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The Actual (SIGNED)
by Bellow, Saul
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670860751
- ISBN 13
- 9780670860753
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 104 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author Saul Bellow on title page. First Printing indicated by intact number line ending in the number 1. No price on front flap of dust-jacket, code "0597" at bottom corner. Minor shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition..
Synopsis
In this superb work of fiction, Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow writes comically and wisely about the tenacious claims of first love. Harry Trellman, an aging, astute businessman, has never belonged anywhere and is as awkward in his human attachments as he is gifted in observing the people around him. But Harry?s observational talents have not gone unnoticed by ?trillionaire? Sigmund Adletsky, who retains Harry as his advisor. Soon the old man discovers Harry?s intense forty-year passion for a twice-divorced interior designer, Amy Wustrin. At the exhumation and reburial of her husband, Harry is provided, thanks to Sigmund, perhaps the final means for disclosing feelings amassed over a lifetime. Written late in Bellow?s career, The Actual is a maestro?s dissection of the affairs of the heart.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060050
- Title
- The Actual (SIGNED)
- Author
- Bellow, Saul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670860751
- ISBN 13
- 9780670860753
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- SAUL BELLOW ACTUAL
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About Russian Hill Bookstore
Russian Hill Bookstore, established in 1974, is one of the last family-owned used and new bookstores in San Francisco. We began as Sunset Bookstore in 1974, a small used bookshop servicing the Sunset District west of 19th Avenue, and have been in continual operation for the past 43 years. Over the years Sunset Bookstore has since closed and merged with Russian Hill Bookstore, which has grown to become also the best note card shop in the city, and a favorite place for toys and games for children of all ages.
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- Number Line
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- Edges
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