Humboldt’s Gift — Franklin Library Leatherbound Edition – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
Humboldt’s Gift — Franklin Library Leatherbound Edition – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
Humboldt’s Gift — Franklin Library Leatherbound Edition – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
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Humboldt’s Gift — Franklin Library Leatherbound Edition

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Condition: ["Fine"]

Format: Leather Bound

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$165.00

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Humboldt’s Gift — Franklin Library Leatherbound Edition

Elegant Franklin Library full-leather edition of Saul Bellow’s Humboldt’s Gift, his brilliant novel of art, ambition, and spiritual longing that received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A richly produced collector’s copy in fine condition.

Fine Binding & Design Features

  • Full dark green genuine leather binding
  • Elaborate gilt geometric design to front and back boards
  • Gilt title and ornamentation on spine with raised bands
  • All page edges gilt (AEG) for protection and shimmer on the shelf
  • Smyth-sewn signatures with reinforced spine for exceptional durability
  • Patterned green-and-white decorative endpapers
  • Archival-quality paper printed especially for this edition

Bibliographic Details

  • Author: Saul Bellow
  • Title: Humboldt’s Gift
  • Publisher: The Franklin Library
  • Place / Date: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1983
  • Series: Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Classics
  • Format: Full-leather hardcover, 8vo

Condition

Fine. Gilt edges bright and even, leather fresh with only the slightest trace of handling, binding tight and square. Pages clean, crisp, and unmarked. A handsome, gift-worthy copy and a beautiful example of Franklin Library’s craftsmanship.

A premium collector’s volume for admirers of Saul Bellow, modern American literature, and finely bound Pulitzer Prize editions.

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