The Poorhouse Fair

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition, stated. Octavo (25.7cm); First-issue dust jacket with single paragraph on back flap; $3.50 price intact; blue boards and brick cloth spine with silver lettering; [vi],185pp. Jacket chipped at head of spine with partial loss of first letter; rubbing along edges and corners, with a small closed tear to bottom rear; foxing to verso. Boards are square with a slight bump to bottom rear corner and nudging at spine ends. Binding sound and pages unmarked.

Updike's first novel, following his debut collection of poems a year prior.

Ahearn APG 002a.