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First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, SAUL.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press 1970.
First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 42977
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Last Analysis: A Play
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Last Analysis: A Play.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1966.
First edition of the only play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Ball.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 34864
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Pulitzer Prize-winning Novel Humboldt's Gift; Inscribed by him to Close Friend Judge Abraham Marovitz
BELLOW, SAUL.
Humboldt’s Gift.
New 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.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 100951
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King
BELLOW, SAUL.
Henderson the Rain King.
New York: The Viking Press 1959.
First edition of the author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine first issue dust jacket. Jacket painting by Bill Preston.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 108921
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"whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow": First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New 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.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 111689
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Signed by Him
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press 1953.
First edition of Bellow’s first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Saul Bellow. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117859
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, SAUL.
Herzog.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1965.
First British edition of the author’s second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally S. from S. Bellow Best wishes Oct 10 ’91 Chicago, Ill.” 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. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by John Griffiths.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118261
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First Edition of Saul bellow's Something to Remember Me By; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, SAUL.
Something to Remember Me By. Three Tales. The Bellarosa Connection, A Theft, Something To Remember Me By.
New 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.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 118778
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Signed Limited First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December
BELLOW, SAUL.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row 1982.
Signed limited first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow. Fine in a fine slipcase and in the original acetate.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 120568
