From Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2019
About this Item
1982, First Edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Original green cloth boards with gilded lettering on binding. Tan endpapers are in very good condition. 312 pages in very good condition with minor pencilled underlining by prior owner. Clipped dustjacket is yellowed on the binding as well and tops and bottoms of both. Slight tear on bottom of dustjacket binding, as well as some wearing across the top of the binding. Photograph of Saul Bellow on back of dustjacket. Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of city corruption. Accused of betraying his city, as well as being a racist, he journeys to Bucharest, where his mother-in-law lies dying, only to find corruption rife in the Communist capital. Switching back and forth between the two cities, The Dean's December represents Bellow's "most spirited resistance to the forces of our time" (Malcolm Bradbury). Seller Inventory # 570
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Dean's December
Publisher: Harper & Row
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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