![Three Stories [Prospectus]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/179/900/1664900179.0.m.jpg)
Three Stories [Prospectus]
by UPDIKE, John
Thornwillow Press, [n.d.]. Octavo (22cm); stapled printed wrappers; 8pp. Publisher's laid in materials include letter to William Selander from Mandy Malloy (2003), book order form, and list of available publications. Light creases to corners with faint shelf-soil to rear cover; Near Fine. Includes prospectus for Three Stories ("Personal Archaelogy", "Free", and "The Guardians") and publisher's material. [83774].
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Rabbit at Rest
by UPDIKE, John
London: Andre Deutsch, 1990. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, trade (unsigned) issue. Octavo (24cm); dark blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-504,[4]pp. Subtle yellowing to text edges, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (£14.99 net) with some light surface wear and rubbing to extremities; Near Fine. Final novel in the Harry... Read More
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![Query [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/870/366/1035366870.0.m.jpg)
Query [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by UPDIKE, John
[N.p.: Albondocani Press, 1974]. 12mo (17.25cm.); original green pictorial staplebound card wrappers by Robert Dunn; [4]pp. Fine. With original blank envelope. Bookplate signed by Updike laid in. Printed by William Ferguson "as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. None are for sale.
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![The Lovelorn Astronomer: A New Poem [Signed Bookplate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/126/837/1678837126.0.m.jpg)
The Lovelorn Astronomer: A New Poem [Signed Bookplate]
by UPDIKE, John
[Boston and Chicago]: G.K. Hall and Marquis Who's Who, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (20cm x 13.5cm); folded paper, with green pictorial cover; 4pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. Tiny crease to upper front corner, else Near Fine. In unaddressed original mailing envelope, with light tanning and soil. Copyright printed on final page/rear panel (and not handwriting variant of... Read More
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![The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures: Poems [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/244/247/1397247244.0.m.jpg)
The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures: Poems [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); pale gray paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii,82,[2]pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Light wear to spine ends, tiny stain to lower edge of textblock, with a tiny... Read More
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Rabbit Is Rich
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); tan cloth, with titling stamped in silver and gilt on spine and in silver on front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [vi],467,[5]pp. Faint spotting to pages 222-224; pencil mark in margin on page 139; mild darkening to endpapers at gutter; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $13.95)... Read More
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![Telephone Poles & other Poems [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/596/914/1362914596.0.m.jpg)
Telephone Poles & other Poems [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by UPDIKE, John
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. First U.K. Edition. First UK Printing. Octavo (22cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 84pp. Signed bookplate laid in. Fine copy. Dustjacket is clipped at lower front flap with trivial wear to the extremities, else Fine. Author's second book of poetry.
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![Rabbit Is Rich [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/424/197/1118197424.0.m.jpg)
Rabbit Is Rich [Inscribed]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and silver on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [viii],467,[5]pp. Inscribed by Updike on the front endpaper to former New York City economic development administrator Alfred Eisenpreis: "For Alfred / Best wishes / John Updike." Slight forward lean,... Read More
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![Bath After Sailing [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/796/145/849145796.0.m.1.jpg)
Bath After Sailing [Limited Edition, Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
Stevenson, CT: Country Squires Books, 1968. First, Limited Edition. One of 125 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.48. Single leaf, folded twice and hand-sewn into stiff card wrappers, with printed title label applied to front cover. Barest hint of sunning to extremities, else Fine. An attractive copy of Updike's first limited edition, a single poem.... Read More
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The Works of John Updike: Catalog Number One
by [UPDIKE, John] LOVETT & LOVETT BOOKSELLERS
Winston-Salem: Lovett & Lovett Booksellers, n.d., ca. 1982. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's white pictorial staplebound card wrappers; unpaginated; illus. throughout. Spine edge a bit toned, else Near Fine. Collection of 310 ten titles, the most recently published in 1981.
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Broadside: Raining At Magens Bay
by UPDIKE, John
[Northridge]: John Updike Newsletter, 1976. First Edition. One of 200 numbered copies, this being copy no.66. Broadside, with text and illustrations offset printed in dark brown on deckle-edged goldenrod stock, measuring 21.5cm x 29cm (8.5" x 11.5"). A Fine copy.
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![Collected Poems 1953-1993 [SIGNED]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/664/458/1368458664.0.m.jpg)
Collected Poems 1953-1993 [SIGNED]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. Signed on ffep. Octavo (22cm); grey paper covered boards stamped in silver over gray cloth spine stamped in white and gold; topstained in red; dustjacket. 387pp. Near Fine copy with small spot of soil to top page edge; dustjacket is unclipped (priced $27.50); light edgewear, Near Fine.
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![The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures [Signed Bookplate laid-in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/665/458/1368458665.0.m.jpg)
The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures [Signed Bookplate laid-in]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Revised Edition. First Printing. Signed bookplate laid in. Octavo (21cm); maroon cloth covered boards stamped in gilt on cover and spine; dustjacket. 84pp.; Fine Copy; dustjacket is unclipped (priced $11.50); light edgewear, Near Fine condition. A re-issue of author's first collection of poems, originally published in 1958. This edition includes a new foreword... Read More
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![Baby's First Step [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/693/145/849145693.0.m.1.jpg)
Baby's First Step [Limited Edition, Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1993. First, Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.68. Slim octavo; hunter green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Fine and unread, still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. First separate edition of Updike's story, which first appeared in... Read More
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![Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/176/639/1462639176.0.m.jpg)
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories [Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First and second printings before publication. Octavo (21cm); grayish-green paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt and silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],278,[8]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced... Read More
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![Rabbit At Rest [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/453/379/729379453.0.m.jpg)
Rabbit At Rest [Limited Edition, Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1990. First, Limited Edition. Octavo; rust-colored leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and panels; all edges gilt; 512pp, [5]. Signed by Updike on a tipped-in page for members of the Signed First Edition Society, with publisher's promotional card laid in. A Fine copy. The concluding volume in the author's Rabbit Angstrom... Read More
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![Buchanan Dying: A Play [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/670/917/1176917670.0.m.jpg)
Buchanan Dying: A Play [Review Copy]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip and promotional author photograph laid in. Octavo; dark brown cloth, with titles stamped in silver and gilt on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; dustjacket; x,262,[6]pp. Hint of foxing to text edges, else very Near Fine in a Near Fine,... Read More
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![From The Journal of a Leper [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/903/632/851632903.0.m.1.jpg)
From The Journal of a Leper [Limited Edition, Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.111. Octavo; marbled paper and red cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 21, [6]pp. Fine copy in a plain black custom slipcase. First separate edition of this story, which first appeared in... Read More
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![The Best American Short Stories 1984 [Uncorrected Proof]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/695/952/1356952695.0.m.jpg)
The Best American Short Stories 1984 [Uncorrected Proof]
by UPDIKE, John and Shannon Ravenel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's blue printed card wrappers; xxii,[2],295pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine rather faded with small dampstain, else Very Good and sound. Publicist's business card stapled to first leaf of text. Includes Updike's introduction to the collection, which included works by Paul Bowles, Andre Dubus, Mavis Gallant, and many others.... Read More
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![Gertrude and Claudius: A Novel [Uncorrected Proof Copy, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/821/196/1118196821.0.m.jpg)
Gertrude and Claudius: A Novel [Uncorrected Proof Copy, Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); cream-colored wrappers, with titles printed in black on spine and front cover; [xii],212,[2]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. A Fine copy.
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![Of the Farm [Signed Bookplate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/863/425/1668425863.0.m.jpg)
Of the Farm [Signed Bookplate]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. / Borzoi Book, 1965. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green cloth spine over light green paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt and silver on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 173pp; illus. A bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Light sunning to spine and board edges, residue... Read More
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![Rabbit, Run [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/915/436/996436915.0.m.jpg)
Rabbit, Run [Signed]
by UPDIKE, John (novel); PINKNEY, Jerry (illustrations)
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited Edition. Octavo; full red leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; [xvi],342pp; illus. Signed by the author on the second blank. A Fine copy. Handsome edition of the first Rabbit Angstrom novel.
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COLLECTED POEMS 1953-1993
by Updike, John
New York: Knopf, 1993. First edition. An uncorrected proof in dark gray wrappers. Poems collected from his five previous volumes of verse, with some new poems. There is an index of titles (here without page numbers), as well as a page of omissions from previous collections and from those published in The New Yorker, but not published in book... Read More
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![Hawthorne's Creed [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/760/145/849145760.0.m.1.jpg)
Hawthorne's Creed [Limited Edition, Signed]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Targ Editions, 1981. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 250 copies signed by the author. Octavo; marbled paper over maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, with pictorial lable applied to front cover; publisher's unprinted gray paper dustjacket; 13, [7]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. First separate edition of the author's address, originally given under... Read More
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![The Poorhouse Fair [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/314/745/1028745314.0.m.jpg)
The Poorhouse Fair [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth-backed boards in decorative price-clipped dust jacket designed by Harry Ford; [6],185pp. Very minor wear to jacket extremities, short closed tear to top edge of upper panel with discrete tape repair to verso, some unobtrusive paper flaws to endpapers from previously removed bookplates (?); boards slightly toned and... Read More
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