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THIRD IMPRESSION OF FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. [vi] + 458 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper (showing detail of William Blake's watercolour drawing, Adam and Eve Sleeping), which has sunned spine. A little wear to extremities and edges foxed; otherwise a very good copy. Signature on first free endpaper. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. A third impression of the first UK edition of the early novel by prize-winning US author, John Updike (1932-2009). It is set in the fictional Massachusetts town of Tarbox, where ten couples promiscuously swirl around each other. FICTION NOVELS LIT. FICTION AMERICAS 20TH CENTURY DUST WRAPPER FICTION. Seller Inventory # 27631
Title: COUPLES. Third Impression.
Publisher: Andre Deutsch., London
Publication Date: 1968
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