SIGNED 1st Edition SAUL BELLOW Humbolts Gift 1st/1st Pulitzer Nobel Prize HCDJ

SIGNED First Edition SAUL BELLOW Humbolt's Gift 1st/1st Pulitzer Nobel Prize Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, 1975. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize, Humboldt's Gift explores the complex friendship between a struggling writer and a reclusive poet as their paths intertwine in a world of artists and intellectuals. Considered a roman à clef, reflecting Bellow's own relationship with the poet Delmore Schwartz, the novel was a strong influence on Bellow's Nobel Prize win, also in 1976.

This hardback novel is in excellent - fine / near fine - condition. The book has been opened for signing and to place the protective Mylar covering. It may have been opened for inspection or very gently read. Jacket is in good condition with a tiny tear at the top of rear.

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