Henderson the Rain King
by Bellow, Saul
Saul Bellow evokes all the rich colors and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life win him the admiration of the tribe—but it is his gift for making rain that turns him from mere hero into messiah. A hilarious, often ribald story, Henderson the Rain King is also a profound look at the forces that drive a man through life.
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Viking Press first published Henderson the Rain King in 1959. The first edition is bound in orange and tan cloth. The dust jacket, illustrated by Bill Preston, states the original price of $4.50 on the front flap and has three blurbs on rear panel under the heading Saul Bellow as a novelist.
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson published the first UK edition of Henderson the Rain King in London in 1959.
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Henderson the Rain King
by BELLOW, Saul (1915-2005)
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Edition, First State, of the author's fourth (and perhaps most loved) book and one of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels. 8vo; [8], 341pp. Publisher's beige quarter-bound linen, spine lettered in orange, silver, and black, orange cloth-covered boards titled in black, top edge stained yellow; pictorial dust jacket illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson The Rain King
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Stockport, Cheshire, GBR
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First edition, 1959. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. VG ; boards are clean with slight bumps to corners, pages clean and tightly bound, light foxing to endpapers with VG un-clipped dust jacket, slightly edgeworn. Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King.
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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New York: The Viking Press, 1959. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler’s Planet, in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellow’s oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." Henderson the Rain… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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(London): Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First English edition. Somewhat cocked, a bit of foxing on the preliminaries, and some sunning at the foot, very good in near fine dustwrapper, with a tear corresponding at the foot. Signed by the author on the title page. Bellow's seriocomic novel of an eccentric American millionaire on a… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 341 p. 22 cm. Quarter tan cloth with orange cloth boards. In mylar-covered dustjacket with painting by Bill Preston.
Fifty-five year old Eugene Henderson travels to Africa for a spiritual safari to combat his mid-life crisis. His story is a blend of philosophical discourse and comic adventure… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King
by Saul Bellow
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Penguin Books, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. First Edition Thus. 318 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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£195.10
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New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. On the Modern Library list of the 100 best novels. 341 pages. First edition (states "Published in 1859" on the copyright page with no additional printings noted). A very good to near fine copy of the (so-called) first issue with a yellow topstain. In a very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson The Rain King.
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San Francisco, California, USA
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New York: Viking Press, 1959.. 8vo., 341 pp., Very Good, White & Orange Cloth, Dust Jacket with losses at head of spine, small tears, sun-fading, staining, rubbing, & edge wear; some stains on edges of text block; shelf wear. Former owner's signature on FFEP. First Edition. Item Price
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£1,219.35
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New York: Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first issue. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bellow's seriocomic novel of an eccentric American millionaire on a quest in Africa. A lovely copy, and very scarce in this condition. Small book label of author Larry McMurtry and his neat pencil signature dated in 1964. Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King (Penguin Classics)
by Bellow, Saul
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Henderson the Rain King
by Saul Bellow
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Toronto , Ontario, CAN
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£162.58
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First Edition, First Printing. In very good condition, clean and unmarked, topstain faded, cloth boards without wear, in a very good, first edition dust jacket, light wear at edges, $4.50 publisher's price intact on flap. Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King
by Bellow, Saul
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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£291.02
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New York: The Viking Press (1959), 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [9], 3-341, [1] pp. Orange cloth covered boards quarter bound in durable tan cloth with titling in black, silver, and orange. First issue with yellow topstain. Jacket is either married or second issue since although it has the correct price of $4.50 printed on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King
by Saul Bellow
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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£203.22
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New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1959 Viking Press TRUE FIRST EDITION with both1959 on the title page and "Published in 1959 by The Viking Press, Inc." on the copyright page. A GORGEOUS copy in FINE/NEAR FINE condition. The orange boards have the woven beige wraparound with several faint… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
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New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Large octavo. Orange-and-cream-cloth-covered boards, titles in blind and black on the upper board and spine, with some soiling at the edges. Jacket is chipped at the spine tips, tiny chips out at the corners, rubbing to the spine. A very good copy in a good-only dust jacket. With… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£690.96
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New York: Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first issue. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper. A curious and possibly unique variant or anomaly, with the text block clearly bound directly to the front board, presumably no other preliminary matter was gathered with the rest of the text block, it is intriguing to conjecture whether this… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson The Rain King
by Saul Bellow
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Newtown, New South Wales, AUS
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London, U.K.: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1960 341 pages. The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with foxing, a few scuffs on the edges and the front inside jacket flap has been clipped. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King
by Bellow, Saul
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Almere, NLD
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New Yorkl: The Viking Press, n.d.. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King
by BELLOW, Saul
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- 1959
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£365.80
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New York: Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, first issue. Top of a few pages slight bumped else very near fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a touch of wear at the crown. Bellow's seriocomic novel of an eccentric American millionaire on a quest in Africa. Very scarce in this condition. Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King [Unabridged Audiobook]
by Bellow, Saul
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- 2009
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Brilliance Audio, 2009. Audiobook VG/na. Softcover. Case has some wear; CDs in nice shape. Approximate running time = 14 hours, 11 minutes. Read by Joe Barrett. Keywords: 9781423393498 Item Price
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Henderson the Rain King; A Novel
by Bellow, Saul
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- Slight lean, else fine in a lightly used dust jacket.
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- First English edition
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- 1959
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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£40.64
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(London): Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959. First English edition. Slight lean, else fine in a lightly used dust jacket.. 8vo, 341pp; red cloth. Item Price
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