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Gertrude and Claudius
by Updike, John
- New
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Library, 2000. First Edition. Full Leather. New/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome dark purple leather First Edition signed by the author. Still in the original shrinkwrap. A modern telling of the story of Hamlet of Shakespeare's tragedy. In fine unread condition with marbled endpapers, gold gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. This edition limited to 1,000 Signed copies. John Updike is the recipient of almost every major artistic and literary honor, including the National Medal of the Arts and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (twice), his most famous novels are "The Centaur," for which he won the National Book Award, "Couples" "The Witches of Eastwick," and the "Rabbit" books including "Rabbit,Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer. A significant author.
Synopsis
Gertrude and Claudius is a novel by John Updike. It uses the known sources of Shakespeare's Hamlet to tell a story that draws on a rather straightforward revenge tale in the medieval Denmark depicted by Saxo Grammaticus in his twelfth-century Historiae Danicae, but incorporates extra plot elements added by François de Belleforest in his Histoires tragiques, published in 1576.
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- Bookseller
- Parrish Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1133
- Title
- Gertrude and Claudius
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 2000
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
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