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1963114525Washington: Reference Department The Library of Congress 1963. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iv 12 pages. First edition. A lecture presented under the auspices of the Gertrude Clark Whittal Poetry and Literature Fund. Includes a description of the Whittall fund. Listing of other published lectures on inside back wrapper. Letter from Robert F. Metzdorf to Joan Crane dated February 5 1972 laid in. Reference Department, The Library of Congress unknown books
1963657831963. BELLOW Saul. RECENT AMERICAN FICTION. Gertrude Clarke Whittall lecture. Washington: Library of Congress 1963. Pamphlet 16 pp. in printed wrappers. Fine. unknown books
1963911157Washington D.C.: Library of Congress. 1963. The text of a lecture presented under the auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund. Signed by Bellow. Fine in stapled wrappers. Uncommon signed. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Library of Congress paperback books
1963023717Washington D.C.: Library of Congress. 1963. The text of a lecture presented under the auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund. Twelve pages. Very good in stapled wrappers which show some handling; text clean. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Library of Congress paperback books
1963111940Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1963. First edition. Softcover. Text of a lecture given by Bellow. An about near fine in stapled wrappers with an owner signature to the title page and a tiny bit of wear. Signed by Bellow on the title page and rather uncommon as such. Library of Congress unknown books
19638581EWashington D.C: Library of Congress 1963. First Edition. Paperbound. Near fine. Library of Congress unknown books
19638073Washington D.C.: The Library of Congress 1963. Wrappers. Fine. Bellow delivered this lecture 21 January 1963. <br/><br/> The Library of Congress unknown books
20101402087East Rutherford NJ U.S.A.: Penguin Group USA Incorporated 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First edition as indicated by the full number line on the copyright page 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Original price of $35.00 printed on front flap of dust jacket. East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated 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
1956293059New York: Viking 1956. First. hardcover. near fine/very good-. 211pp. 8vo two-toned cloth d.w. New York: Viking 1956. First Edition.<br/><br/> Very good copy. The dust wrapper with the original price of $3.00 has a spine which is sunned &chipped at the extremes.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
195661362NY:: Viking. Very Good. 1956. Hardcover. With three short stories and a one-act play. The author's fourth book. First edition. Number stamped on front free endpaper slightly faded along the spine else very good in yellow and black cloth. No dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books
1965914767Greenwich: Fawcett Crest. 1965. A review copy of the first Crest paperback edition. Faint sunning to the spine lettering and age toning to page edges; near fine in wrappers . Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Fawcett Crest paperback books
1956114339New York: The Viking Press 1956. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel. Jacket design by Bill English. ''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
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
195690869New York: The Viking Press 1956. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth novel. Octavo original half cloth. Name to the front free endpaper near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear. Jacket design by Bill English. ''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 motion picture starring Robin Williams. The Viking Press hardcover books
195684225New 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 with best wishes from an old exile to Evanston 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. Fine in a very good 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
1956210506New York: The Viking Press 1956. 211 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Fine in rubbed dust jacket with staining to bottom panel minor wear to top edge. 211 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Viking Press unknown books
199139554New York: Albondocani Press 1991. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 350 numbered copies signed by the author this being copy no.68. Octavo; maroon cloth and marbled paper-covered boards wtih titles stamped in gilt on spine and title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 506pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Albondocani Press unknown books
1991WRCLIT37567New York: Signet 1991. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. Fine. Signet unknown books
1991118778New 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. While Saul Bellow is known best for his longer fiction in award-winning novels such as The Adventures of Augie March and Herzog Something to Remember Me By will draw new readers to Bellow as it showcases his extraordinary gift for creating memorable characters within a smaller canvas. The loss of a ring in A Theft helps an oft-married woman understand her own wisdom and capacity for love. In The Bellarosa Connection Harry Fonstein has escaped from Nazi brutality with the help of an underground organization masterminded by the legendary Broadway impresario Billy Rose and his story continues in America . In the title story seventeen-year-old Louie--whose mother is dying of cancer--strays far from home and finds not solace but humiliation and ultimately the blessing of his father's wrath. The Viking Press hardcover books
199158600NY: Signet 1991. First Signet edition. Small 8vo publisher's wraps. inscribed by the author to poet William Jay Smith and his wife. A very good copy. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Humbolt's gift and the Nobel Prize 1976 from Wilipedia: "Saul Bellow born Solomon Bellows; 10 June 1915 - 5 April 2005 was a Canadian-American writer of Jewish origin. For his literary work Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the Nobel Prize for Literature and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times and he received the National Book Foundation's lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1990. The three stories are: A Theft The Bellarosa Connection & Something to Remember Me By. Signet unknown books
1987178Bennington College 1987. First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page. 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. Bennington College unknown books
199723982New York: Viking Press 1997. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Perfectbound proofs copy of this 103 pp novella by Bellow. A fine example in glossy photo-illustrated wrappers. Viking Press paperback books
1997104721New York: Viking 1997. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof of this slim novella. A fine unread copy in glossy illustrated wrappers. Viking unknown books
1953290361New York: Viking 1953. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo gray & black cloth lettered in orange; top stained orange. N.Y.: Viking 1953. First Edition. Fine copy lacking the dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books