The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures [Signed]
by John Updike
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394523946
- ISBN 13
- 9780394523941
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Thus; Revised Edition. Signed by Updike without inscription at title page. Octavo. 84 pp. Printed dust jacket. Purple boards stamped in gilt.
Price-clipped dust jacket rubbed and toned along edges with a short closed tear to top edge; ghost of a sticker to front. Boards sunned along top edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
A re-issue of Updike's first collection of poems, originally published in 1958.
Price-clipped dust jacket rubbed and toned along edges with a short closed tear to top edge; ghost of a sticker to front. Boards sunned along top edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
A re-issue of Updike's first collection of poems, originally published in 1958.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13691
- Title
- The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures [Signed]
- Author
- John Updike
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394523946
- ISBN 13
- 9780394523941
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- Sunned
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