BECH: A BOOK
by Updike, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1970. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A collection of Updike's short stories featuring Henry Bech, ambitious author and academic, most of which first appeared in "The New Yorker;" some small stains on fep o/w clean, tight, square; the price-clipped dustjacket shows some edgewear.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000565
- Title
- BECH: A BOOK
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION, AMERICAN LITERATURE, SHORT STORIES, HENRY BECH, ACADEMIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Fine Literature;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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