Dangling Man

New York: Vanguard Press, 1944. Saul Bellow's first book. Near Fine, slight toning to the paste downs, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, the spine sunned to brown, small chips at spine ends, 2 small rubs along spine, 1/2" closed tear top edge rear panel. The bookplate of Stanton Friedberg and and his wife, the poet Martha Friedberg, front… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann, 1946. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Impression ("First published in England 1946") of this slim, quiet masterpiece (Bellow's first book) from the Nobel prizewinning author of Herzog, Augie March, and Henderson the Rain King. Slim crown 8vo (184 x 119mm): 191,[1]pp. Publisher's finely woven sunflower cloth, spine stamped in brown, illustrated dust jacket (price-clipped)… Read more about this item

New York: Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition of the author’s first book. A fine copy in a dust jacket with very light wear.

London: John Lehmann, 1946. First British edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of wear. Jacket design by Robert Medley. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March,… Read more about this item

New York: Vanguard, 1944. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. Olive boards with red-stamped design; some discoloration to cloth and rounding to corners; close to near fine. In unclipped illustrated jacket, with modest edge-wear and minor crease to rear corner, thus close to near fine. Housed in quarter-leather slipcase, with pull-tab chemise.. First Edition. Octavo. A charming copy of Bellow's first book,… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some wear and toning to the spine. One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press,, 1944. Sociology and poetry in Chicago First edition, first printing, of the author's first book, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper, "To Kurt & Carla Wolff, affectionately, Saul Bellow". One of the Wolffs has added "[Chicago Ap 15, 44]" beneath Bellow's inscription and "Kurt & Karla Wolff, Chicago, Mr. 27, 1944 (H.… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann, 1946. A first edition, first printing published by John Lehmann in 1946. A near fine book in very good (or better) dust wrapper with some off-setting to the top edge of the front panel and to the rear panel. Rare

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war" (Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker).

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example. One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war" (Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker).

New York: Signet/New American Library, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Signet P2625; one of the early works from the award-winning Bellow, this novel, set in 1942 Chicago, features Joseph, a young man who has cut himself off from his wife, his work, his family and friends,… Read more about this item

8vo. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. 8vo,191 pp. Original green cloth, lettered in brown on backstrip and with publisher’s device on upper cover, cloth faded in places, internally very clean. Original clipped dust-jacket, faded in places and with some wear to the top edge. Very good. § First Edition of the author's first book. The diary of a… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1963. First edition thus, first printing of the first British paperback edition. Pages and covers tanned, mild wear at the heel and crown, half inch separation at the lower front cover joint, minor bumping to corners. Very good, tight copy, spine straight, uncreased. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. First edition (no statement of printing/edition). Cloth in unclipped jacket with $2.50 price present. 191 pp. First novel from Nobel Prize winning author Saul Bellow. GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, creasing and loss along the jacket extremities, with hinges very scuffed and worn. Uneven fading and toning to the… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 191pp. Original grayish cloth with crimson lettering. A good copy. Copy of one Pfc. John M. Nakamura (perhaps the Nissei soldier killed in action in 1945, the year of inscription at front of book?) about a dozen pages have his penned notes in margins, a bit… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann, 1946. First English edition. Fine in lightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket.. Small 8vo, 191pp; yellow cloth. Bellow's first book. The jacket design was by Robert Medley.

The edges are tinted red, matching the cover art. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Stated 3rd printing. Light general wear, common to old paperbacks, but nothing overly bad.

New York: The Vanguard Press. 191pp. Designed bt Stefan Salter. Green cloth hardcover with brown spine title and decoration on cover, slightly sunned on spine and top board edge, book slightly cocked. P . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1944.