New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394528069 . First edition/first printing with minor bumps in about Fine condition in gently rubbed dustjacket with minor closed tears. De Bellis/Broomfield A96a; Henry Bech, now fifty years old, reflects on his fame, travels the world, marries an Episcopalian divorcée from Westchester, and, as a suprise to all writes a book that becomes a runaway bestseller; 8vo; [x], 195, [3] pages .

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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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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15585
Title: Bech Is Back - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Updike, John
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0394528069
ISBN 13: 9780394528069
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
Bookseller catalogs: Legendary Authors / Updike, John;

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