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Humboldt's Gift
de Saul Bellow
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: The Viking Press, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6". None. The first edition, first printing of this award winning novel by Saul Bellow in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The novel is a roman a clef about Bellow himself and his friendship with Delmore Schwartz, American poet. Themes cover art, power, capitalism, and materialist America. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.Saul Bellows was a Canadian-American writer. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and the National Medal of Arts. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. The dust wrapper has some wear to the extremities and where it sits on the spine is slightly discoloured. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some discolouration and spotting to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 830W20
- Título
- Humboldt's Gift
- Autor
- Saul Bellow
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Viking Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1975
- Tamaño
- 9.5" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- Saul Bellow Humboldt's Gift Pulitzer Prize First edition Humboldt's Gift Dust wrapper
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
