first edition Hardcover
1953 · New York
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good first-issue jacket, unclipped ($4.50), generally soiled, faded at the spine, bumped and with some tears, tape repairs on the verso. Grey and black buckram on the boards. Square and firmly bound with an orange top stain, a small stain at the fore-edge. Bellow's National Book Award-winning novel about a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression. One of a few novels to appear on both Time's and Modern Library's lists of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
(Inventory #: 11916)