New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670333190 . First edition, so indicated by "First published in 1970" statement to copyright page. Saul Bellow's famous work features a one-eyed Polish man's observations of the turbulent 20th century. The late Mr. Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth with cover & spine titling in black; blue topstain. Volume wrapped in simple blue typographic dust jacket with Jeff Lowenthal photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright though with prior owner's embossed circular stamp to front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small chips to edges, else intact, bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 313 pages .

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Saul Bellow was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. Mr. Sammler’s Planet was the 1971 recipient of the National Book Awards. In this compelling reflection of life in New York City at the end of the 1960’s, Mr. Sammler is an aging Holocaust survivor who literally pulled himself out of a mass grave created when Nazi’s gunned victims down during an action. The novel follows a few days in the life of Sammler as he is living among his rich nephew’s family and his own daughter’s. Very sore of heart, he reflects on the degradations of city life and observes the sufferings of the human soul. An astute, moral and ultimately sublime novel, it is compelling and well-told.

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 86099
Title: Mr. Sammler's Planet
Author: BELLOW, Saul
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0670333190
ISBN 13: 9780670333196
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1970
Keywords: 0670333190
Bookseller catalogs: >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize;

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