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The Early Stories, 1953-1975
by Updike, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400040728
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040728
- 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, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 306 Pp. FIRST EDITION. DESCRIPTION: BLUE BUCKRAM HARDBOUND, GILT SILVER/GOLD STAMPED TITLE ON SPINECOVER AND FRONT BOARD, ORANGE TINTED UPPER LEAF EDGE, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 15/16." DUST JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; 3/8" TEAR AT UPPER REAR FLAP FOLD, GENTLY RUBBED EDGE IN UPPER FRONT COVER, GENTLY SUNNED SPINE COVER, A FEW FINE SMALL TEARS AT SPINE CROWN/HEEL, RUBBED EDGE. BOOK CONDITION: FINE; SQUARE SPINE, APPEARS UNREAD, TIGHT AND CLEAN TEXT, SMALL 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 author of fifty-odd previous books, including twenty novels and numerous collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His fiction has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001344
- Title
- The Early Stories, 1953-1975
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400040728
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040728
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 838
- Keywords
- General, Popular, Short Stories (single author)
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
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Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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