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1975Best.-Nr. 1187Viking 1975. First Edition. First Printing Very good in bright yellow boards. Price-clipped dust jacket has small brown stain otherwise near fine very nice copy. Viking unknown
1975Best.-Nr. 1328456New York: The Viking Press 1975. First Edition Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 487 pages; VG/G; in yellow dust jacket yellow spine with brown titling; some rubbing and wear particularly to spine including small tears and sun-fading corners with some chipping; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$10.00'; pages brittle; Inscribed on the second free endpaper by Saul Bellow "For my friend Rachel / with affection / Saul"; JM consignment;. shelved Case 6. Rachel MacKenzie was a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1956 through 1979. Known for nurturing the careers of such literary giants as Isaac Bashevis Singer and Saul Bellow she also had a correspondence with Muriel Spark and encouraged her to submit to the New Yorker. Charles McGrath former writer and editor for The New Yorker writes "MacKenzie was a bluestocking a former college professor who had a discerning eye for talent she more or less discovered Isaac Singer and was a supporter of the young Philip Roth." Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times in 1954 1965 and 1971. 1328456. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 61-1252Knopf 1969. 1969. 1st ed. 228p. Jacket priced. Fine/Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knopf, 1969. Hardcover
1997Best.-Nr. 312009NY: VIKING. Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in glossy pictorial printed wrappers. . VIKING. paperback
1938Best.-Nr. 7471NY: Academy Photo Offset Inc. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full burgundy cloth Hebrew lettering gilt on cover. title page in color. Illustrated with fine etchings by Saul Raskin Text in English and Hebrew. Covers very lightly soiled Hebrew inscriptions on ffep very mildly shelf-worn else fine. The dust jacket now in Mylar is moderately chipped with some loss at the head of the spine. All of the etchings are in bright clean condition. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . Etchings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 124 2 pp . Academy Photo Offset, Inc. hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 117422G.P. Putnam 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. In brown cloth. Light shelf wear to bottom boards. Inscribed by Alinsky and signed " Saul". No jacket. . G.P. Putnam Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 18403new pb Basil Blackwell (out of print) paperback
1935Best.-Nr. 23033Windham Conn.: Hawthorn House 1935. First US edition. Light wear to cover but near fine in very good slipcase. 40 pp. small octavo gray cloth spine and pale rose boards slipcase. A book of poems. Inscribed by author on front blank leaf: "For Alex Heyman With kind regards A. E. Coppard." Edition of 300 copies. From the library of John K. Martin of Black Sparrow Press with his small exlibris label to rear pastedown. Hawthorn House hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 23034Windham Conn.: Hawthorn House 1935. First US edition. Light wear to cover but near fine in very good slipcase. 40 pp. small octavo gray cloth spine and pale rose boards slipcase. A book of poems. Edition of 300 copies. From the library of John K. Martin of Black Sparrow Press with his small exlibris label to rear pastedown. Hawthorn House hardcover
2001Best.-Nr. L2 box223 v5rTrigonometry. By I. M. Gelfand Mark Saul. Birkhäuser paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 18Milano Gorlich 1964 . Hardcover with dustjacket mylar protected: Volume II: 169-377. Text in Italian. fine condition book and d j like new. Eighteenth Century Italian furniture and decorative art. Gorlich hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. mon0003236879The Easton Press 2009. Leather-Bound. Very Good. . Cover has light shelf wear. The Easton Press hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 3354New York: William Morrow And Company INC 1987. Used. Excellent condition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket. 346 pp. First Edition. In this acclaimed novel from one of America's literary legends two unforgettable characters take a lively romp through the baffling and often hilarious connection between the body and the mind. An eccentric Russian literature professor leaves his native Paris to be near his uncle--a world-class genius in botany but a total bungler when it comes to women--in the Midwest. William Morrow And Company, INC unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 009-003Shows a bit of wear and age but the text is clean and the book is overall is good condition. McGraw-Hill paperback
1964Best.-Nr. 2484New York NY: Viking Press 1964. 1st Ed. Orig owners bookplate pasted inside front cover. Hardbound. 8vo. 128 Pgs. V-Fine in Chipped DJ/Good. Herzog by Saul Bellow. Published by Viking Press New York NY 1964. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo up to 9-1/2'' tall. Condition: V-Fine in Chipped DJ. Orig owners bookplate pasted inside front cover. 341 Pgs. Novel. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 2484. Viking Press hardcover
1951Best.-Nr. 007710Cape Town: South African Public Library 1951. Soft cover. Good. Ex-lib with usual trappings and stamps. Wraps plastic protected. 54pp. saddle-stitched. Very scarce. South African Public Library paperback
1954Best.-Nr. COLLECTI013819ILONDON: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD D.J. PUB MAY 1954. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER WITH D.J. ILLUSTRATED BY LEY KENYON . BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT WITH SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS AND AN ATTRACTIVE BUT INCONSPICUOUS BOOKPLATE TO THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. D.J. IS WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH SOME LOSS A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS SOME RUB TO THE VERTICAL FOLDS SOME LIGHT SOIL TO THE WHITE AREAS OF REAR PANEL VERY FAINT COLOR-FADE TO THE SPINE PANEL AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A PRESENTABLE CLEAN UNFADED COPY OF A SCARCE EDITION. . WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 25008New York: Viking Press 1994. Uncorrected proofs of the first edition. Printed wrappers. Fine. 8vo. A selection of Bellow's nonfiction articles. Between the issuance of this proof and the published book several essays some 40 pages were expunged for unknown reasons. The only copy of this textually significant text we've seen. Viking Press
1944Best.-Nr. 014681New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. First edition no statement of printing/edition. Cloth in unclipped jacket with $2.50 price present. 191 pp. First novel from Nobel Prize winning author Saul Bellow. GOOD condition. Heavy chipping creasing and loss along the jacket extremities with hinges very scuffed and worn. Uneven fading and toning to the jacket. Minor soiling. Book faded with some browning along the extremities. Minor soiling and edgewear. Text block toned. The Vanguard Press unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 0012This is Bellow's second novel first printing of the British edition. Likely to have been a short run printing since Bellow was not well known then and post WWII austerity resulted in tight publishers budgets. It is therefore scarce in collectable condition. This copy the best we have handled sports the original dust jacket with no obvious tears sunning or marks. The only flaws are 1 a fold tear at the front jacket flap; 2 small holes in the edge of the rear jacket fold. Will happily provide photos are these flaws. Both flaws are only noticeable on close examination. The book itself is exceptionally clean tight and square. The top edge is slightly dusty and half title page has a few faint fox spots. Overall nr fine in a nr fine jacket. For a book issued in 1948 this is rare indeed. John Lehmann hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 108092Vanguard 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. Except for a tiny soil spot at the bottom inside edge of the back cover and a closed tear in the bottom margin of one page this is a very near fine and quite clean and fresh copy of this fragile book in a very good fust jacket that shows minimal chipping at spinal extremities rubbing along back spine edge and a tear in the middle of the front jacket flap. Original price of $2.50 still on front flap of jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Vanguard hardcover
Best.-Nr. SAULHUMBOLT'S GIFT: 4 COPIES: A. Advanced Reading Copy softcover good pages are age tonedsoiled covers. B & C: 1st editionfirst published viking 1975 1 is VG less soiling than the other-has previous owners inscription 1st leaf and priced clipped. 2nd: price intact no writing better that Good. DJ both are soilededgewear and small tears. These DJs were probably the cheapest made and fragile. Copy D; Franklin Library NF with minor scratches to the page ends only defects I see. COLLECTED STORIES: UK PRICE INTACT AGE TONING AND USED 2 DIFFERENT PAPER STOCKS Minor scratches rear dj thru the mylar NF. TO JERUSALEM AND BACK:NF. This edition is a signed copy on the main title page below his printed name. VG book and DJ. First published 1976 viking. bottom spine area of the book small fading. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY: This special edition with bookplate signed for the class of 1995 Boston University Stated "This volume first published in 1991 by Viking Penguin" it appears not to have been read or even open up to far. but i still rate NF in case I miss something. HERZOG: DJ has rubbingchipping with the worst1/2 inch triangle front bottom corner with small tearsLets call it poor price intact.Book:inside front cover is bookplate previous owner it appears there was cheap article caused heavy browning first published 1964 viking light foxing fore edge and of course cheap construction and glue coming thru. But still VG/tight/square. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING: UK ED. REPRINT PRINTER. rate the book and DJ in good condition the front cover extents farther out than the back cover. the adventures of augie march: publish by viking press September 1953 this is the first printing appears to be unread with minor bruising to spine ends. DJ price intact light soiling top front corner hint moisture stain. Better than VG book and DJ Bonus Book: THE DEAN'S DECEMBER 1982 Harper&Row; 1st Printing VG to Better Good DJ Good-VG Minor flaws but it is an added book. VARIOUS hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 12969Los Angeles: The Plantin Press 1972 One of 140 copies printed by Saul and Lillian Marks. Presentation copy inscribed by Marks on the colophon. Tan printed boards. In the original dust jacket printed in orange with minor toning. Octavo. Woodcut device of a compass in brown on the title-page decorative initial letters in blue-green second compass device in black on the colophon. Full-page portrait of Plantin. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with the original prospectus laid in. A printing of the talk Saul Marks made about the Christopher Plantin before the Zamorano Club based on the work of Plantin scholars Max Rooses Maurice Sabbe Leon Voet T.F. Dibdin Theodore Low De Vinne Colin Clair Harry Carter Ray Nash and others. Also included are "The Office Rules at the Golden Compasses" translated by Peter van der Pas which are the Master's "standing orders" for those employed at his printing office; such rules include not discussing religion a heavy fine is imposed on violators not using obscene language or telling untrue stories not removing proofs printed sheets or anything else from the office and not discussing the goings-on of the printer's office with outsiders among many others. The Plantin Press, hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 4771New York: Random House 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. First printing hardcover. Remainder stamp on front endpaper minor wear to the board edges else a tight near fine copy with clean contents in a good dust jacket long closed tear to the front panel minor edge wear. Now protected in an archival cover. Random House hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 76197New York NY.: William Morrow and Company Inc. Very Good. 1987. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in maroon paper covered boards with a silver stamped white cloth spine in a very nice dust jacket with some light toning on the flaps. The covers show light rubbing to the corners. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is signed by the author Saul Bellow at the top of the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. . William Morrow and Company, Inc. hardcover