Humboldt's Gift
by Bellow, Saul
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Not Issued
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1983. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine green leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and multiple rules. 462 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this work as a quality Franklin Library production, "privately printed and bound exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library of Pulitzer Prize Classics." Illustrated by Barry Shapiro. First edition thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1976. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and as new copy. As new. .
Synopsis
Humboldt's Gift is a novel by Saul Bellow that tells of the balance of art and power in an ever-increasingly materialistic America. The tale is shown through a semi-autobiographical account of Bellow's friendship with a poet, Delmore Schwartz. Humboldt's Gift won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and contributed to Bellow's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020980
- Title
- Humboldt's Gift
- Author
- Bellow, Saul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fine Binding, Franklin Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fine Binding;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- New
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...