Signed first printing of one of Bellow's best-known and most acclaimed works, in excellent condition.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $1,000.00
"Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity."
A semi-autobiographical novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction, HERZOG was named as one of the 100 best English language novels by TIME in 2010. Decidedly uncommon in this condition.
Read more: Moynahan, The Way Up From Rock Bottom," The New York Times, Sept. 20, 1964.
First edition. New York: Viking, (1964). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original dark blue speckled cloth. In original unclipped ($5.75) pictorial jacket designed by Mel Williamson. 344 pages. Signed by Bellow on front free endpaper. Faint toning to spine. Minor chip to lower corner front flap. A few tiny spots soil to fore-edge. Touches of offsetting to endpapers. Else bright, clean, and sharp.
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