Brazil

by Updike, John

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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On May 1, 2011, Enoch said
Worth the read. Well written. Don't want to give the plot away.

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1994
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, "For Laura / Cheers, / John Updike." Fine and unread, with a bright, unfaded topstain, in a Fine dust jacket.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Review copy with laid in slip. A later novel from the author of "Rabbit Run," with this one set in Brazil, a departure for an author that usually dealt with suburban intrigue. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Updike on the front free… Read more about this item
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New York : Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in a fine unclipped dustjacket. This copy is signed by the author on the front free end paper--signature only. No evidence of previous ownership. A beautiful copy. Tangerine cloth with gold lettering to front board and spine. Solid yellow top stain.… Read more about this item
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1994
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NY: Knopf, 1994. First edition, ltr. prnt (3rd). Inscribed by Updike on the title page. "for the Woodward family a fantastic introduction to a fabulous country John Updike 7/9/05." Split in binding at half-title page from over-extended opening. Good condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. An interesting inscription by Updike in that his "wow!" sentiment is… Read more about this item
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [9], 3-260, [4] pp. Yellow cloth with silver lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; green topstain. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book slightly askew in a Fine dust jacket.
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As new, still in shrinkwrap. Bound in gilt-decorated brown leather. A limited true First Edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by the author and with an introduction by him not present in the trade edition.
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1994
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Slightly cocked with some soiling on the board edges and staining on the top page edge else very good in a near fine dustwrapper with slight toning on the flaps. Signed by the author.
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Brazil  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

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1994
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0679430717 . First Trade edition/first printing, predeced only by a privately published Franklin Library edition in about Fine condition in alike dustjacket. De Bellis/Broomfield 150b; Updike's story of Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, and Isabel Leme,… Read more about this item
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 260 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial green with off-white lettering. Dust jacket has sunned spine and rear head edge. Boards have slight sunning. Text block has yellow head edge and mild beige toning to fore and tail edges.… Read more about this item
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Brazil

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1994
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First trade edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
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Brazil

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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1994
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1994. Limited First Edition. Full Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome brown leather Limited First Edition SIGNED by one of America's greatest contemporary writers, John Updike. With gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. Includes an introduction not included in the trade edition. In fine unread condition. John Updike… Read more about this item
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Brazil

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1994
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London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. First edition. Very slight wear on edges of dust jacket. Minor bump on upper edge of front board. Hardcover spine is cocked. Hardcover spine ends are slightly bumped. One or two small marks on page block. Very small mark on front pastedown. Binding is sound, and the text is clear. AF. Hardcover. Good. Used.… Read more about this item
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Brazil

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1994
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in full leather with gold stamping and raised bands, all edges gilt, silk ribbon place marker, includes a special preface by him not included in the trade edition. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first… Read more about this item
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Full Leather. New/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome brown leather Limited First Edition SIGNED by one of America's greatest contemporary writers, John Updike. With gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. In the original shrinkwrap which is torn but has never been removed. Includes an introduction not… Read more about this item
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