THE POORHOUSE FAIR . First edlition, first state of his first novel.

UPDIKE, JOHN.

Published by New York: Alfred Knopf,, 1959

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. (i-iv), (1)-185, (186) A Note on the Author; A Note on the Type. Silver titled rust cloth backed gray-blue silver printed boards, top edges red-orange. Fine in the first state dust jacket with a single paragraph on the back flap blurb and not price clipped @ $3.50; clean & bright very good dust jacket but for a 3/8 v-chip at foot of backstrip and ½ x ¼ v-chip at lower right corner of the front panel and a closed seamed tear at the upper backstrip curving to the K in Updike. Updike's second book and first novel, an edition of 5000. H5641.

Seller Inventory # 7006

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE POORHOUSE FAIR . First edlition, first state of his first novel.
• Publisher: New York: Alfred Knopf,
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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