HENDERSON THE RAIN KING

by Saul Bellow

$350 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition. First printing of one of the Nobel winner's most acclaimed novels and one of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels in English. Near fine in near fine jacket. Item #55085 Though recommended by the Pulitzer committee for the prize in 1960, HENDERSON was infamously passed over by the board for the award. Bellow would eventually win the award in

• Printing: first

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