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Victor Gollancz, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. No edition stated. 82 pages. Cream jacket over black cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Text block edges heavily foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears and creasing. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall. A few light scratches. Jacket moderately foxed overall.
Hoping for a Hoopoe (Poems) by Updike, John - 1959
by Updike, John
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Hoping for a Hoopoe (Poems)
by Updike, John
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London: Gollancz, 1959. Foxing to top edges, else very near fine in price clipped, very good plus, slightly rubbed dust jacket, nicked at spine crown.. First English Edition. Hard Cover.
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- Keywords Author's First Book, Poems, Poetry
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Hoping For A Hoopoe
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Hoping for a Hoopoe
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Cotuit, Massachusetts, United States
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Victor Gollancz. Good. 1959. Hardcover. 0575012358 . INSCRIBED/dated by Hoover. Boards lightly soiled and marked. 11th printing. No dj.; 96 pages .
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HOPING FOR A HOOPOE: POEMS.
by UPDIKE, John
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GB: Gollancz, 1959. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Text edges bit spotted. DW is priced 12/6 net. In loose polythene protector. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW.
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Hoping for a Hoopoe
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London: GOLLANCZ Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ..
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Hoping for a Hoopoe.
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Berkeley, California, United States
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London: Gollancz,, (1959).. First UK edition.. viii + 82 pp. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 5.5 x 8.75in. vii. 82pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. An exceptionally flawless copy. As pictured.
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Hoping for a Hoopoe
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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tear in rear od dustjacket on inch long Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Hoping for a Hoopoe
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Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. Black cloth bds with gilt title (unworn with sharp cnrs) 82 pages, quite foxed. DJ has some short tears at edges and dust spotting.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Hoping for a Hoopoe
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"HOPING FOR A HOOPOE" by John Updike. 1959 1st UK Edition; London; Victor Gollancz Ltd. The book comes with its original, un-clipped dust jacket. First published as "The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures" in the United States, this is the first British edition of Updike's first book.Condition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The text pages are in excellent condition - clean and white with no writing, stains, foxing or tears. Name/address stamped in ink at the lower-right corner of the rear pastedown. Three pages have a crease at the upper-outer corners. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price showing on the front flap; some light soiling to the front and back covers; clean flaps; small tears at the spine heads; larger 3" tear between starting at the bottom between the front cover and front flap that has been repaired on the back-side with clear tape. Overall in very good condition.
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gollancz london 1959. first edition 82pp VG+ (black cloth,ffep trimmed,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.foxed/browned,chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
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