Humboldt's Gift

New York: Viking, 1975. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. Gold printed wrappers. Fine. Pulitzer Prize Winner.

New York: Viking, 1975. Novel based in part on Bellow's friendship with poet Delmore Schwartz, the model for the title character. Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize for this book in 1976; it was also influential in his selection as a Nobel Prize winner that year. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. SIGNED by… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Book is tight and square with no marks of any kind. A beautiful copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are wrapped carefully and shipped in a box..

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This Viking Press 1st Published 1st Edition is in VeryGood/VeryGood condition. The HB is tight, with bowing of the upper spine and retains its bright orange spine cloth and yellow though faded hard back. The text is intact. The FFEP with the… Read more about this item

pro: very solid clean copy, no folds or markings, no damage to pages or interior, very much intact, although externally has some wear, of this First Edition First Printing, for more info on what constitutes a first first of this book: http://www.pprize.com/BookDetail.php/Humboldt-Gift) con: light wear to exterior of boards and dust jacket worn through at edges (see pictures). visible shelf wear… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First Edition [printing not specified & presumed first]. Cloth and boards. Like New/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6" x 1 3/4"), gold quarter cloth with black lettering on spine over yellow boards,archival m ylar-protected lettered yellow dust jacket (unclipped) by… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Humboldt's Gift is a self-described "comic book about death," whose title character is modeled on the lyric poet Delmore Schwartz. Charlie Citrine, an intellectual, middle-aged author of award-winning biographies and plays, contemplates two significant figures and philosophies in his life: Von Humboldt Fleisher, a dead poet who had been his mentor, and Rinaldo… Read more about this item

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980. Book. Illus. by Tauss, Herb. Fine. Hardcover. Collector's Edition.. Limited Edition, 467 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This is not the signed edition. Full red leather raised spine bands. Lettering, decorations and page edges stamped in gilt. Illustrations by Herb Tauss. Silk ribbon page marker. A beautiful copy. Book… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Saul Bellow to the poet R.P. Dickey. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of shelfwear. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. Humboldt's Gift is a self-described "comic book about death," whose title character… Read more about this item

Leather bound hardback, owner name stamped on third page, like new

Penguin Books, United Kingdom, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 12mo Small. 475 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready… Read more about this item

Viking Press, 1975. Hard Cover. Used:Good/Acceptable. Good In Fair Dust Jacket. Shelf Wear And Corners Bumped, Fep Eraser Rubbed. Dj-Heavy Chips, Rubbing, And Small Splits, Some Soiling. 487 P.

8vo. New York: Viking Press, [1975]. 8vo, (7), 487pp. Original printed yellow wrappers, tiny stain on backtrip, edges just browned. § Advance reading copy with insert from the publisher. Signed by Bellow, who won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year. The novel, which Bellow initially intended to be a short… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Karyl, with love I could never have done it without your patient help Saul." The recipient, Karyl Kylie typed the manuscript of this novel. Fine in a near fine… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1975-08-25. Hardcover. Used: Good.

The Viking Press, 1975-01-01. book club edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 20x20x20. Book club edition with minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Yellow board with orange cloth spinecover, stained, tanning, foxing, lightly chipped at corners. Pages are clean and lightly tanning in margins, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1983. Special Edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket.

(New York): Avon, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, spine creased, very good. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and a *Burgess 99* title. Avon 29447.

[ Edition: Reprint ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Viking Adult Pub Date: 8/25/1975 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 487