The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto , Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing, Viking Press, 1953. All First Edition points present including "Printed In The USA By The Vail-Ballou Press Inc." statement on copyright page. In very good condition, clean and unmarked,some fading to orange topstain, spine straight and secure, in a very good, first edition dust jacket, chipping at spine ends, slight chipping at edges and corners, $4.50 price intact on flap. Signed with "Good Wishes" by Saul Bellow in blue ink on front endpage.
Synopsis
The Adventures of Augie March (1953) is a novel by Saul Bellow. It centers on the eponymous character who grows up during the Great Depression. This picaresque novel is an example of bildungsroman, tracing the development of an individual through a series of encounters, occupations and relationships from boyhood to manhood.
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- Bookseller
- Postliterate (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 520
- Title
- The Adventures of Augie March
- Author
- Saul Bellow
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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