Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
BELLOW,Saul. THE DEAN'S DECEMBER. Harper & Row (1982), New York, 1982.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 312 pages, cloth; a handsome copy, but some doofus glued (gently) the flaps to the endpapers Signed by Nobel Prize-winner, Bellow, on the title-page. A tale of two cities: Chicago, Illinois and Bucharest, Romania.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, 1982.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Book is in Near Fine+ condition. There is wear on top and bottom of dust jacket, more specifically, on the top and bottom ends of the dust jacket; otherwise, dust jacket in Very Good+ condition. A novel about the double crisis in the life of one man set in two cities, Chicago, Illinois and Bucharest, Rumania. A Tale of East and West.
Seller: longhornbooks173@gmail.com, Wildwood, MO, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row; (1982), NY, 1982.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First printing, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Small red remainder dot on bottom edge of page block; light corner bump to lower rear board. The jacket has slight edgewear, and small tape repairs at spine ends. The jacket spine has light ripples (not dampstained, probably from the tape repairs). Signed (signature only) on the title page by the author. "Autographed Copy" sticker on rear panel of jacket.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. THE DEAN'S DECEMBER. harper's & row, 1982.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: book club edition hardcover VERY GOOD clean copy, binding is solid/dustjacket VERY GOOD brodart covered, SIGNED on the FULL title page by author SAUL BELLOW
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper, 1982.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Excellent copy of first edition, first printing. Flat signed by author on front endpaper. Binding and pages are clean and crisp. DJ is very fine in mylar, but price-clipped. Small bit of speckling on upper page edges.
Seller: Evanston Editions, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$72.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book is tight & square with a complete number line including "1". There is nudging to the head & tail of the spine with the very slightest gapping beginning at the head of the spine between the spine and the page block. The corners are sharp and the green boards are remarkably bright and clean. There are NO remainder marks, just one very small glue remnant to the inferior page block. Book has been Signed by the author, with his full first and late name on the title-page. He did not often sign his full name. Usually only his first name. The mylar protected DJ is price-intact ($13.95) has slight wrinkling to the head and tail of the spine. There are NO tears and DJ is clean though exhibits some slight generalized age toning.
Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, 1982, 1982.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page Near fine/near fine
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. DEAN'S DECEMBER (THE);. Harper and Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth covered boards, faded gold stamped titles at spine, corners straight, shows moderate shelf wear, staining and sunning to covers, corners, edges and head and tail of spine. Book body clean and tight. Off-white dust jacket shows light to moderate wear and staining to covers, corners, edges and head and tail of spine, green and burgundy titles at front and lightly sunned spine, price intact, archival Brodart protected.
Seller: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow,Saul.. The Dean's December.. Harper and Row., New York., 1982.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by the author on the limitation page. weight: 2.1 lb. Near fine, a hint of foxing to the edges, otherwise fine in the original glassine dust jacket and a fine slipcase. 24x16 cm. 312 pp. Red cloth, gilt spine title, top edge stained red, ivory marbled endpapers, in a matching slipcase with the title blindstamped. #254 of 500 specially bound copies of the first edition.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. THE DEAN'S DECEMBER. Harper: NY, 1982.
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9.5 x 6", cloth, 312pp, very good condition in blindstamped slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO FIVE HUNDRED NUMBERED COPIES (#326) SIGNED BY SAUL BELLOW.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. THE DEAN'S DECEMBER. harper & row, 1982.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BCE hardback book VERY GOOD/dustjacket VERY GOOD brodart covered, SIGNED on the FULL title page by author SAUL BELLOW
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December (Inscribed). Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first Harper & Row Edition. 312 pp. A novel by the author of Seize The Day and Herzog. Near fine clothbound copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine acetate dust jacket. One of 500 copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. The Dean's December (Signed Limited Edition). Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Number 295 from an edition of 500 specially bound copies. Bellow's first novel after winning the Novel Prize for Literature in 1976. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine acetate dust jacket that has a tiny chip to the top from corner and another to the top rear corner and in a very near fine slipcase with a vintage price sticker to the bottom edge. Signed by Bellow on the limitation page.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. The Dean's December [Signed, Limited]. Harper and Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Signed Ltd. # 221 of 500. Octavo (24cm.); maroon cloth stamped in gilt on spine, embossed on cover; maroon topstain; acetate jacket and matching maroon slipcase. 312pp.; Fine. The jacket and slipcase are both in Fine condition. Slipcase has ghost sticker mark near upper edge. This is the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. "Rich yet dry and static, Bellow's somber new book (his first as Nobel laureate) is often more essay than novel: a wintery meditation on deathâ"a death in the family, the death of American cities, the death of the planetâ"as filtered through the mind of Albert Corde, one of Bellow's least vivid or particularized alter egos." (from Kirkus reviews).
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
BELLOW, SAUL. THE DEAN'S DECEMBER. NEW YORK NY HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS PUB 1982., 1982.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: F/VG+. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE D.J. HAS A SHORT TEAR WITH SLIGHT CRUSH AT THE BOTTOM FRONT SPINE CORNER. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine acetate dust jacket and housed in a near fine lightly soiled slipcase. One of 500 copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall 8vo, maroon cloth in matching publisher's slipcase; acetate dust wrapper. New York: Harper & Row, (1982). Limited, signed edition. Number 55 of 500 specially bound copies signed by the author.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Dean's December by Saul Bellow (Limited First Edition) Signed Firm square copy.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul.. The Dean's December. Harper & Row NY (c1982), 1982.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Description: 312pp. 8vo green cloth 1st Harper & Row edition so stated, i.e. 1st trade printing, SIGNED Page 269-270 torn and creased, covers lightly warped, else nice clean tight bright copy: VG/VG+ (price-clipped) dj
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December.. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Saul BellowÂon the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of city corruption. Accused of betraying his city, as well as being a racist, he journeys to Bucharest, where his mother-in-law lies dying, only to find corruption rife in the Communist capital. Switching back and forth between the two cities, The Dean's December represents Bellow's "most spirited resistance to the forces of our time" (Malcolm Bradbury).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December.. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow. Fine in a fine slipcase and in the original acetate. Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of city corruption. Accused of betraying his city, as well as being a racist, he journeys to Bucharest, where his mother-in-law lies dying, only to find corruption rife in the Communist capital. Switching back and forth between the two cities, The Dean's December represents Bellow's "most spirited resistance to the forces of our time" (Malcolm Bradbury).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: As-new, in publisher's plasticine dust jacket and original slipcase, as issued, signed on the colophon page by Saul Bellow, Number 500 of 500 numbered copies. First American Signed Limited Edition (Number 500 of 500 copies).
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Saul Bellow. The Dean's December. harper & row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited edition, #350 of 500. In slip case - slight shelf wear.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul. DEAN'S DECEMBER. NY, HARPER, 1982, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY BELLOW; #358/500 "FIRST HARPER EDITION" FINE
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition signed Saul Bellow in blue ink on title page. Minimal shelf war to book. Price clipped just jacket that is minimally rubbed at extremities but otherwise near fine and protected by mylar Jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. Author won 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature
Seller: Australian Private Collector, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine, first edition book in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Board clothes are clean and bright with a slight bump at the tail of spine. Gold print on spine is minimally rubbed on the lower half. Internally clean and tight. Dust jacket is slightly bumped/creased. 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.
Bellow, Saul. THE DEAN'S DECEMBER. Signed. Harper & Row, (1982), New York, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by Bellow on the half-title. A near fine copy in the original green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine in a fine pc. dustwrapper. 8vo. 312 pp. Nobel Prize winning Bellow, America's novelist of the contemporary con science, presents a provocative look at Chicago, the academic community, morality in general and one man's confrontation with himself in particular.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1st Printing. Signed. 312 pages. Published in 1982. The author's ninth novel. One of Saul Bellow's finest achievements. Limited Slipcased Edition of 500 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Harper & Row: Regular-sized volume format. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by Saul Bellow. Marbled endpapers. Matching maroon cloth slipcase. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In protective plastic DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Saul Bellow's "The Dean's December". His autobiographical novel, as indeed everything Bellow ever wrote was profoundly autobiographical. "Albert Corde is a professor of journalism and dean of students at a Chicago university. He and his wife, Minna, travel to Bucharest, Romania, where Minna's mother has suffered a stroke. As Corde tries to adapt to life in his mother-in-law's small apartment and cope with her relations and friends, news filters through of problems he left behind in Chicago: One of his students has been murdered, and a series of articles he is writing offends powerful and influential Chicagoans he had thought of as friends. Gradually it becomes clear that Corde's trip abroad is more than a brief interlude in a calm and orderly life, and that nothing will ever be the same again" (Publisher's blurb). "For the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work" (Nobel Prize Citation). An absolute "must-have" title for Saul Bellow collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 500 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black fountain pen by Saul Bellow. This title is a great novel. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. Please note: Copies of the Limited Edition available online inexplicably have serious flaws yet command as much as $400. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976. Winner of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Literature in 1990. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SAUL BELLOW TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0060148497.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Saul Bellow directly on the front-free endpage: "For A. Verezhemsky / with all good wishes / Saul Bellow"; additionally included, a handwritten postcard from Saul Bellow addressed to recipient laid-in. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear to extremities and faint toning to spine, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
BELLOW, Saul.. The Dean's December. Limited Edition. Harper and Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First edition / First printing. Limited Edition #192 of 500 copies Signed by Saul Bellow on the colophon. Burgundy cloth in a burgundy paper-covered slipcase. 335 pages. Very fine in very fine mylar jacket in fine slipcase. Saul Bellow was the Winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature, a three time the National Book Award Winner, and he won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Humboldt's Gift.
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December. Harper & Row, 1982.
Price: US$335.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A handsome burgundy Limited Numbered First Edition signed by the author and with the origiinal acetate dustjacket in the original burgundy slipcase. Numbered 205 OF 500. Winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature, the National Book Award (three times) and the Pulitizer Prize for "Humboldt's Gift" in 1976, Saul Bellow is one of America's best-known writers. The book is in fine unread condition, solid, clean and bright with an attractive burgundy topstain. It is housed in the original acetate dustjacket that is complete with only minor rubbing. The original burgundy slipcase is solid and complete and is blindstamped with the author and title. There are a few spots on the back of the slipcase; otherwise fine. 312 pp. A nice edition.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December.. Harper & Row, New York, 1982.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For David Kent Saul Bellow." The recipient David Kent was Saul Bellow's Canadian publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent association. Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of city corruption. Accused of betraying his city, as well as being a racist, he journeys to Bucharest, where his mother-in-law lies dying, only to find corruption rife in the Communist capital. Switching back and forth between the two cities, The Dean's December represents Bellow's "most spirited resistance to the forces of our time" (Malcolm Bradbury).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December.. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1982.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author. 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.