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Saul Bellow. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The spine strip has light blue cloth with black letters. The boards are darker blue; the front one has the author's monogram. Endpapers and top end of the text block are blue. The other two ends of the text block are foxed; some of the foxing runs onto the front margins of a few pages. The author signed with S folllowed by his last name. The top and bottom edges of the spine strip are a little darkened. DJ: The front flap has the publisher's 0170. Six closed tears are 1/4 in. to 1 in. Besides nicks, there are 8 chips, 1/4 in. to 3/8 in. The spine panel has darkened. Scrapes (by an insect?) are numerous and mostly small. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
BELLOW, SAUL. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. THE VIKING PRESS, NY, 1970.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. Viking Press, 1970.
Price: US$79.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED by the author with "S. Bellow" on the front free endpaper. First Edition, first printing, 1970. Fine contents and binding; appears unread. The unclipped dust jacket has several 1" closed tears, edge wear, a small piece of tape to interior and the original Kroch's and Brentano's price sticker attached to rear, remains Very Good.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$81.00 + shipping
Description: Attractive copy of first printing. Unmarked, tight and square with supple textblock Light blue covers with black lettering to spine and front board decoration. Signed pretty neatly by author on title page with no inscription. Price intact jacket has two 1" closed tears and a couple of nicks but is otherwise nice. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet ----SIGNED----. Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed S Bellow on the first endpaper. Correct $6.95 jacket price, and no additional printings given. Superior jacket has a couple of light spots to reverse side.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. Mr. Sammler's Planet [Signed]. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1970. First Edition. Signed by Saul Bellow without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 313 pp. Printed dust jacket. Blue boards with textured white and blue spine stamped in black; blue topstain and endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket lightly worn with a few very short tears to edges. Boards gently rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet (Signed). Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of the Chicago author's novel of Artur Sammler. Quarter blue cloth over boards. A handsome very good plus copy in lightly used dustwrapper. 313 pp. SIGNED by the Nobel Prize winner on the title page.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet (Signed First Edition). The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Bellow's sixth novel and the winner of the National Book Award. A clean very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a tear to the top of the front panel and some other very minor wear. Signed by Bellow on the front free endpaper. Still, a nicer than usual copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul.. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. New York: Viking Press., 1970.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., 313 pp., Very Good, Light Blue Cloth On Blue Boards, Dust Jacket with sun-fading (on boards & jacket), staining, small tears, rubbing, & edge wear; staining on edges of text block; half title page creased to gutter; shelf wear. Signed by Bellow on FEP. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul.. Mr. Sammler's Planet. Viking Press New York (c1970), 1970.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Description: 313pp. 8vo Blue boards and blue cloth back, top edges stained blue 1st edition, SIGNED on book list page Name crossed out on endpaper, very small spot on rear cover: VG+/VG dj (price-clipped, edge tears, creases, spine and cover edges sunned) 0-670-33319-0
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first American edition, published by the Viking Press in 1970. Earned the author the National Book Award. A near fine example of the book with a light trace of fading to the top stain. Dust jacket near fine with just a faint trace of wear to the spine ends. This copy has been signed by Saul Bellow.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original cloth; dust jacket. DJ is a nit dulled and nicked, with tear to upper front panel near spine. Signed by Bellow ("S. Bellow") on the front paper and also additionally inscribed "with affection" to an "old friend" - Saul on the title page.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. Viking Press ( 1970), New York, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, blue clothbacked boards, top edge blue -probably never read Nobel Prize-winner's signature, "S. Bellow", on front endpaper. This was done for the First Edition Circle of Kroch's & Brentano's.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
BELLOW, SAUL.. Mr. Sammler's Planet. New York: Viking Press, 1970, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket; signed by Bellow. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
BELLOW, SAUL.. Mr. Sammler's Planet. New York: Viking Press, 1970, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Top edge spotted, else near fine in dust jacket; signed by Bellow. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Signed by Bellow on front free endpaper. Quarter cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. Viking Press, 1970.
Price: US$203.00 + shipping
Description: MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET, Viking, 1970, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with a couple of short closed tears. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD winner. SIGNED by the author/ Nobel prize laureate.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. Viking Pr, 1970.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Chicago Signed Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, 1970.
Price: US$260.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This book is from the collection of Peter Dzwonkoski, former Director of Rare Books & Special Collections at the University of Rochester, and previously of Yale's Beinecke Library. Signed by author on full title page. Blue top stain. Blue cloth with embossed initials of author on front cover. Clean interior. Unclipped jacket in protective mylar. Square binding. Some rubbing to jacekt and cloces 1/8" tear along spine edge.
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A first edition/first printing in Fine condition, blue top stain in equally Fine dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Saul Bellow on the title page; Mr. Artur Sammler, a survivor of the Holocaust, haunted by memories of his literal escape from the grave, is living out his days in New York City. An intellectual who once thrived on the great works of Western literature and philosophy, he now occasionally lectures at Columbia University. He records the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul; 8vo ; [vi], 313, [1] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. 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 Prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, U.S.A., 1970.
Price: US$347.88 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Near Fine Book, owner plate & Near Fine Jacket, very light edge wear and toning, Signed, 1st ed 1st pt in protective cover.Winner of National Book Award
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet - SIGNED by the Author. New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
Price: US$360.77 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 313. Bound in blue paper covered hard boards over pale blue cloth spine, and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped ($6.95). SIGNED by the author to the front end paper. Near Fine book in Near Fine jacket which is an unobtrusive 1.5cm tear at the top of the rear panel.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
BELLOW, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. A trifle soiled on the spine, else fine in very good dustwrapper with two small tears on the front panel and a small stain at the foot. Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the National Book Award.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of this National Book Award winning title, published in 1970 by the Viking Press. A fine copy of the book. The dust jacket is near fine with a small triangular chip to the base of the rear panel. A very bright and attractive copy. Inscribed on the title page by Saul Bellow ' For Jacob '.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. Mr. Sammler's Planet. Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on first free end paper. 1970 NBA winner. 1/8" closed tear heal of spine. Nice clean top stain. Beautiful copy!!
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, U.S.A., 1970.
Price: US$619.85 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Jacket, no flaws, Signed , First Edition, First Print, Signed , in protective cover, National Book Award Winner
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Elizabeth best wishes Saul Bellow Feb 25, '70." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. 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 Prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet. The Viking Press, U.S.A., 1970.
Price: US$683.10 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Jacket, no flaws, Signed, First Edition, First Print in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's third National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Alderman and Lois Stone from an old Tulyite Saul Bellow March 16' 87." The recipient was Bernard and Lois Stone, the former a politician from the city of Chicago. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the spine. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. 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 Prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. 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 Prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler's Planet.. The Viking Press, New York, 1970.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his editor, Aaron Asher and his wife, preceding the publication, "To Linda and Aaron X-mas greetings from Saul December 24, 1969." FineÂin a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. An exceptional 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 prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellows oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.