Signed first printing of Bellow's Pulitzer-winning roman à clef.
Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Price: $250.00
"Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything."
Heavily based on his friendship with poet Delmore Schwartz, HUMBOLDT'S GIFT was specifically cited by the Nobel Committee when it awarded Bellow the prize the following year.
Read more: Conversations with Saul Bellow, 127.
First edition. New York: The Viking Press, (1975). 9'' x 5.5''. Original quarter yellow cloth over yellow boards. In original unclipped ($10.00) yellow printed jacket designed by Mel Williamson. Mustard endpapers. 488 pages. Signed by Bellow on publisher's tipped-in leaf. Minor rubbing to front panel of jacket, some shallow creases to same (likely production error). Fainting sunning to spine. Pages lightly toned. Else clean and sharp.
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