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$75.00Cleveland: Bits Press (1980). First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn printed wrappers and very good paper folder with twine ties (lightly sunned, one short tear). One of 135 (of 185) copies on Beckett Early American paper SIGNED by Updike. -
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$750.00[Shillington: (np) 1990]. First edition. 10 x 8 inch illustrated broadside, printed in black on pale yellow paper. Fine. One of 100 copies, 55 of which were distributed at the reunion. Uncommon. Accompanied by a quote from publisher/bookseller Herb Yellin (Lord John Press) offering publication details on this item. -
$75.00Northridge: Lord John Press, 1988. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 46 pp. Toning along top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Updike.
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$20.00London: Hamish Hamilton (1997). First UK edition. xvi + 201 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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$35.00London: Gollancz, (1959). First UK edition. viii + 82 pp. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
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$75.00London: Gollancz, (1959). First UK edition. 82 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. A sharp copy of Updike's first book.
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$250.00Northridge: Lord John Press, 1977. First edition, numbered & signed issue. xii + 27 pp w/notes. Extrems lightly sunned, else near fine in decorated paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 300 numbered copies on Curtis Rag paper SIGNED by Updike. A new preface, composed for this edition, sixteen years after this celebrated essay (on Ted Williams) was first published.
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$20.00London: Hamish Hamilton (1996). First UK edition. 491 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
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$350.00Concord: William B. Ewert, 1995. First edition, numbered & signed hardcover issue. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Illustrated with relief engravings by Barry Moser. One of 50 copies on Rives lightweight paper SIGNED by Updike and Moser. -
$175.00Concord: William B. Ewert [1994]. Uncorrected proofs. Three long sheets, folded and stapled upper left. Near fine. Penciled to the first leaf, “Uncorrected proofs / 1/6 sets / Pulled: October 1994 / B. Ewert.” A misspelling in the title is corrected in each appearance.
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$40.00NY: Knopf, 1989. First edition. 210 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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$20.00Paris: Gallimard (1980). First French edition. 353 pp. Fine in wrappers and very near fine illustrated dust jacket.
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$85.00NY: Knopf, 1976. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 303 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Publisher’s slipcase is split along one of the top edges, else is very good plus. The colophon calls for 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Updike. This copy is signed, but designated “out of series.”
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$35.00London: Andre Deutsch (1977). First UK edition. 303 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket that is slightly misfolded.
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$25.00Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1976. First edition. 347 pp. Fine in full gilt-decorated leather. a.e.g. Ribbon place-marker. Includes a special “Message to the Members of the First Edition Society” by Updike, that appears only in this edition. “Notes from the Editors” flyer laid in.
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$20.00NY: Knopf, 1976. First trade edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
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$350.00NY: Knopf, 1976. Uncorrected proof. 205 pp. Promotional sheet stapled inside front cover, label pasted to front cover, both as issued. Near fine in printed green wrappers with light sunning to spine.
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$12.50NY: Knopf, 1992. First trade edition. 369 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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$20.00London: Andre Deutsch (1969). First UK edition. 99 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with one short closed tear.
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$25.00London: Andre Deutsch (1969). First UK edition. 99 pp. Faint sticker removal evidence inside front board, else fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to rear panel.
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$15.00NY: Knopf (1969). First edition. 98 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Updike’s third collection of poetry, this one mixing slightly more serious fare with his trademark light verse.
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$20.00London: Andre Deutsch (1973). First UK edition. 280 pp w/illustration credits. Fine in very near fine, clipped and re-priced dust jacket.
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$20.00NY: Knopf, 1991. First edition. 919 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some wear to crown of spine.
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$100.00NY: Knopf, 1991. First edition. 919 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Updike on the title page.
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$125.00Logan: Perfection Form Country, 1979. First edition. 47 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers.
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$200.00Louisville: the literary renaissance, 1994. First edition, lettered & signed issue. [10 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Designed, letterpress printed, and bound a the Warwick Press by Carol J. Blinn. One of 26 lettered copies with hand-decorated covers SIGNED by Upike. -
$100.00NY: Knopf, 1979. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Near fine decorated publisher’s slipcase. One of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by Updike.
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$25.00London: Andre Deutsch (1980). First UK edition. 260 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine.
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$25.00St. Lucia & London: University of Queensland Press/André Deutsch (1980). First Australian edition. 260 pp. Production flaw to one early leaf (creased lower corner) else near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light fading to spine and front panel.
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$22.50NY: Knopf, 1979. First edition. 260 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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$125.00(np): Albondocani/Ampersand (1974). First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Original mailling envelope present. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. One of 400 copies published as a holiday greeting for the author and publisher. SIGNED by Updike on the title page, and also by the publisher, “from George.”
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