Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Bellow, Saul. Henderson the Rain King. Viking Press, New York, U.S.A., 1959.
Price: US$399.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED by the author on a bookplate attached to the front free endpaper. First edition, first printing. The plate is printed with "This book is especially autographed by the Author/ Kroch's and Brentano's" with Bellows signature in pen. The cloth spine is showing slight aging and has a small stain. The dust jacket has moderate to heavy fading to the yellow background color of the spine only, but the text remains clear and dark. The jacket is not price clipped and has a very small chip at the spine head. Still a very nice copy. Scarce thus. Insured domestic Priority Mail and international shipping may require added postage charges.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Henderson the Rain King. Viking Press, NY, 1959.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Description: First printing in a first issue dust jacket of the author's fifth novel. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Just minor soiling to the head of the spine and the yellow topstain. The price clipped dust jacket has a few small chips at spine ends and corners, and the spine is a little sunned. Signed by the author on a Kroch & Brentano's bookplate on which is printed "This book is especially autographed by the author". The bookplate is affixed to the front endpaper. A very clean, tight, and square copy of this early Bellow title.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Henderson the Rain King. The Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 341 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Bill Preston. His 5th book about an eccentric American millionaire on a quest in Africa to be of use to the community. It was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Signed by Bellow on a Kroch & Brentano's bookplate affixed to the front endpaper. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Henderson the Rain King. Viking, 1959.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first American edition ( first issue ) published by the Viking Press in 1959. A particularly - and uncommonly - lovely copy, with just a very slight trace of rubbing to the jacket's spine ends. A fine book in a dust jacket flirting with fine-ness. This copy has been inscribed by Saul Bellow.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. Henderson the Rain King (Signed). New York: Viking Press, 1959.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Bellow's fourth novel, depicting the adventures of an eccentric American millionaire in Africa. This copy SIGNED by Bellow to title page. Two-toned cloth boards with some scuffing to spine, with bright orange panels; near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket; some short tears to crown of spine, else near fine, with original price sticker from Brentano's to inner flap and Dinkytown bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown.
Seller: Harper's Books, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Henderson the Rain King.. The Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$8800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Bellow's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Christopher Hitchens, "For Christopher with good wishes Saul Bellow." Hitchens wrote, "When I think of Bellow, I think not just of a man whose genius for the vernacular could seem to restate Athenian philosophy as if run through a Damon Runyon synthesizer, but of the author who came up with such graphic expressions for vulgarity and thuggery and stupidityâ"the debased currency of those too brutalized to have retained the capacity for wonder" (Christopher Hitchens). Hitchens signature on the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket painting by Bill Preston. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A remarkable association. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammlers Planet, in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." Henderson the Rain King was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century by Modern Library.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.