Book #19743

Mr. Sammler's Planet: a Novel - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Saul Bellow
Book #19743 Mr. Sammler's Planet: a Novel - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Saul Bellow.
Mr. Sammler's Planet: a Novel - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: The Viking Press, 1970.

A first edition/first printing in Fine condition, blue top stain in equally Fine dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Saul Bellow on the title page.

Mr. Artur Sammler, a survivor of the Holocaust, haunted by memories of his literal escape from the grave, is living out his days in New York City. An intellectual who once thrived on the great works of Western literature and philosophy, he now occasionally lectures at Columbia University. He records the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul; 8vo ; [vi], 313, [1] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $240.00

Author Bio

Saul Bellow

Born Solomon Bellows (Jun. 10, 1915 - Apr. 5, 2005). Acclaimed Canadian-born American writer. He won the International Literary Prize in 1965 for Herzog, the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976, the Pulitzer Prize in the same year for Humboldt's Gift and the National Medal of Arts in 1988. He was the first novelist to win the National Book Award three times, 1954 for The Adventures of Augie March, 1965 for Herzog, and 1971 for Mr. Sammler's Planet.

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