Bech
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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Bech: A Book. Signed/LTD.
by Updike, John
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- 1976
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Canton, Georgia, USA
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NY: Knopf, 1976., 1976. First printing. 1-500 numbered and SIGNED by Updike, this being #325. 8vo. v, 206 pp. Publisher's original patterned cloth binding. In the matching illustrated publisher's slipcase and DJ. This is a tight, fine book in a slightly spine-sunned DJ in a fine slipcase.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1972
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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(London): Penguin, 1972. Softcover. Near Fine. Fifth edition. Trade paperback. Near fine with light edgewear. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin. Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1970
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny, light crease on the front flap. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by Updike,John
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- 1970
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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London: Andre Deutsch. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1970. First British Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0233962700 . Book and DJ Very Fine. No names or ANY markings. DJ not price clipped (£1.50p net) ; 206 pages . Item Price
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- 1970
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NY: Knopf, 1970. First edition, limited issue of 500 numbered copies signed by Updike on the limitation page. Copy #138. Illustrated slipcase. Cloth spine edges lightly toned; dustjacket with tiny edge wrinkles and toned spine; slipcase with light shelf rubbing. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with a Near Fine slipcase. Updike's first Henry Bech book.. Signed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 Limited edition of 500 specially bound hand-numbered copies signed by John Updike directly on the colophon. octavo, 206 pages. Light tanning to jacket spine, else book, dust jacket, and slipcase in fine condition. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
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- 1970
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine slipcase. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. A very nice copy. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by Updike, John
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- 1970
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire, GBR
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. Ex-Library. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Firsxt UK edition - pp207 Good/Very Good. ex-lib front endpapers marked. UK 1st Ed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. classic Updike novel. Item Price
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Bech; A Book
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Narrabeen, New South Wales, AUS
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London; Andre Deutsch; 1970 First UK edition.. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 206pp. very good+. / very good+ d/w. . Item Price
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Bech; a book.
by Updike, John
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- Good
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- 6th printing
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- 1970
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- Orange cloth, silver lettering. vi, 206 p. 21 cm.Hard cover
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Slate Hill, New York, USA
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Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. DJ lt edgeworn, faded. Bookplate on fep, a bit of neat ink underlining & marginalia, brief notes on rfep. Tight binding.
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Bech: A Book
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1970
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£113.95
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of sunning on the spine in a fine slipcase. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
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- 1970
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "for Susan Sheehan, an old-time Bechite, Cheers, John Updike." Updike and Sheehan were colleagues at *The New Yorker* for nearly 50 years, both, among other things, contributing frequently to *The Talk of the Town*. Both won Pulitzer Prizes: Updike for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by Updike, John
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- 1st Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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LEWES, GBR
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Andre Deutsch, London, 1970,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0233962700 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 206pp, pages browning, foxing on fore-edges, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Good / Very Good dustwrapper (not price-clipped); ISBN: 0233962700 . Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by Updike, John
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- 1970
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: Knopf, 1970. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully bound in orange cloth. Both the spine and the front board are silver-stamped. Yellow topstain. 206pps. Mild rubbing to the spine-ends. Also, there is a faint, almost indiscernible lean to the spine. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. All tips are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech: a book
by Updike, John
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Bridlington, East Yorkshire, GBR
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£2.18
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London : Deutsch. 2nd impression. VG hbk in original green cloth, gilt. ISBN 0233962700. 17283. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1970. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by John Updike
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- Used - Good
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- 1980
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- Soft cover
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- 9780140033311
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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London: Penguin, 1980. Soft cover. Good. Updike ruminating on Writers being Writers. Light shelfwear and tanning to pages but clean and tight. Good.
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Bech : A Book
by Updike, John
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- Used - F/NF
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- Third Printing
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- 1970
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- 9780233962702
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Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
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£4.07
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London : Andre Deutsch , 1970 . Third Printing . F/NF . 12MO . Verylight wear to unpriceclipped jacket. An attractive little book. Item Price
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Bech : A Book
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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- 9780233962702
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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£3.26
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Andre Deutsch, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. minor shelf wear on both book and jacket. light foxing. one price notation. a neat and much intact copy. very good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Bech: A Book
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- No Earlier Edition or Printing Stated
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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£6.37
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. First / First. Dust jacket is plastic protected and in fine condition. Jacket is clipped but price remains.. No Earlier Edition or Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Item Price
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