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Auction archive: Lot number 13

BELLOW, SAUL. Mr. Sammler's Planet [1970], signed by Bellow on front free endpaper and inscribed by him ("With very best wishes, Saul Bellow") on blank portion of Arthur Leonard Ross bookplate on inside front cover; Another copy, tiny tear in dust ja...

Auction 09.06.1992
9 Jun 1992
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$660
Auction archive: Lot number 13

BELLOW, SAUL. Mr. Sammler's Planet [1970], signed by Bellow on front free endpaper and inscribed by him ("With very best wishes, Saul Bellow") on blank portion of Arthur Leonard Ross bookplate on inside front cover; Another copy, tiny tear in dust ja...

Auction 09.06.1992
9 Jun 1992
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$660
Beschreibung:

BELLOW, SAUL. Mr. Sammler's Planet [1970], signed by Bellow on front free endpaper and inscribed by him ("With very best wishes, Saul Bellow") on blank portion of Arthur Leonard Ross bookplate on inside front cover; Another copy, tiny tear in dust jacket , "Review Copy" with publisher's printed slip and photograph of Bellow laid in; Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories [1968], signed by Bellow on title-page; The Adventures of Augie March, 1953, dust jacket a little soiled and nicked , second issue (top edge white and without printer's name on copyright page), signed by Bellow on title-page; Humboldt's Gift [1975], yellow wrappers printed in black, slight wear at heel of spine , "Advance Reading Copy," publisher's photocopy letter, etc., laid in: Another copy, half-cloth ; A Silver Dish, Albondocani Press, 1979, acetate dust jacket , one of 300 numbered copies signed by Bellow, prospectus laid in; Nobel Lecture, Targ Editions [1979], lacking plain tissue dust jacket , one of 350 numbered copies signed by Bellow; Seize the Day, 1956, slightly soiled dust jacket ; Henderson the Rain King, 1959, worn dust jacket ; Herzog [1964], dust jacket with a few tears ; To Jerusalem and Back [1976]; all New York: Viking Press, except as noted, together 12 vols., 8vo, original bindings (cloth or half-cloth unless otherwise stated), all but one in dust jackets, five in slipcases , FIRST EDITIONS. Fine to very fine condition, except as indicated. (12)

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

BELLOW, SAUL. Mr. Sammler's Planet [1970], signed by Bellow on front free endpaper and inscribed by him ("With very best wishes, Saul Bellow") on blank portion of Arthur Leonard Ross bookplate on inside front cover; Another copy, tiny tear in dust jacket , "Review Copy" with publisher's printed slip and photograph of Bellow laid in; Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories [1968], signed by Bellow on title-page; The Adventures of Augie March, 1953, dust jacket a little soiled and nicked , second issue (top edge white and without printer's name on copyright page), signed by Bellow on title-page; Humboldt's Gift [1975], yellow wrappers printed in black, slight wear at heel of spine , "Advance Reading Copy," publisher's photocopy letter, etc., laid in: Another copy, half-cloth ; A Silver Dish, Albondocani Press, 1979, acetate dust jacket , one of 300 numbered copies signed by Bellow, prospectus laid in; Nobel Lecture, Targ Editions [1979], lacking plain tissue dust jacket , one of 350 numbered copies signed by Bellow; Seize the Day, 1956, slightly soiled dust jacket ; Henderson the Rain King, 1959, worn dust jacket ; Herzog [1964], dust jacket with a few tears ; To Jerusalem and Back [1976]; all New York: Viking Press, except as noted, together 12 vols., 8vo, original bindings (cloth or half-cloth unless otherwise stated), all but one in dust jackets, five in slipcases , FIRST EDITIONS. Fine to very fine condition, except as indicated. (12)

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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