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The Victim
by Bellow, Saul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 294 pp. First edition of the Nobel prize winner's second book. A sound very good copy with bright blue spine lettering in a very good clipped dustwrapper (although the price of $2.75 is stated on the bottom of the rear flap). Some soiling and general light wear. Spine lettering very readable. A book that is seldom found in fine condition, this copy is better than most we have handled.
Synopsis
"The best novel to come out of America-or England-for a generation." -V.S. Pritchett, The New York Review of Books In this unique noir masterpiece by the incomparable Saul Bellow, a young man is sucked into the mysterious, heat-filled vortex of New York City. Asa Leventhal, a temporary bachelor with his wife away on a visit to her mother, attempts to find relief from a Gotham heat wave, only to be accosted in the park by a down-at-the-heels stranger who accuses Leventhal of ruining his life. Unable to shake the stranger loose, Leventhal is led by his own self-doubts and suspicions into a nightmare of paranoia and fear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34832
- Title
- The Victim
- Author
- Bellow, Saul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature / First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Derringer Books
All books returnable for full refund within two weeks of delivery.
About the Seller
Derringer Books
Biblio member since 2005
Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
Professional seller of quality first editions in all fields. Visitation by appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
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- Fine
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