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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
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
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
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
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
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
19751289New York: The Viking Press 1975. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo original half cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Karyl with love I could never have done it without your patient help Saul." The recipient Karyl Kylie typed the manuscript of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. An exceptional association. Humboldt's Gift is a self-described "comic book about death" whose title character is modeled on the lyric poet Delmore Schwartz. Charlie Citrine an intellectual middle-aged author of award-winning biographies and plays contemplates two significant figures and philosophies in his life: Von Humboldt Fleisher a dead poet who had been his mentor and Rinaldo Cantabile a very-much-alive minor mafioso who has been the bane of Humboldt's existence. Humboldt had taught Charlie that art is powerful and that one should be true to one's creative spirit. Rinaldo Charlie's self-appointed financial adviser has always urged Charlie to use his art to turn a profit. At the novel's end Charlie has managed to set his own course. The Viking Press hardcover books
1990239266New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1990. Limited. hardcover. fine. Two color woodcuts one of which is initialed by Steinberg and hand-painted by Michael Berdan and 16 black & white tipped-in lithographs. Slim folio black morocco spine gilt- lettered bright yellow linen boards board slipcase. New York: Whitney Museum 1990. Fine.<br/><br/> One of only 160 copies signed by the author and initialed by the artist. Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of Art organized by May Castleberry. Printed by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. An amusing collaboration and a handsome production depicting the traffic architecture and noise of Canal Street which was Frazier's neighborhood in New York for twelve years. Canal Street crosses Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Holland Tunnel.<br/><br/> Whitney Museum of American Art unknown books
196218937ECleveland OH: Meridian Books 1962. First Edition - Paperbound. Signed and inscribed by the author / artist Saul Steinberg to the great film director and noted art collector Billy Wilder. Inscribed: “To Billy W. - Saul ST. ‘62.†Near fine copy with a touch of fading to the spine and a hint of use in printed wrappers. A selection of drawings reproduced from three previous books of Steinberg: ‘The Art Of Living’ ‘The Passport’ and ‘The Labyrinth.’ According to UCSB art historian David Beghard Wilder had “one of the largest and certainly one of the finest collections of Saul Steinberg.†Billy Wilder was one of Hollywood’s most fabled art collectors including works by Picasso Miro Matisse Braque Chagall Cornell Dubuffet Renoir Pissaro Schwitters Schiele Klee Leger Giacometti etc. Billy Wilder’s legendary status in Hollywood as a director screenwriter and producer includes such classic films as Ninotchka Sunset Boulevard Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend Stalag 17 Some Like it Hot The Seven Year Itch The Apartment and The Fortune Cookie. Meridian Books unknown books
19441962New York: Vanguard 1944. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. "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. Vanguard hardcover books
197040707New York 1970. Mimeographed carbon and original typescript. 2 vols. 4to. The former bolt-bound in gilt-lettered steno service wrappers the latter ring bound in loose-leaf binder. Very good. Mimeographed carbon and original typescript. 2 vols. 4to. Stage and TV Versions - George C. Scott's Copies. Two highly important scripts the first for the original Broadway stage production and the second for the 1970 television production representing variant texts. These scripts are of special note as they belonged to George C. Scott who played the role of Lt. Col. Chipman in the six month run of the Broadway stage production and directed the television production which starred Martin Sheen William Shatner Richard Basehart et al. The stage script 35739 leaves amended by a number of revised typescript inserts bears Scott's annotations in pencil associated with his lines as well as revisions in other dialogue. The television script 5328502 leaves marks a substantial revision of the play including the expansion of it into three acts the last with two scenes. It bears annotations throughout by Scott and others made in the course of the production. A number of leaves are present as revises on yellow stock and inserted in front is a list of tape editing notes and a phone message to Scott and a memo to him about wardrobe issues. Also present is a matted 18 x 11.5cm pencil portrait of Scott in his role as Chipman in the Broadway production dated "New York 1959" and signed "Wm. Scharf" and an 8x10 b&w glossy of Scott Shattner and Basehart on the set of the 1970 production. unknown books
194481980New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo original beige cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example. "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
194412039New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo original beige cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some wear and toning to 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
1956114568New York: The Viking Press 1956. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo original half cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For the Gabels from their well-dressed friend who in Italian silk couldn't look less like a writer with best wishes Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor's degrees in anthropology and sociology. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon. ''Saul Bellow is one of the giants of the twentieth-century novel. Read Seize the Day and see why'' Irish Times. "It is the special distinction of Mr. Bellow as a novelist that he is able to give us step by step the world we really live each day--and in the same movement to show us that the real suffering of not understanding the deprivation of light. It is this double gift that explains the unusual contribution he is making to our fiction'' New York Times. Basis for the well received 1986 film directed by Fielder Cook starring Robin Williams and Jerry Stiller. The Viking Press hardcover books
197496039Palm Coast Florida: The Palm Coast Symposium 1974. First edition program from the November 1974 <span class="match">Palm</span> <span class="match">Coast</span> <span class="match">Symposium signed by Saul Bellow Gunnar Myrdal James D. Watson Sidney Hook Vernon E. Jordan Kate Millett William F. Buckley Jr. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. E. T. York Truman Capote Leslie Fiedler Harold Rosenberg Lionel Trilling Norman Young and Melvin M. Tumin throughout. Octavo original wrappers. In near fine condition. An exceptional collection of signatures. </span> The first Palm Coast Syposium inaugurated a series of great dialogues on the human condition featuring a distinguished group of participants. Lecture topics included Human Nature and Human Destiny Uplifting the Underpriveleged The Universities: For What and Whom and Popular Culture and Elite Culture. The Palm Coast Symposium unknown books
712Paris: Maeght. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. LIMITED FIRST EDITION number 128 of only 150 copies SIGNED BY STEINBERG. With three original color lithographs one double-page and numerous color reproductions throughout. Text by Italo Calvino. Printed on vélin d'Arches. Paris: Maeght 1977. Folio loose as issued in illustrated wrappers; housed in original chemise and slipcase. Fine condition. Maeght hardcover books
19641792New 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. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Connie Houghton with thanks for many favors Saul Bellow." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. A warm inscription. 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
195661091New York: Viking Press 1956-1968. Saul Bellow's retained copies of the original contracts with Viking Press for his novels Henderson the Rain King Herzog and short story collection Mosby's Memoirs. Each contract is four pages signed at the conclusion by Bellow. The first contract dated April 4 1956 obligates Bellow to "three untitled novels in 1956 1957 and 1958" to which Bellow has added a note indicating that one of these will be Henderson the Rain King. The second dated August 27 1964 confirms Bellow's delivery of the finished work Herzog. The third dated January 22 1968 confirms Bellow's delivery of "a volume of short stories entitled Stories consisting of approximately 60000 words" to which bellow has added "Mosby's Memoirs" in his hand. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. Best known for his novels The Adventures of Augie March Henderson the Rain King and Herzog Canadian American writer Saul Bellow's accolades include the Nobel Prize for Literature Pulitzer Prize and National Medal of Arts. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellow's oeuvre as both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." Viking Press unknown books
195358004New York: The Viking Press 1953. First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo original cloth salmon topstain. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. 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
1944007692New York: Vanguard Press 1944. Saul Bellow's first book. Near Fine slight toning to the paste downs in a Very Good Plus dust jacket the spine sunned to brown small chips at spine ends 2 small rubs along spine 1/2" closed tear top edge rear panel. The bookplate of Stanton Friedberg and and his wife the poet Martha Friedberg front paste down. Stanton A. Friedberg M.D. was a noted book collector. whose rare medical book collection is now known as the Stanton A. Friedberg M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
1944137390New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First Edition. First Edition. The author's first book with a price of $2.50 at the bottom of the jacket front flap as called for. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a bright about Near Fine dust jacket with a lovely deep brown topstain. Backstrip and jacket spine panel both very slightly sunned with some minor wear at the spine ends. A very attractive copy overall. <br/><br/>Hanna 308. The Vanguard Press unknown books
1944WRCLIT53574New York: Vanguard Press 1944. Cloth. Faint darkening to spine and endsheets edges a bit dusty marked otherwise a very good copy in corner-worn somewhat rubbed dust jacket with shallow chips at head and toe of spine a tiny chip at the lower edge of the front panel and a diagonal panel of sun-fading to the lower panel. First edition of the author's first book. HANNA 38. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1975100951New York: The Viking Press 1975. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "To Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz -- the homage of letters to justice Best wishes Saul Bellow June 3 1982." The recipient Abraham Marovitz was a famed Chicago attorney and long-time powerful United States District Court judge. Both Bellow and Marovitz were Lithuanian Jews Bellow born in Canada Marovitz in the United States who knew each other well as fellow notable Chicagoans. His inkstamped "From the Library of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz" on the front pastedown. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. An exceptional presentation. Humboldt's Gift is a self-described "comic book about death" whose title character is modeled on the lyric poet Delmore Schwartz. Charlie Citrine an intellectual middle-aged author of award-winning biographies and plays contemplates two significant figures and philosophies in his life: Von Humboldt Fleisher a dead poet who had been his mentor and Rinaldo Cantabile a very-much-alive minor mafioso who has been the bane of Humboldt's existence. Humboldt had taught Charlie that art is powerful and that one should be true to one's creative spirit. Rinaldo Charlie's self-appointed financial adviser has always urged Charlie to use his art to turn a profit. At the novel's end Charlie has managed to set his own course. The Viking Press hardcover books
19702042New 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 to his editor Aaron Asher and his wife preceding the publication "To Linda and Aaron X-mas greetings from Saul December 24 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. An exceptional 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 prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre as both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." The Viking Press hardcover books
