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Bech at Bay
by Updike, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 037540368X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375403682
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 240 Pp. FIRST EDITION. COPYRIGHT 1998. DESCRIPTION: BURGUNDY PAPER COVERED HARDBOUND, GILT SILVER/GOLD STAMPED TITLE ON SPINECOVER AND FRONT BOARD, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" x 1." DUST JACKET CONDITION: FINE. BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; SPINE HEEL BUMPED, SQUARE SPINE, APPEARS UNREAD, TIGHT AND CLEAN TEXT, PENCIL PRICING NOTE ON FRONT ENDPAPER; AN ATTRACTIVE COPY.
Synopsis
John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. 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, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of over forty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001339
- Title
- Bech at Bay
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 037540368X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375403682
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 240
- Keywords
- General, Popular
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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De Coux and Associates Books
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About De Coux and Associates Books
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