HUGGING THE SHORE
by UPDIKE, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- A bulky book. Near Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
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
- Seller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 019091
- Title
- HUGGING THE SHORE
- Author
- UPDIKE, John
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - A bulky book. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Essays, Modern First Editions, Uncorrected Proof, Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Uncorrected Proof;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
About Charles Agvent
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Fine
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