VERSE
by Updike, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Crest Books/Fawcett World Library, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Two of Updike's early poetry collections -- The Carpentered Hen and Telephone Poles -- brought together in a mass market paperback; previous owner's name on fep o/w clean, tight, square; wrappers show edgewear, minor chipping along spine, bumped corners; Good Plus to Very Good. Collectable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001124
- Title
- VERSE
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Crest Books/Fawcett World Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- MODERN LITERATURE, POETRY, FIRST EDITION, CARPENTERED HEN, TELEPHONE POLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Poetry; Fine Literature;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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