Title John Updike (10 results)
- Hardcover
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A few small stains.… Previous owners name. Small Tears to the Dust Jacket, Slipcase, or cover.
Language: English
Published by New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, 2008
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.ModernRare
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 308 pages. Published in 2008. The author's 23rd novel, and final book. The sequel to the author's classic, "The Witches of Eastwick". The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions.… It should also not be confused with copies that are signed on a bookplate. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced: Pale blue cloth boards, gold-dominant DJ design, and elegant salmon topstain. Presents John Updike's "The Widows of Eastwick". His brilliant sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick". "John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters. His output alone has been supernatural. This isn't writing. It is magic. At 76, he still wrings more from a sentence than almost anyone else. His sorcery is startlingly fresh, page upon page. Updike's subject is nothing less than 'the whole mass of middling, hidden, troubled America'. No writer of our time has reached into it so deeply or conjured so many of its mysteries so pulsingly to life" (The New York Times). Written in Updike's characteristic lapidary style: Chiseled, polished, impeccable. There is such a thing as a John Updike line or sentence in the sense that there isn't in any other living American writer today. Susan Sontag regarded him as the finest stylist in the English language of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by John Updike. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a bookplate, as copies available online are. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. A writer all his adult life, John Updike was probably the most-honored American writer of our time: Winner of numerous awards, among them the Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), Rosenthal Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1959), National Book Award for Fiction (1964), O. Henry Prize (1967-68), American Book Award (1982), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982, 1990), Union League Club Abraham Lincoln Award (1982), National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1984), and the National Medal of the Arts (1989), the highest award the U. S. Government bestows on its artists and writers. In 1976, he became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. 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) ISBN 0307269604. Signed by Author.
Published by 17th Century Day Committee, 1968
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.Eureka Books
Contact seller5-star sellerTrade Paperback. First Edition. 15 pages. A play. First trade edition (first printing); also issued in a limited edition. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
Language: English
Published by New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, 2006
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.ModernRare
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 310 pages. Published in 2006. The author's 22nd novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first prin…t run as a hardcover original only. Subsequent printings do not have the topstain that has become a trademark of Updike's handsomely produced books. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Updike's "Terrorist'. Ostensibly Updike's exploration of spirituality, religion, and fanaticism, themes he explored in such novels as "The Coup" and "Toward The End of Time". Updike's genuine achievement is his protagonist, Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, the 18-year-old American suicide bomber/son of a present Irish mother and an absent Egyptian father. "He's my hero. I tried to understand him and to dramatize his world. Besides it's not just young Muslims who are killing themselves. We have all these American high school students, steeped in Protestantism and Judaism, who bring guns to school to shoot up the cafeteria knowing they're going to die at the end of this rush" (John Updike). "Tells his story with the thrilling, gorgeous prose we have come to expect of him. A terrible beauty" (Alden Mudge). Written in Updike's characteristic lapidary style: Chiseled, polished, impeccable. There is such a thing as a John Updike line or sentence in the sense that there isn't in any other living American writer today. Susan Sontag regarded him as the finest stylist in the English language of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by John Updike. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Signed copies of John Updike's Hardcover First Editions are more scarce than the Limited Editions because he seldom did public signings and limited the number of books when he did. A scarce signed copy thus. A writer all his adult life, John Updike was probably the most-honored American writer of our time: Winner of numerous awards, among them the Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), Rosenthal Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1959), National Book Award for Fiction (1964), O. Henry Prize (1967-68), American Book Award (1982), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982, 1990), Union League Club Abraham Lincoln Award (1982), National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1984), and the National Medal of the Arts (1989), the highest award the U. S. Government bestows on its artists and writers. In 1976, he became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. 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) ISBN 0307264653. Signed by Author.
The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter / Edited by Robert Kimball ; with a Foreword by John Updike - [Uniform Title: Songs. Texts]
Porter, Cole (1891-1964) - Related Names: Kimball, Robert (Ed. ) ; Updike, John
- Softcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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1st Edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 501 pages; Description: xxv, 501 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Subjects: Songs - Songwriting - Cole Porter. 2 Kg.
The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter / Edited by Robert Kimball ; with a Foreword by John Updike - [Uniform Title: Songs. Texts]
Porter, Cole (1891-1964) - Related Names: Kimball, Robert (Ed. ) ; Updike, John
- Softcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
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1st Edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 501 pages; Description: xxv, 501 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Subjects: Songs - Songwriting - Cole Porter. 2 Kg.
The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter / Edited by Robert Kimball ; with a Foreword by John Updike - [Uniform Title: Songs. Texts]
Porter, Cole (1891-1964) - Related Names: Kimball, Robert (Ed. ) ; Updike, John
- Softcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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1st Edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 501 pages; Description: xxv, 501 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Subjects: Songs - Songwriting - Cole Porter. 2 Kg.
The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter / Edited by Robert Kimball ; with a Foreword by John Updike - [Uniform Title: Songs. Texts]
Porter, Cole (1891-1964) - Related Names: Kimball, Robert (Ed. ) ; Updike, John
- Softcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
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1st Edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 501 pages; Description: xxv, 501 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Subjects: Songs - Songwriting - Cole Porter. 2 Kg.
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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Magus Books of Sacramento
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good plus. 1st Edition. Near-fine with slight fading at base of spine, tiny bookseller label at bottom corner of rear pastedown, and a touch of shelf wear. In a very good plus dust jacket--$4.00 price intact--with some light rubbing to spine edges and fading to bottom…portion of spine. SIGNED BY UPDIKE on the title page. Laid in is the original ticket from his appearance at the New York Public Library in 2006 where he signed the book. A beautiful signed copy of this 20th Century high spot, suitable to give as a gift. Signed by Author(s).
Published by BOMC, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1988
- Hardcover
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). HBDJ, 301 pgs, F-/F-, tiny soil on bottom pages outer edge, Black cloth lettered Gold Gilt Spine, 1988, Facsimile of 1st edition of 1934, Publisher Yellow Dye on Top pages Edge, DJ very light Rub, Wear.
