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“THE GREATEST AMERICAN AUTHOR, EVER”: SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF SEIZE THE DAY, 1956, SIGNED BY SAUL BELLOW

BELLOW, Saul. Seize the Day. New York: Viking, 1956. Octavo, original half yellow cloth, original dust jacket.

First edition of Nobel Prize-winner Bellow’s fourth work, signed by him on the title page, scarce in original dust jacket.

To Philip Roth, “the backbone of 20th-century American literature has been provided by two novelists: William Faulkner and Saul Bellow. Together they are the Melville, Hawthorne and Twain of the 20th century.” Martin Amis hails Bellow as “the greatest American author, ever? he sees more than we see? The only American who gives Bellow any serious trouble is Henry James.” Seize the Day, Bellow’s fourth book, contains the title novella, three short stories and a one-act play: each published here for the first time in book form.

Book fine; faint toning to spine and edges of bright unrestored dust jacket. A near-fine copy, scarce signed.