Humboldt's Gift
by Bellow, Saul
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1975): The Viking Press. First Edition. Octavo. 487pp. signed by the author who also won the Pulitzer Prize for this work. How the gentle but resilient Charlie comes to know what he must do and how he triumphs over his ever more ridiculous tribulations is the great discovery of Humboldt's gift, the author's exuberant and dazzling novel. Bound in ¼ orange cloth over yellow paper covered boards, spine lettering black, scattered foxing to fore-edges and spine, corners only lightly bumped, in unclipped dust jacket lettered in brown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023273
- Title
- Humboldt's Gift
- Author
- Bellow, Saul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1975)
- Keywords
- Signed
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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