Franklin Center, Pennslyvinia: The Franklin Library, 1986. Barron Storey. First Edition. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. SIGNED by the Author on a front flyleaf, tall 8vo (9" x 6 1/8"), dark blue leather with gilt tooling & 4 raised hubs, illustrated with a B&W frontispiece by Barron Storey, dark blue..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Trade Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the half-title, 8vo, tan cloth with "John Updike" in silver on cover, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with photo of young Updike (unclipped) & another photo of him signing a book on the back panel, photographic..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, dark blue cloth with silver and gold lettering on spine and "John Updike" in silver on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (not clipped) with a 5th century angel from Egypt, [xii] + 316 pages + [2] A Note About..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering on spine over pale blue boards with "John Updike" stamped in silver on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the Fall of Icarus by Bernard Picart, [viii] + 302 pages. Exceptional..... More
Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. Third Printing. Cloth and boards. Thick quarto, white linen quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale yellow boards, archival polyester-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), Introduction by John Updike, xxiv + 775, [776] pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 11 oz. John Updike's selection..... More