Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Bellow, Saul. Adventures of Augie March, The. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$6.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Sept 1953 first edition, but not first state. Slight tilt to spine, soil/sunning and fraying on cover, dent/fold on top fore-edge of about 40 pages, tanning, else text clean, binding tight. Language: eng
Seller: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General shelf/age wear. No jacket. Pages clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General shelf/age wear. No jacket. Pages clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Bellows, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, NY, 1953.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$16.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. First Edition Thus. 504 pages. No dust jacket. Grey and black paper covered boards. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stamp to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover with no dust jacket.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$19.98 + shipping
Description: DJ has a couple small rips but the inside is otherwise completely intact and unmarked.
Seller: Inquiring Minds, Saugerties, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, NY, 1953.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardback. 8vo. (1953). Modern Reprint Edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Same dust jacket art as original. No names, marks or highlighting.
Seller: Doc O'Connor, Ft. Wright, KY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, NY, 1953.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Description: Gray and black buckram in very nice condition, only 1 corner slightly bumped. No jacket. Plain top edge, reprint "dot" on back cover. No internal markings, solid binding. 536 pg. LCC 53-7953 Fine condition (no dust jacket). Printed for Book Clubs, 1953 dated only, early printing.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, NY, 1953.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Second issue of the first edition (no topstain & H. Wolff printer), very good in a poor dust jacket. The top 2" of the backstrip of the book is a little darkened where the jacket is missing a piece. The bottom edge of the page block has a couple of tiny stains. The jacket is missing the top 2" of the backstrip, and a triangular chip at the bottom of the backstrip which leaves only the "M" and a small piece of the "a" in the last word of the title. The top 2" of the front panel is detached, but present. The jacket is in 2 large pieces, separated at the front edge of the spine.The book itself is tight and square, with no names or other markings internally.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine slightly darkened.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good, hard cover book with no dust jacket, book club edition, deckle pages, dog-eared, 607 pages, 8vo.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Nobel Prize-winning Bellow's third novel was his "breakthrough" book and won him the first of his three National Book Awards. It is the story of a young Chicago man growing up during the Great Depression. Lacking a top edge stain and with "H. Wolff, New York," the printer, this copy is not a first printing of the first editon but a second or third impression. The boards show bumped corners and spine ends and some surface wear and soiling, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Sorry, no dustjacket.
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Front flap of dust jacket is detached, but jacket is in a clear, archival cover which gives the appearance of it being attached. Jacket is price-clipped with chips, tears, creases around edges. Book Club edition with small orange dot on lower right corner of rear coverboard. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 536 pp.
Seller: Bibliodditiques, IOBA, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Bellow, Saul.. The Adventures of Augie March.. New York: Viking Press., 1953.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., 536 pp., Very Good, Grey & Black Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, staining, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; staining on edges of text block; shelf wear. Former owner's signature on FFEP. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$36.69 + shipping
Description: Stated fourth printing with original dust jacket priced at $4.50Clean pages, tight binding, cloth boards and dust jacket show minor staining, Illustrated dust jacket over cloth boards Clean pages, tight binding, clot Illustrated dust jacket over clo
Seller: HGG Books, Slingerlands, NY, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The adventures of Augie March : a novel. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first issue, with "Printed in U.S.A. by The Vail-Ballou Press, Inc." at foot of copyright page and with top-edge stained orange. Ex-library, with unmarked spine but with light property stamp at top-, fore-, and bottom-edges, and bookplate (canceled) at front pastedown. Publisher's decorative cloth good, 1/4 inch tear to head of spine; library markings as noted, contents clean. 750 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1953. The third published novel by the Canadian/American winner of the Nobel Prize (1976). This is a Very Good copy of the Book Club Edition; with printing date of September 1953 and printing by H. Wolff. Gray and black cloth binding, with lettering in red. Clean text; 536 pages. The corners are mildly bumped and there is some darkening around the upper margins. The dustjacket (which actually follows the First Edition points) has been price-clipped. It shows quite a bit of edgewear, with creasing and chipping, although the colors remain bright. In an archival plastic protector. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good (Minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Adventures of Augie March -- 1st Edition / 2nd Impression. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$49.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard Cover -- VG/Good First Edition, 2nd impression with original price of 4.50 present and "Printed in U.S.A. by H. Wolff" on copyright page. Other than dust jacket showing moderate wear (in new mylar sleeve, book is clean and tight. 536 pages. -- The Viking Press, September 1953
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul.. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1953.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Probably second issue of first edition. Finish on cover faintly rubbed or thumbprinted in spots; corners very lightly bumped; top edges of cover perhaps ever-so-slightly darkened, barely detectable. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Page 202 lower corner has multiple creases. Otherwise near fine condition, bright and tight. -- Price-clipped DJ has chipped edges and other signs of general wear, especially at spine, which is scuffed. A 1" chip is missing from front lower fore-corner. Overall fairly clean with only a bit of darkening at folds. 536 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. First issue with orange topstain. Lacking duist jacket. Bookplate on paste down and toning to spine cloth, Very Good.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover 3-Vol Set, uniformly bound in green and red-stamped full tan cloth, novels originally published 1953-64, no markings, NOT ex-lib, minor shelf/corner wear to boards with a little foxing/staining to outer panel edges of Henderson volume, else clean tight excellent set (no djs, as issued); 3 8vos: 607 + 320 + 352pp. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for this set, particularly for priority service or for delivery outside the United States (extra charge may be SUBSTANTIAL for non-domestic shipment)
Seller: Nighttown Books, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue. 536 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author's Third Book. Cloth, top edge not stained orange. Minor shelf wear, else Fine, in somewhat chipped dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$52.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Adventures of Augie March" set the stage for Bellow's Nobel Prize Award in 1976 and established him as a crucial voice that demanded to be heard. Fifty years later, it remains the best loved of Bellow's works as new readers discover this vital, truly American masterpiece. First edition, second state. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover -- VG/Good First Edition, 2nd impression with original price of 4.50 present and "Printed in U.S.A. by H. Wolff" on copyright page. Other than dust jacket showing moderate wear (in new mylar sleeve, book is clean and tight. 536 pages. -- The Viking Press, September 1953. Photos available upon request
Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, U.S.A., 1953.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG- / G. 1st Printing (dyed top edge). Book is securely bound, uniformly age toned (mild age fading to dyed top edge), lightly soiled along bottom edge, has whisper of cocking, and except for signature inked top of ffep, free of other markings and blemishes. Cover is clean and bright, with sharp corners, gentle bumping to joints, headcap and tail, straight spine, hinges and edge, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design. Dust Jacket is clipped / torn at corners of flaps (although still reflecting original USD $4.50 price), encased in protective mylar, and age toned, with chipping throughout entailing losses of varying degrees of severity to corners, head, tail, wraps and edges. (Please see Seller images). Pre-ISBN. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 9780300123142. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. ADDITIONAL CHARGE (DUE TO APPROX 2.25# SHIPPING WEIGHT) WILL APPLY IF SHIPPED OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL US; CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos.
Seller: ShiroBooks, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First edition, first issue. Discolored soiling to top of text block. Graphite underscoring and margin notes throughout leaves. Chipping and wear to edges of dust jacket. Toning and mild soiling to d.j. verso. Some tearing to corners of d.j. folds and d.j. front joints. VG/VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
BELLOW SAUL. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$61.19 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60110323: 1953. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 607 pages. Couverture et 1ers feuillets se détachant légèrement. Jaquette manquante. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$62.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Adventures of Augie March (First Issue book 1953) A Novel by Saul Bellow . In Very Good condition, lacking the dust jacket. Black and gray cloth binding with orange lettering and the top edge stained orange. NAME written inside the cover.
Seller: Second Site Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1953.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black and grey cloth in black and white DJ. DJ has some large chips missing from top edge and a few minor tears. This is the FIRST ISSUE with the orange top stain and the ad for Short Novels of Steinbeck on rear flap.
Seller: The Book Lady Bookstore, Savannah, GA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: Appears to be the first edition of the book club. Title page shows 1953 at bottom, Copyright page matches that of first edition. Jacket has several chips and multiple crease's. Colors on front panel still pretty bright and attractive. Boards show wear at spine ends and there is a bumped corner on rear panel top. Dust jacket is price clipped at top on front flap where price located on first edition. Rear board has small orange dot near spine. Tightly bound and square. Orange dot is only indication this could be a book club first edition. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First issue, with top edges stained orange and printed by the Vail-Ballou Presss. Top edges and front cover slightly water-spotted, Head of spine a bit worn. Jacket worn, foxed, torn and repaired, in Mylar protector. Jacket has $4.50 price and no review blurbs, but no ad for Steinbeck short novels.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$87.50 + shipping
Description: New York. 1953. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. First issue with top edge stained orange & Printed In The USA By The Vail-Ballou Press Inc. on copyright page. Dust Jacket with original price ($4.50) and advertisement for Short Novels of John Steinbeck on back flap, without reviews. Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front, Very Good in Chipped Dustjacket With A Piece Missing From The Top Spine & The Front Back Top. 536 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This National Book Award-winning novel takes place in Depression-era Chicago and is not only a testimony on human nature but also of the drive to succeed. The novel follows the adventures of a lifelong dreamer named Augie March, who only through failure after failure finally succeeds in the end. The novel recreates life during the Depression and is filled with memorable characters. inventory #1271 Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front, Very Good in Chipped Dustjacket With A Piece Missing From The Top Spine & The Front Back Top.
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul.. The Adventures of Augie March.. New York: Viking Press., 1953.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., 536 pp., Book Very Good, DJ Fair, Grey & Black Decorative Cloth, Dust Jacket with detached sections, losses, tears, sun-fading, staining, rubbing, & edge wear; staining on edges of text block; shelf wear. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March, a Novel. Viking Press, NY, 1953.
Price: US$124.80 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: c1953; purple bottom end pages; pp. 504
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953, Hardcover Bellow's First National Book Award (1954) winning novel.Black and Grey cloth boards with orange outline of lettering on both front board as well as binding. Rubbing on top of binding along with a large dark stain. Unclipped dustjacket in very poor condition: half of the binding is missing which, unfortunately, has separated the front and back of dustjacket. John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Both Time Magazine and the Modern Library Board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language. Binding is clean and tight, corners unbumped. Endpapers are bright and clean. 536 pages firm but yellowed from age. Some pencilled underlining by prior owner.
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No DJ. Soiling to original boards. Stated Published by the Viking Press in September 1953.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$189.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy. Unmarked, tight and square. Boards are sharp and clean but tanning and tiny tear at head of spine. Second state with printed by H Wolff on copyright page. First state of jacket with no reviews. Published by Viking Press September 1953 stated at top of copyright page. Not price clipped. $4.50 shows clearly. Chips at spine ends and small crease, else jacket would be near fine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The author's third book, and first to win the National Book Award. First Issue in the First Issue dust jacket with all the issue points. 8vo. - over 7 3/4 in. - 9 3/4 in. 536pp., bound in black and gray cloth with orange titles; orange topstain. Just a touch of light wear, else Very Good to Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket that has some edgewear, a chip to the top of the spine, and light tanning to the front and rear panels.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1953). Thick 8vo. Later issue SIGNED by Bellow. Lacking d.j. Pamphlet from a Saul Bellow lecture laid in. Offsetting to copyright and dedication pages from signature on title page. Darkening to edges of lightly toned textblock with faintest patch of soiling and scratching to top edge near spine end. Marking/wear to textblock bottom corner. Faint series of spots to front pastedown. Wear and darkening to edges of gently rubbed cloth covered boards with wear, light rubbing, and slight bumping to spine ends and forecorners. Wear and bumping resulted in fraying starting to from and bottom rear forecorners. Slight ripple to spine appears to be a slight production error. VG/--.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo bound in grey and black cloth stamped in orange. Orange top stain. First edition, first state: orange top stain, no reviews, and Vail-Ballou Press at publication page. Near Fine in a Very Good+ jacket. Top stain faded with a few spots of soil; small area of rubbing at head of spine. Jacket has several instances of internal tape repair at upper edge of front panel and spine, which causes some discoloration to upper panel; instances of shallow chipping to edges and a small closed tear at lower front panel. 536 pp. [+2]
Seller: Mausoleum Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
BELLOW, SAUL. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Bellow's notable third novel and his first National Book Award winner. Martin Amis wrote in 1995: "The Adventures of Augie March is the Great American Novel. Search no further." First issue, with orange topstain and printer named as Vail-Ballou Press, in the first issue dustjacket with no reviews and with Steinbeck ad on rear flap. Very good plus in very good plus or better dustjacket with some creasing and two short tears.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, 1953.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing first issue with all necessary points, very good + hardcover shows tiny bumps to top corners, bit of rubbing and soil to bottom edges of covers, hint of toning to page edges and couple of tiny tears at page fore edges as well, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows some mild rubbing, soil and toning along with edgewear that includes wrinkling, closed tears (one at middle of fore edge of front panel) and tiny open chips at top corners and spine head. 536 pages. Still a good looking copy of this National Book Award winning work that is considered one of the great American novels.
Seller: Barker Books & Vintage, Helena, MT, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 536 p. 22 cm. Black and grey cloth with orange decoration and lettering. In mylar-covered dustjacket designed by Robert Hallock. Jacket has author photo on rear. Rear flap has ad for the short novels of John Steinbeck. No reviews. Top edge orange. Moderate wear to jacket spine ends, a little faint soiling to rear panel. Small mark on lower text block edge. Bottom rear corner bumped. The first of the author's three books to win the National Book Award begins with the famous opening line "I am an American, Chicago born ." Bellow soon found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The ciritic Irving Howe noticed the "free style" manner and called it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." Both Time magazine and the Modern Library board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
BELLOW, SAUL. The Adventures of Augie March. New York Viking Press 1953, 1953.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Issue. BellowÕs first best-seller, and a winner of the National Book Award. Fine in a very good plus price-clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear to the top and bottom of the spine and a few tiny tears.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press (1953), New York, 1953.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [8], 3-536, [2] pp. Half grey cloth over black cloth with orange lettering on the front board and spine; orange topstain. Price of $4.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Ahearn APG 003a. The first issue book in the first issue dustwrapper (with no reviews on the jacket, the ads for Steinbeck on the rear flap, and the correct printer listed on the copyright page). The winner of the 1954 National Book Award. The life-story of Augie March, a poor Chicagoan who grapples with the Great Depression and is always scrambling to get by, long into his adulthood. A tiny dampspot on the front pastedown and corresponding corner of the free front endpaper; jacket has a few hints of edge wear and minor soiling to its rear panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
BELLOW, SAUL. The adventures of Augie March. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: Fourth printing, 8vo, pp. [6], 536; original black and gray cloth stamped in orange on upper cover and spine, top edge stained orange; dust-jacket chipped at top of spine, along top edge, and at top outer corner (never any loss of letterpress), else very good. This copy inscribed: "To Phil Miller, in him I didn't specially try to recruit, with affection and good wishes, Saul Bellow." Winner of the National Book Award.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March.. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Saul Bellow. In fine condition. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American, Chicago born, and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner, calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954. Both Time magazine and the Modern Library Board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March.. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American, Chicago born, and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner, calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954. Both Time magazine and the Modern Library Board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March.. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ann Englander whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped first-issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. An exceptional example. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American, Chicago born, and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner, calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954. Both Time Magazine and the Modern Library Board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March.. The Viking Press, New York, 1953.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Raymita Chaffee with best wishes Saul Bellow Breadloaf VT, 1954." The recipient was a student of Bellowâs at Breadloaf. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket, Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Contemporary inscriptions in this title are uncommon. The Adventures of Augie March comes on stage with one of literature's most famous opening lines. "I am an American, Chicago born, and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted." Bellow quickly found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The critic Irving Howe took note of Bellow's "free style" manner, calling it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." This novel went on to win the National Book Award for 1954 and was listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.
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