Saul Bellow — Mr Sammler&Apos;S Planet

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this novel by Saul Bellow. "Is it time to go? Sammler asks dispassionately. Are we to blow up this planet or be blown from it? Under the comedy and the sadness, and under the shocking force of much of the action and of the character drawing runs a strain of speculation, on the future of life on this planet, Mr Sammler's planet, and any others we may soon be leaving it for." Saul Bellow was a prolific author who won both the Pulitzer Prise and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some of his other publications include 'The Adventures of Augie March', 'Henderson the Rain King', and 'Herzog&apos. In a blue cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Light edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.