she read his poem "To Victory" in The Times on 15 January 1916 and traced him through Edmund Gosse. Like her he was an admirer of the Ballets Russes and she wrote of her pleasure at finding "in the dark prison-like days a sympathetic desire - to fly out beyond into the beauty and colour and freedom that one so longs for" Egremont p. 81. They continued to correspond frequently and Sassoon sent her his war poems as he wrote them in return for which she sent writings of her own. Morrell was of significant influence when Sassoon recuperated at the Morrells' country house Garsington Manor in spring 1917. Morrell's pacifism helped Sassoon's disillusionment with the war and shortly after his visit Sassoon published his infamous "Soldier's Declaration". This pseudonymous parody of John Masefield's early narrative poems was published as the winner of the fictional "Chantrey Prize" and wryly advertised as "Brilliant Beyond Belief" on the front wrapper. Masefield's narrative poem The Everlasting Mercy published in 1911 work was read in pubs denounced from pulpits and branded in the words of Lord Alfred Douglas "nine-tenths sheer filth". Sassoon appears to have been rather frustrated at literature's latest craze and he sat down to write his own version and created a parody of Masefield's general style diction and subjects. There were two results of Sassoon's parody. The first was that in many ways it had helped Sassoon find a poetic voice. In The Weald of Youth Sassoon describes how in December 1912 the thought struck him: "Why not amuse myself by scribbling a few pages of parody I may as well say at once that the immediate result was far beyond what I had intended . . . After the first fifty lines or so I dropped the pretence that I was improvising an exuberant skit. While continuing to burlesque Masefield for all I was worth I was really feeling what I wrote - and doing it not only with abundant delight but a sense of descriptive energy quite unlike anything I had experienced before". The other result of publishing The Daffodil Murderer was that it brought Sassoon to the attention of Edward Marsh - the editor of Georgian Poetry - and Marsh soon became Sassoon's mentor. Octavo. Original yellow wrappers lettered in dark red. Housed in a custom red cloth case. Bookplate of Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. to case. Closed tears and creases to wrappers some internal creases; else a near-fine copy. Keynes A10; Max Egremont Siegfried Sassoon 2005. hardcover
1944ABE-1658583450326Vanguard Press NYC 1944 This is a gorgeous SIGNED first edition of the author's first book. It has been bound in navy blue goatskin leather and is secure in a suede lined slipcase. The author has simply signed this without dedication on the title page in what looks like fountain pen ink - which has faded a bit. This is not just beautifully bound; it is thoroughly well bound. The hand marbled endpapers enhance the pleasure of this book. Whoever bound this has followed the spine titling design of the original issue. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Vanguard Press NYC hardcover
194418037New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo original beige cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Matthew and Adrienne greetings and blessings on your wedding Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. "One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war" Edmund Wilson The New Yorker. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
19643538New 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 original blue cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to John Nef and his wife "To John Nef and Mrs. Nef with very good wishes Saul Bellow." The recipient John Nef was a economic historian and founder of The University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought where Bellow was a faculty member for over 30 years. Fine in a bright fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An outstanding association. A novel complex compelling absurd and realistic Herzog became a classic almost as soon as it was published in 1964. In it Saul Bellow tells the tale of Moses E. Herzog a tragically confused intellectual who suffers from the breakup of his second marriage the general failure of his life and the specter of growing up Jewish in the middle part of the 20th century. He responds to his personal crisis by sending out a series of letters to all kinds of people. The letters in total constitute a thoughtful examination of his own life and that which has occurred around him. What emerges is not always pretty but serves as gritty foundation for this absorbing novel. "A masterpiece" The New York Times. Named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best novels in the English language since Time's founding in 1923. The Viking Press hardcover books
1944147721New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo original beige cloth topstain brown. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the dedication page "For Poetry and for Van Allen Bradley with very best wishes Saul Bellow." The recipient Van Allen Bradley was an influential American literary critic editor and author. He gained prominence as the editor of the Chicago Daily News book review section where he championed emerging literary talents and fostered intellectual discourse. Bradley’s most notable contribution to literary scholarship was his book Gold in Your Attic which provided guidance on identifying rare and valuable books popularizing book collecting as a hobby and field of study. His work bridged the gap between literary criticism and the antiquarian book trade emphasizing the cultural and historical importance of preserving literary artifacts. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of noted collector William A. Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example with a noted association. Saul Bellow was a prominent American novelist and Nobel laureate whose works explore themes of identity morality and the human condition in modern society. Born in 1915 to Russian-Jewish immigrants his writing often reflects his immigrant roots and intellectual pursuits. Bellow’s most celebrated novels such as 'The Adventures of Augie March' 'Herzog' and 'Humboldt’s Gift' combine philosophical depth with richly drawn characters and sharp social commentary. Known for his distinctive prose style and exploration of existential questions Bellow's work has had a profound influence on 20th-century American literature earning him widespread critical acclaim and numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. The Vanguard Press hardcover
194418037New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo original beige cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Matthew and Adrienne greetings and blessings on your wedding Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war" Edmund Wilson The New Yorker. The Vanguard Press hardcover
19643538New 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 original blue cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to John Nef and his wife "To John Nef and Mrs. Nef with very good wishes Saul Bellow." The recipient John Nef was a economic historian and founder of The University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought where Bellow was a faculty member for over 30 years. Fine in a bright fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An outstanding association. A novel complex compelling absurd and realistic Herzog became a classic almost as soon as it was published in 1964. In it Saul Bellow tells the tale of Moses E. Herzog a tragically confused intellectual who suffers from the breakup of his second marriage the general failure of his life and the specter of growing up Jewish in the middle part of the 20th century. He responds to his personal crisis by sending out a series of letters to all kinds of people. The letters in total constitute a thoughtful examination of his own life and that which has occurred around him. What emerges is not always pretty but serves as gritty foundation for this absorbing novel. "A masterpiece" The New York Times. Named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best novels in the English language since Time's founding in 1923. The Viking Press hardcover
1971345j1187New York: Random House Inc. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394443411 . Signed and inscribed to a friend by Saul Alinsky 1909-1972 atop front free endpaper. "America's most famous community organizer tells the Have-Nots how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. The distillation of Mr. Alinsky's more than forty years as a professional radical. This hard-headed tactical advice provides an alternative not only to the powerlessness that threatens our democracy but to the random violence and bitter alienation by which so much radical energy is wasted." - dust jacket. In her B.A. thesis entitled 'An Analysis of the Alinsky Model' Hillary Clinton wrote "In regard to the paper itself there are three people who deserve special appreciation including Mr. Alinsky for providing a topic sharing his time and offering me a job." Book very clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to unclipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality signed example.; 8vo; Signed by Author . Random House Inc hardcover
1953111689New York: The Viking Press 1953. First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo original cloth salmon topstain. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Ann Englander whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped first-issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. An exceptional example. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American Chicago born and go at things as I have taught myself free-style and will make the record in my own way: first to knock first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954. Both Time Magazine and the Modern Library Board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language. The Viking Press hardcover books
