Mr. Sammler's Planet (sign by Saul Bellow)

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dustjacket, with a small closed tear at the top of the spine. First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Original half cloth. Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet, in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellow s oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." A lovely copy, quite rare signed.