The Dance of the Solids by Updike, John - 1969

[New York]: (Scientific American, 1969. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. [24]pp. Illustrated with twelve full-page illustrations. Stapled brownish-orange wrappers printed in red. A few soil marks on front cover and considerable spotting on rear cover along the spine, a very good copy. The publisher states: "The following verses were composed after the author had read the September 1967 single topic issue of Scientific American devoted to Materials. The poem first appeared in the January 1969 issue of Scientific American...". One of John Updike's more elusive publications only issued for distribution to Scientific American subscribers.

New York: Scientific American.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1969. Paperback.. First separate edition. (24pp. ) (6" x 6" square) One of 6200 copies printed as Christmas cards to be issued alongwith W. H. Auden's "A New Year Greeting." (Auden item absent as is the card sleeve housing the two pieces. ) Close to fine in mustard-colored stapled wrappers with orange titles. (Tiny trace of shelf wear) One of the author's more elusive titles. (B); 6' x 6" square; 24 pages .

New York: Scientific American, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. 2 stapled booklets, both fine. Housed together in a large sturdy archival folder with 4 folding protective inner flaps.. First Edition. Softcover. Signed on front cover by Updike. First separate edition of this poem. Small square 6"x6" booklet, together with W.H. Auden's A NEW YEAR GREETING, a companion booklet of the same size. The 2 booklets were included in the December 1968 issue of Scientific American. They were included together in a sort of paper wallet (not included here). Although 6,220 (!) of these were printed, very few have survived, and both are collector's items - especially the Updike. There is a tiny crease halfway down the spine of the Updike, but it is otherwise fine, and the Auden is also fine. Offered as a pair. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

[New York]: (Scientific American, 1969. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. [24]pp. Illustrated with twelve full-page illustrations. Stapled brownish-orange wrappers printed in red. A fine copy. The publisher states: "The following verses were composed after the author had read the September 1967 single topic issue of Scientific American devoted to Materials. The poem first appeared in the January 1969 issue of Scientific American... ." One of John Updike's more elusive publications only issued for distribution to *Scientific American* subscribers.

[NY]: (Scientific American). (1969). The first separate edition of this physics-themed poem. One of 6200 copies printed as Christmas cards to be issued with W.H. Auden's A New Year Greeting (not present). 24 pages, illustrated. Fine in stapled wrappers. Lacking the cardboard sleeve that combined the two booklets, but in a custom three quarter leather clamshell case from the Praxis Bindery. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For ___/ Merry Christmas 1995/ John Updike [with a drawing of holly leaves and berries]." While the print run of this item was not particularly small, especially when compared with the many limited editions Updike has done, the nature of its distribution -- as a freebie to Scientific American subscribers -- suggests that most copies would have been lost or discarded. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine.

2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve

1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve

First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X

New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.

Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.

1939 Frederick Stokes first edition.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is light dampstaining to the boards. Inside pages are not affected.Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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