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The Vicitim
by Saul Bellow
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- nr fine/nr fine
- Seller
-
Kington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
This is Bellow's second novel, first printing of the British edition. Likely to have been a short run printing since Bellow was not well known then, and post WWII austerity resulted in tight publishers budgets. It is therefore scarce in collectable condition. This copy, the best we have handled, sports the original dust jacket with no obvious tears, sunning, or marks. The only flaws are 1) a fold tear at the front jacket flap; 2) small holes in the edge of the rear jacket fold. Will happily provide photos are these flaws. Both flaws are only noticeable on close examination. The book itself is exceptionally clean, tight and square. The top edge is slightly dusty and half title page has a few faint fox spots. Overall, nr fine in a nr fine jacket. For a book issued in 1948 this is rare indeed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scorpion Press
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0012
- Title
- The Vicitim
- Author
- Saul Bellow
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - nr fine
- Jacket Condition
- nr fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lehmann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- Demi
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American literature, classics
Terms of Sale
Scorpion Press
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Items of value we recommend Special Delivery in the UK, and Tracked & Signed with additional insurance cover overseas.
About the Seller
Scorpion Press
Biblio member since 2019
Kington, Herefordshire
About Scorpion Press
Bookseller in the late 1980's selling via catalogues and fairs. Then migrated to publishing special editions as Scorpion Press. Over 100 titles published including major crime and mystery authors: Dick Francis, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bernard Cornwell, Len Deighton. Now concentrating on leather rebindings in runs of twelve copies - signed on an author profile page.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
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