Query [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by UPDIKE, John
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
N.p.: Albondocani Press & Ampersand Books, 1974. First Edition. First printing, one of 75 (out of 400 total copies) "suppressed [copies] which had the cover drawing printed upside down. The balance of the printing has been destroyed." 12mo (17.25cm.); original green pictorial staplebound card wrappers by Robert Dunn; [4]pp. Fine. With original blank envelope. Bookplate signed by Updike laid in. Printed by William Ferguson "as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. None are for sale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33707
- Title
- Query [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- UPDIKE, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Albondocani Press & Ampersand Books
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
All items are offered subject to prior sale. Orders must be prepaid, though billing may be arranged for institutions and customers with established credit. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order, Paypal or by valid credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for full refund. Signed and manuscript items carry an unlimited guarantee of authenticity.
About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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