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1954ref. 185Paris: Libraire Plon 1954. First French edition of the author's first book. Octavo original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition. 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." Libraire Plon unknown
1987ref. 3138New York: William Morrow and Company 1987. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's tenth novel. Octavo original half cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author "For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow." The recipient Sidney Hyman as a fellow writer from Chicago and a close friend of Bellow. He is best know for his work The American President. Fine in a fine dust jacket. "In More Die of Heartbreak we welcome back the calamitous wit of The Adventures of Augie March and Herzog The Nobel Prize which Bellow won in 1976 was the cornerstone of a career that also included a Pulitzer Prize three National Book Awards a Presidential Medal and more honors than any other American writer" New York Times. William Morrow and Company hardcover
1970ref. 311466NY: VIKING. Fine. 1970. First Edition. 0670333190 . Long folded printed sheet of Bellow's National Book Award acceptance speech laid-in. INSCRIBED by Saul Bellow & dated March 5 1971 in New York City to Los Angeles Times' book review editor Digby Diehl on title page. Fine in a near fine DJ. A few short edge nicks in DJ. Author's THIRD & final National Book Award winning novel. B . VIKING. unknown
1953ref. 32980The Viking Press 1953. First. Black and gray cloth. Very good /Very good. First printing first issue with all necessary points very good hardcover shows tiny bumps to top corners bit of rubbing and soil to bottom edges of covers hint of toning to page edges and couple of tiny tears at page fore edges as well in very good dust jacket price at flap that shows some mild rubbing soil and toning along with edgewear that includes wrinkling closed tears one at middle of fore edge of front panel and tiny open chips at top corners and spine head. 536 pages. Still a good looking copy of this National Book Award winning work that is considered one of the great American novels. The Viking Press unknown
1953ref. 130184New York: The Viking Press 1953. First Edition first issue . Hardcover. Very good /Good. 536 p. 22 cm. Black and grey cloth with orange decoration and lettering. In mylar-covered dustjacket designed by Robert Hallock. Jacket has author photo on rear. Rear flap has ad for the short novels of John Steinbeck. No reviews. Top edge orange. Moderate wear to jacket spine ends a little faint soiling to rear panel. Small mark on lower text block edge. Bottom rear corner bumped. The first of the author's three books to win the National Book Award begins with the famous opening line "I am an American Chicago born ." Bellow soon found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe noticed the "free style" manner and called it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." Both Time magazine and the Modern Library board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language. The Viking Press hardcover
1982ref. 182New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1982. Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author. 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. Harper & Row Publishers unknown
1947ref. 55106New York: Vanguard Press 1947. First edition. Very good. Rare advance copy of the Nobel winner's second book. VICTIM follows the acclaim and success of Bellow's first novel THE DANGLING MAN. At the time V.S. Pritchett in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS said: "The best novel to come out of America-or England-for a generation." Bound from gathered signatures of the trade edition and issued in small numbers for review before publication a rare format of an important book from this major writer. 7.75'' x 5.25''. Original plain paper perfectbound hand-titled wrappers over brad-bound signatures. 296 pages. Some soil shelfwear. Creasing toning to spine. Faint foxing to endpapers. Else sound. Vanguard Press unknown
ref. SKU1010090The Vanguard Press. Good. 1947. Hardcover. 081490050X . SIGNED by author on end paper. First edition. Black cloth with small dig bottom front edge top edge faded as is top edge of spine. Glue stains to outer gutters two small bookplates. Dj lightly soiled and edge worn small chips at extremities 1/4 in chip at top spine plus 1 inch vertical tear top rear panel. Horizontal break between C and T on dj spine.Bla; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 294 pages . The Vanguard Press hardcover
1947ref. 55106New York: Vanguard Press 1947. First edition. Very good. Rare advance copy of the Nobel winner's second book. VICTIM follows the acclaim and success of Bellow's first novel THE DANGLING MAN. At the time V.S. Pritchett in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS said: "The best novel to come out of America-or England-for a generation." Bound from gathered signatures of the trade edition and issued in small numbers for review before publication a rare format of an important book from this major writer. 7.75'' x 5.25''. Original plain paper perfectbound hand-titled wrappers over brad-bound signatures. 296 pages. Some soil shelfwear. Creasing toning to spine. Faint foxing to endpapers. Else sound. Vanguard Press unknown books
1979ref. 187956Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago 1979. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 233p. INSCRIBED BY NUMEROUS OPERA STARS TO NORMAN PELLEGRINI. An oversize hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Corners and spine ends mildly rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has some small tears along the edges and at the corners but is still mostly intact. Inscribed by 9 opera stars to Norman Pellegrini who was the program director for WFMT Chicago's classical music radio station. Among the signers are Placido Domingo Arnold Voketaitis Ardis Krainik and Kathleen Kuhlmann. The book itself is fiilled with photographs mostly in color celebrating the history of Chicago's Lyric Opera. Measures approx. 12.25" x 10.25 Lyric Opera of Chicago hardcover
1962ref. 20199Philadelphia: The Falcon Press 1962. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Louis Kahn. The uncommon 1962 1st edition of the notebooks and drawings of pre-eminent American architect Louis Kahn 1901-1974. Solid and VG- to VG in its beige wrappers with with light soiling to the panels and mild staining along the rear panel's top-edge. Light rubbing as well at the spine rendering the title all-but-unreadable. Folio crisp nicely-reproduced Louis Kahn drawings and diagrams throughout. Signed by and from the library of Sean Sculley 1939-2021 renowned architect ansd landscape designer and long-term professor at New York's Cooper Union. The Falcon Press unknown
1962ref. 20199Philadelphia: The Falcon Press 1962. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Louis Kahn. The uncommon 1962 1st edition of the notebooks and drawings of pre-eminent American architect Louis Kahn 1901-1974. Solid and VG- to VG in its beige wrappers with with light soiling to the panels and mild staining along the rear panel's top-edge. Light rubbing as well at the spine rendering the title all-but-unreadable. Folio crisp nicely-reproduced Louis Kahn drawings and diagrams throughout. Signed by and from the library of Sean Sculley 1939-2021 renowned architect ansd landscape designer and long-term professor at New York's Cooper Union. The Falcon Press unknown books
1998ref. 846501998. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. An Unproduced Screenplay Based on the Memoir of an Important 20th-Century Civil Rights Lawyer Janson Saul C. Kinoy Arthur 1920-2003. Rights on Trial. Based on the Book by Arthur Kinoy. Revised Draft September 28 1998. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. Xerographically duplicated typescript bound in stiff glossy HBO wrappers with two metal brads title and date written on left edge of text block. Light soiling and some shelfwear to exterior occasional brief editorial notes and markings in ink to text. Very good. $500. Written by attorney and screenwriter Saul C. Janson this screenplay adapts Arthur Kinoy's memoir Rights on Trial: The Odyssey of a People's Lawyer 1983. Best known for his defense of accused spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg he also argued cases before the Supreme Court and founded the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey the Mass Party Organizing Committee and the Women's Rights Law Reporter. unknown
1998ref. 846501998. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. An Unproduced Screenplay Based on the Memoir of an Important 20th-Century Civil Rights Lawyer Janson Saul C. Kinoy Arthur 1920-2003. Rights on Trial. Based on the Book by Arthur Kinoy. Revised Draft September 28 1998. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. Xerographically duplicated typescript bound in stiff glossy HBO wrappers with two metal brads title and date written on left edge of text block. Light soiling and some shelfwear to exterior occasional brief editorial notes and markings in ink to text. Very good. $500. Written by attorney and screenwriter Saul C. Janson this screenplay adapts Arthur Kinoy's memoir Rights on Trial: The Odyssey of a People's Lawyer 1983. Best known for his defense of accused spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg he also argued cases before the Supreme Court and founded the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey the Mass Party Organizing Committee and the Women's Rights Law Reporter. unknown books
2006ref. 217788Gottingen: Steidl 2006. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features an essay by Martin Harrison. Includes 100 color images. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. A very fresh copy of the book that helped garner Leiter the much wider audience he deserved even if it came late in his life. Surprisingly uncommon. Steidl unknown
2006ref. 217788Gottingen: Steidl 2006. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features an essay by Martin Harrison. Includes 100 color images. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. A very fresh copy of the book that helped garner Leiter the much wider audience he deserved even if it came late in his life. Surprisingly uncommon. Steidl unknown books
1967ref. 15488Milano: Gorlich Editore 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 13.7x10.0x2.0in. Dust jacket in clear protector. The standard work on Italian lacquered furniture. Illustrated with 496 color plates and two color frontispieces. Text in Italian. 25pp 9.58lb 13.7x10.0x2.0in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Gorlich Editore hardcover
ref. 11145961-6Wiley & Sons Incorporated John. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John unknown
1949ref. rb15017New York: Harper and Brothers 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good condition hardcover copy. Unpaginated. Bound in yellow decorative cloth black illustration and spine titling. Minor bumping to the spine. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Harper and Brothers hardcover
2012ref. 007926Brooklyn 2012. Limited Edition. Wraps -- mid-weight card. Stapled. Fine. No. 253 of 300 copies issued and signed by Saul. Full of cartoonish phantasmagoric grotesque surreal weird sexual pornographic sometimes repulsive yet arresting imagery and whether one can find a deeper meaning to the pictures they are invariably fun and fascinating. Saul born 1934 was a seminal artist in the Pop Art movement and obviously was influenced and built upon Surrealism Dadaism Expressionism pulp comic book art etc. The works in here are reprints from a sketchbook quite clearly.- 4to. 26.5 by 19.5 cm. Unpaginated. 56 pages plus wraps which have content on the inside cover. Only two institutional copies found on OCLC First Search -- Art Institute Chicago and Washington U. None in commerce found on date of this listing. unknown
2012ref. 007926Brooklyn 2012. Limited Edition. Wraps -- mid-weight card. Stapled. Fine. No. 253 of 300 copies issued and signed by Saul. Full of cartoonish phantasmagoric grotesque surreal weird sexual pornographic sometimes repulsive yet arresting imagery and whether one can find a deeper meaning to the pictures they are invariably fun and fascinating. Saul born 1934 was a seminal artist in the Pop Art movement and obviously was influenced and built upon Surrealism Dadaism Expressionism pulp comic book art etc. The works in here are reprints from a sketchbook quite clearly.- 4to. 26.5 by 19.5 cm. Unpaginated. 56 pages plus wraps which have content on the inside cover. Only two institutional copies found on OCLC First Search -- Art Institute Chicago and Washington U. None in commerce found on date of this listing. unknown books
2022ref. 1-0323834760Elsevier 2022. Hardcover. New. 3rd har/psc edition. 843 pages. 11.00x8.75x1.75 inches. Elsevier hardcover
ref. Bloomsbury-9780739177457Lexington Books. Hardback. New. 334 pages Lexington Books hardcover
ref. Bloomsbury-9780739177457Lexington Books. Hardback. New. 334 pages Lexington Books hardcover
2020ref. __178897221XEdward Elgar Pub 2020. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 720 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.50 inches. Edward Elgar Pub hardcover