[Bellow/Updike] 5 First Editions. ++ The Adventures Of Augie March. NY: Viking Press, 1953. 1st issue dj: “$4.50” price, ad on rear flap for “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck.” “Published by the Viking Press in September 1953” and “Printed in the U.S.A. by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc.” on c-page. Top edge orange. ++ Henderson The Rain King. Viking, 1959. Yellow topstain, “$4.50” dj price. 3 quotes from reviewers on rear panel under the heading “Saul Bellow as a novelist.” 3 more reviewer quotes on rear flap. ++ Herzog. Viking, (1964). 1st issue dj: “$5.75” dj price, photo on rear panel. “First published…” and “M B G” on c-page. ++ Mr. Sammler’s Planet. Viking. “First Published in 1970…” and “74-87248” LCCN, on c-page, “$6.95” dj price. ++ Rabbit, Run. NY: Knopf, 1960. “First and second printings before publication” on c-page. “$4.00” price and 16-line blurb on front dj flap. Taylor A4. ++ 8vo. Hardcover in djs. Books good to very good, djs fair to good.