Assorted Prose

by Updike, John

John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.

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1974
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New Yok: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1974. First edition/2nd Printing . Cloth with Dustjacket. LARRY KRAMER'S COPY. NOTED AUTHOR, PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER AND GAY ACTIVITST'S COPY WITH HIS OWNER SIGNATURE, DATE AND ADDRESS WRITTEN IN INK ON THE FRONT ENDSHEET. Large collection of John Updike's stories, editorial comments, and reviews. Nice association copy. Price clipped. Some very faint discoloring… Read more about this item
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1965
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 327 pages. Collection of book reviews, essays, reminiscences and parodies, first published in 1955-65. Includes "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu", on Ted Williams. 8vo, yellow cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, top edge tinted brown, unusually heavy foxing to boards, soil to their exposed edges, only faint foxing to… Read more about this item
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1965-04-12. Hardcover. Very Good. 1965 Knopf hard cover stated First Edition first printing - signed by Updike on title page - glue residue and label inside cover - label and minor wear to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) otherwise cover and binding like new contents clean - very nice - enjoy
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1965
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Xiii, 327 pp. 8vo
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition, signed issue (issued for distribution by Kroch and Brenato's for members of their 'First Edition Circle'); issued with an extra tipped-in leaf, signed by John Updike. xiii, 327 pp. 8vo. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has two short tears and two small soil spots on front panel,… Read more about this item
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1965
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New York: Knopf, 1965. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full yellow cloth. The spine is stamped in silver and gilt; the front panel in silver. Octavo. Brown topstain. 327pps. Stated First Edition. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textbock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership… Read more about this item
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1965
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Signed by Updike on one of the front free endpapers. Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally toned. Yellow cloth, heavily foxed, with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a brown top stain, clean internally. A collection… Read more about this item
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London, Andre Deutsch Limited, (1965). . First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. 228; original cloth, dustjacket, associated newspaper articles included, minor chipping to corners, otherwise a very good copy. Together with slip signed by the author.
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by Updike, John

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1965
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A nice first edition/first printing in Very Near Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author John Updike on a free front end page. De Bellis/Broomfield A16a; Updike's Assorted Prose includes his early essays of humor and parody, some… Read more about this item
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1965
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper just a trifle toned on the spine. Signed by Updike on a cancel leaf. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A16.b.
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Assorted Prose

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1965
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London, England: Andre Deutsch, 1965. - first English edition - first printing - very fine in very fine dj, no flaws.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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1965-04-12
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9780394414737
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1965-04-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. VG yellow boards with silver lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges, small chips and tears; MYLAR covered. 327 pp. Stated First edition. All items carefully packed… Read more about this item
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1965
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Hardcover
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9780812983777
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New York: Knopf, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo,. cloth, dust jacket, xii, 326 pages, Includes bibliographical references, Parodies, humorous sketches, book reviews, and autobiographical writing including, CONTENTS:The American man : what of him? -- Anywhere is where you hang you hat -- What is a rhyme? -- Drinking from a cup made cinchy --… Read more about this item
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1965
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small stain on front board thus near fine in slightly spine-toned, very near fine dustwrapper. Signed by Updike on the front fly.
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1965
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A collection of Updike's nonfiction prose written the previous decade, with topics including Ted Williams, J.D. Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov, Muriel Spark, Max Beerbohm, among others. Yellow cloth covers with spotting, concealed by the dj. Otherwise clean. Record # 381960
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1965
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Top corners very slightly bumped, still easily fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in, the slip is a bit soiled. One of an unknown number of copies Signed by the author on a tipped-in page. A very nice copy.
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1965
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by Updike, John

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1965
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New York: Knopf, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 327 pages. SIGNED BY UPDIKE on half title page. Includes autographed personal note. Decorative stain to top edge. Dust jacket clipped. Light rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 353612
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by John Updike

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1st Edition 1st Printing
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1965
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U.S.A.: Knopf, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine copy in an unclipped and very good dustjacket. This copy is signed by Updike on the title page--signature only. A mostly tight and clean copy with only a bit of soiling to the top edge. The dustjacket has moderate edgewear to the head and… Read more about this item
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ASSORTED PROSE.

by Updike, John.

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First Edition
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1965
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NY: KNOPF.. Fine. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 039441473X . Fine in a Vg.+ or better dj. (1"-inch tear & shelf wear at crest of spine on dj. Clear tape mend on inside of dj. A few short edge tears & traces of mild edge wear to dj. Trace of foxing at edges of cloth) (LC) .
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1965
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NY: Knopf, 1965. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Updike on a tipped-in leaf previous to the colophon page as issued. Minimal shelfscuffing on board bottom edges; dustjacket with tiny closed tear at rear panel upper edge and touch of edgewear, mostly at the spine topedge, otherwise, very bright and clean. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with… Read more about this item
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