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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good hardcover with dustcover. Text has some markings. The page ends have some foxing. Covers show some shelf wear with some rubbing and scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges are strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with some rubbing, scuffing and small tears.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A lovely First Edition copy! Fine in hardback (square, tight, unmarked) in a like dust jacket -- clean, bright, and tight -- with no markings and no defects of any kind. No chips, no rubbing, and no tears. First edition; first printing (full number line present). Suitable condition for presentation as a gift, or for adding to a library collection. Ships from NC. All hardcovers are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely, and shipped promptly with tracking. (C-3.).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 215 pages. Published in 2000. The author's nineteenth novel. One of John Updike's finest achievements. Limited "Signed First Edition Society" Edition of 1000 copies. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition. Published as a handsome leather-bound edition only. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Franklin Mint: Regular-sized volume format. Dark brown leather boards with gilt King And Queen of Spades Card Designs on the cover and back, as issued. Matching gilt titles on the spine. Text by John Updike. "Special Message" Essay Introduction by the author, which appears in this Limited Edition only. As expected, it is illuminating and beautifully written. Letter From The Publisher, printed on separate glossy stock paper, laid-in. Drawing Frontispiece by S. Thomas Belton. Raised bands. Gilt paper edges. Marbled endpapers. Red satin ribbon marker bound-in. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The production values are exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, John Updike's "Gertrude And Claudius". His imaginative "prequel" to Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Which means his literary subject is Shakespeare THROUGH the Master's greatest play. "Precisely honed, buoyant with sly wit, masterful character analysis, and astutely observed historical details. This tour-de-force by the protean Updike re-imagines the circumstances leading to Shakepeare's Hamlet. Though he wears his knowledge lightly, Updike establishes the context of the time through details of social, cultural, intellectual, and theological ideas. The resolution is breathtaking" (Library Journal). An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Edition of 1000 copies. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the Front Limitation Page by John Updike. In addition, it comes with a lovely Handwritten Note to a colleague, which neatly sums up his novel: "For K. , This dear little flight of fancy, John Updike". The recipient, who is named, was a colleague and friend, and cannot be named here. His inscription is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen: Specific, self-deprecating, and heartfelt. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws. It is difficult to understand how a Limited Edition could be handled so badly. A scarce signed copy thus. A writer all his adult life, John Updike was probably the most-honored American writer of our time. In 2003, Updike received the National Medal for Humanities, joining a very small group of great living Americans who have been honored with both the National Medal of the Arts and the National Medal for the Humanities. Updike's greatest novels, "Rabbit Is Rich" and "Rabbit At Rest", won Pulitzer Prizes. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN UPDIKE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Signed by Author. …

Condition: Good. Folio. 27 x 34.7cm. Fine in mylar. Two articles making up this reprint are a study in contrast: J.D. Salinger, so much the recluse that he will have no contact at all with an interviewer; John Updike, eager to explore all aspects of the world around him.Life Educational Reprint 8.".Offprint. Life magazine, November 3, 1961 and November 4, 1966Includes two articles: Jane Howard's Can a nice novelist finish first? [on John Updike], from Life Nov. 4, 1966 and Ernest Havemann's The recluse in the rye [on J.D. Salinger] from Life Nov. 3, 1961Bookseller's note: interview/wrps.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:270154107.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly Frayed and Chipped. 1st Edition. PRICE CLIPED, THE BOYS, HARRY GOLDEN, WALT KELLY, HOWARD LINDSAY, WILLIAM K. ZINSSER, JOHN UPDIKE WHO SIGNED ON FRONT ENDSHEET..BW PHOTO ILL. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Condition: Good. 4to. 4 leaves printed on one side. Letters and typescripts relative to the copyright of "A Soft Spring Night in Shillington, " published in the New Yorker on Dec. 24, 1984. Yellin published his edition in 1986 in an edition of 250 copies. From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935 - 2014), publisher of the Lord John Press. …