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Franklin Library leather edition of Saul Bellow's "Humboldt's Gift," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Herbert Tauss, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE series, published in 1980. Bound in burgundy leather, the book has ivory moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, satin book marker, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition. Saul Bellow, who lived from 1915-2005, was an American Jewish author. Born in Quebec of parents who had come from Russia two years earlier, his family moved to Chicago when he was eleven; his early childhood had been spent in a Montreal slum. Bellow was raised in a Jewish home, and the fluent Yiddish he learned there had a noticeable influence on his English style. After graduating from Northwestern University, he taught at various colleges and universities, but his real vocation was writing. "Humboldt's Gift" is not basically a Jewish novel even though its protagonist, CHARLIE CITRINE, is a Jewish author from Chicago. Instead, the book deals with Charlie's attempts to cope with a lifestyle and a career that are turning sour. Bellow is the only American author to win the National Book Award three times. 467 pages---a GORGEOUS leather. I offer Combined shipping.