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Bellow, Saul. Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1984.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover first edition is fine. Jacket is worn along edges. Signed by Bellow to ffep. ; 6.11 X 1.11 X 11.11 inches; 294 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Dust jacket is near fine, price unclipped. Blue cloth dust jacket has a thin line of sunning on the top edge. Clean interior. First printing. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1984.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Minor staining on top of page ends (smudges). 1st ed/1st printing.
Seller: Windy City Books, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. Him With His Foot in His Mouth. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION in royal blue cloth with gilt titling on spine; in dust jacket; signed on first free endpaper; 294pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with mylar protection and not price clipped. Bellow had won three National Book Awards and a Pulitizer at the time of this novel. A beautiful collectible copy.
Seller: North Slope Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1984.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Harper and Row hardcover w/ DJ, 1984. Book is VG, w/ clean text, tight binding. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear; coffee stains to top and bottom of front panel. Signed by author on ffe page. Free delivery confirmation.
Seller: Colewood Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First edition stated and the printing numerals are a full line beginning with 1. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front flyleaf. Just his autograph, not a presentation to another person. AS NEW. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The as new dust jacket priced at $15.95 (not clipped) shows no wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector. Bright, crisp copy.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him with His Foot in His Moth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1984.
Price: US$54.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no other inscription present. Tiny nick to top corner; else a fine jacket. A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped, in a Brodart jacket cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 294pp. Very good/very good. 1" jacket chip at head of spine; ownership signature/date on front pastedown; roughly 5" X 6" age-toned spot on front flyleaf from some long-ago newsprint contact -- noticeable but not disfiguring. Tight, nice first edition, signed by Bellow in black fineline on the front flyleaf.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. Him With His Foot In His Mouth And Other Stories. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: F/NF Very ligth rubbing to dust jacket. Beautiful bright blue boards. Tight and striking. First edition. First edition stated on the copyright page and with complete number line. Signed by Saul Bellow on the free front endpaper. Price clipped. A very attractive copy.
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper and Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on first free end paper. Nice copy.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row [1984], New York, 1984.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by the author for members of the First Edition Circle, with Kroch's & Brentano's bookmark laid in. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine stamped in gilt and publisher's logo stamped in blind on the cover.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: Windy City Books, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH. Harper & Row, NY, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first prnt. Signed by Bellow on the front free endpaper. Dustjacket with faint small dampstain on rear panel upper edge (not immediately apparent). Unread copy in Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Bellow's seccond story collection.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot In His Mouth. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition book in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and graphics on spine. Upper and lower edges on board panels are faded. Damp stains on front and back panels. Foxing on upper page edges. Dust jacket spine is sunned. Lower edge of front panel has two diagonal creases from left of center to the fore-edge fold. Small chips/rubs along upper edge at head of board spine; minimal creasing at lower edge of board spine. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER D.J. HAS A COUPLE OF TINY TEARS AT THE TWO CORNERS OF THE FRONT PANEL WITH SOME CREASING OF THE REAR FLAP. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, pale blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected typographical dust jacket, 294 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. SUPERIOR SIGNED COPY: Tight, bright, clean in comparable dust jacket (unclipped). Small clean nick to the foot of the dj's spine. The author's second collection of short stories. Now considered a modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Saul Bellow's "Him With His Foot In His Mouth" presents his masterly second collection of short stories. As is now well-known, "foot-in-mouth disease" was one of Saul Bellow's foibles, of which he, too, was painfully aware, this book being his way of coming to grips with and transmutation of an insurmountable personal limitation into great literature. "Dark, devastating, and funny, Bellow's writing reflects the solitude and isolation of the immigrant experience as well as the troubled predicament of Judaism in post-war society" (Publisher's blurb). The Nobel Prize Citation is eloquent: "For the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work". An essential title for Bellow collectors!
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot In His Mouth ( signed ). Harper and Row, 1984.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very nice copy signed by the author on the front end paper.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine first printing of the first edition with some soiling and tanning in a Fine dust-jacket, signed by author Saul Bellow; Collections of short stories that is a series of histories of personalities and self-awakenings that can be applied to all people; 8vo; [x, 1-2], 3-294 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH. Harper & Row, NY, 1984.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first prnt. Signed by Bellow on the front free endpage. Spine bottom edge cloth with small crease; dustjacket spine topedge with tiny closed tear and few small creases. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Bellow's second story collection.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first edition. 294 pp. A short story collection by the Nobel prize winner. Light offsetting to the front endpaper else a near fine copy in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Bellow on the front endpaper.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A collection of short stories from the winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature. A near fine copy with some very minor wear in a clean near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minute wear. Signed by Bellow on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 294 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Paul Perlow. His 12th book & his 2nd book of short stories. Winner of 3 National Book Awards. Five short stories. Inscribed by Bellow on the first sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: .PRICE REDUCED from $250. Multi-award winner- National Book Award, Pulitzer, Nobel-- offers his second collection of five novellas and stories in his inimitable style.This copy is in fine condition, a first printing simply signed by Bellow on the front flyleaf page with the bright, price-intact dustjacket in a clear, mylar covering.The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping.PRICE REDUCED
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Saul Bellow directly on the front-free endpaper. Faint toning to endpapers, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a faint crease to upper spine, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$173.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 294 Seiten, in englisch, auf Vorsatz signiert von dem amerikanischen Soziologen, Schriftsteller, Literatur - Nobelpreisträger und Pulitzer-Preisträger Saul Bellow (1915-2005) .auf Innendeckel mehrzeiliger Besitzvermerk. Innendeckel und Vorsatz hinten und vorne deutlich altersgebräunt , ansonsten leichte Gebrauchsspuren. signed by author. Size: 8°
Seller: Antiquariat Luna, Lüneburg, Germany
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Signed by author in black fountain ink on ffep. Kroch's and Brentano's "First Edition Circle" bookmark laid in. Mint, unread, flawless, first edition, first printing in blue cloth boards, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. Bellow was the winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for HUMBOLDT'S GIFT, and was also named the Nobel Laureate for Literature that year. This is an outstanding collector's copy. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in pristine condition. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} BUND
Seller: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories Signed. Harper & Row, 1984.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 Inches; 294 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, New York, 1984.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 294 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Paul Perlow. His 12th book & his 2nd book of short stories. Winner of 3 National Book Awards. Five short stories. Signed by Bellow on the first sheet as well as on a black & white photo of Bellow by Thomas Victor laid in. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [10], 294 pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor fep discoloration (bookplate removed?) Signed by the author, Saul Bellow, on the front free endpaper. The book includes five stories: Him with His Foot in His Mouth; What Kind of Day did You Have?; Zetland: By a Character Witness; A Silver Dish; and Cousins. Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; 10 June 1915 - 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times and he received the National Book Foundation's lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1990. In the words of the Swedish Nobel Committee, his writing exhibited "the mixture of rich picaresque novel and subtle analysis of our culture, of entertaining adventure, drastic and tragic episodes in quick succession interspersed with philosophic conversation, all developed by a commentator with a witty tongue and penetrating insight into the outer and inner complications that drive us to act, or prevent us from acting, and that can be called the dilemma of our age." His best-known works include The Adventures of Augie March, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Mr. Sammler's Planet, Seize the Day, Humboldt's Gift and Ravelstein. Bellow was widely regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest authors. Bellow said that of all his characters, Eugene Henderson, of Henderson the Rain King, was the one most like himself. This book is a series of histories of personality, of self-awakening that the author means to apply to us all. It also represents an important departure from the way stories are being written today in America, and its publication was therefore a major event, not only in the bountiful career of its author but also in American letters. The author won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature. Derived from a Kirkus review: Here, in five short works from the past decade, those seemingly contradictory roles-the darkly comic memoirist, the thorny essayist-are on more rewarding display, occasionally even blending in a richly charming way. One story, "A Silver Dish," is the memoirist/family side of Bellow, virtually undiluted: a 60-year-old South Chicago businessman reacts exuberantly to the death of his old father-in a memory-montage that showcases Bellow's boisterous, visceral, ironic warmth. In other pieces, chunks of zesty family/friend reminiscence and personal psychology are shaded with cultural musings or implications. The brief, fragmentary "Zetland: By a Character Witness" recalls the early life of a Chicago intellectual/bohemian, rebelling against his old-fashioned Jewish family; the subtext is a gently mordant view of all intellectual idealism. In "Cousins," the narrator is a law-expert/celebrity who uses his influence to get a light sentence for his gangster-cousin Tanky; here, the inability to "extricate myself from the ties of Jewish cousinhood" leads to memories of other cousins, to anthropological puzzles, to the conflict (within a family or within a single personality) between the "brainy" and the gutsy. And most effective of all in the weaving of earthy tale-spinning with meditation is the title story: narrator Harry, a 65-ish musicologist who's hiding out in Vancouver, is writing an apology to the long-ago victim of one of his many cruel wisecracks; he recounts the Balzac-like money/family mistakes which got him into his present mess; and, without strain or contrivance, this confession/self-analysis winds through such oddly relevant matters as Allen Ginsberg, the breeding of pit bulldogs, music vs. materialism, and Jewish assimilationism. The longest piece here-the novella-length "What Kind of Day Did You Have?"-is about an affair between a youngish divorcee and a famous old art critic becomes a frame for wrestlings with Marxism, celebrity, and intellectual hucksterism. Much of this welcome gathering presents the restless Bellow voice in full cry-taut, colorful, Talmudic, and large-hearted. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet, in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellow's oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Bellow, Saul. HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES. Signed. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First Edition Inscribed by Saul Bellow on the half-title page on the occasion of his return to Lachine, (Montreal) Quebec, his birthplace, to officiate at the opening of the Lachine Library. 'To .Who gracefully saw me through my happy ordeal, Saul Bellow, June 11, '84'. A near fine copy in blue cloth, (minor fade at the edges), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, price-clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. 294 pp. [27715].
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original yellow wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow high school classmate, "For Abel Savitsky for old times sake (Tuley gym!) Saul." In good condition. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet, in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellow's oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.