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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First trade edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin. Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all shared the same first name, chief among them John Updike, his favorite. *Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu* became the press's first book in 1977 with 10 more to follow over the next 23 years. Yellin's friendship with Updike grew with each new limited edition benefitting his already enormous Updike collection, with Updike himself contributing copies of new editions of his books-often inscribed. In a 2010 interview with Yellin he noted that Updike "...liked that if anything ever happened to his own collection, he had my collection on the opposite side of the country." A notable association.
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394568354 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Bound in attractive pink cloth with silver and gold lettering. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper. De Bellis/Broomfield A121a; Boston bred Sarah Worth, a latter-day Hester Prynne, leaves her stifling security to live in a commune in Arizona with a Hindu religious leader called the Arhat. Through letters and tapes she sends to her family and friends, Sarah relates her struggle to reconcile old values with new realities. "…a meditation upon American womanhood, a romance, and a religious comedy." (From the cover) ; 8vo; [8], 279, [1] pages; Signed by Author .
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (USA)
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  • Publisher: Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hardcovers
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First edition, limited issue of 350 numbered copiers signed by Updike on the limitation page. Unread copy in clear plastic dustjacket as issued in a Fine slipcase. Image of actual book; not a stock photo.
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394568354 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Bound in attractive pink cloth with silver and gold lettering. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper. De Bellis/Broomfield A121a; Boston bred Sarah Worth, a latter-day Hester Prynne, leaves her stifling security to live in a commune in Arizona with a Hindu religious leader called the Arhat. Through letters and tapes she sends to her family and friends, Sarah relates her struggle to reconcile old values with new realities. "…a meditation upon American womanhood, a romance, and a religious comedy." (From the cover) ; 8vo; [8], 279, [1] pages; Signed by Author .
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (USA)
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Updike. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First limited edition, one (225) of 350 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new book in an as new clear acetate dust jacket in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
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  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Date published: 1988
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used; Like New. Alfred Knopf Inc 1988 Hardcover. SIGNED by author on limitations page. This First Edition book is one of 350 signed, numbered copies. This copy is number 248. Book is Fine in a Near Fine acetate dust wrapper and a Fine slipcase. Book Condition: Fine . 1988. SLIPCASED.
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Galveston Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc
  • Date published: 1988
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1988 inscribed on ffep to Margie Parker Best Wishes, John Updike, stated first edition but preceded by limited edition. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Ian Thompson (CAN)
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  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: SLIPCASED
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used; Like New. Alfred Knopf Inc 1988 Hardcover. SIGNED by author on limitations page. This First Edition book is one of 350 signed, numbered copies. This copy is number 248. Book is Fine in a Near Fine acetate dust wrapper and a Fine slipcase. Book Condition: Fine. 1988. SLIPCASED.
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First trade edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin. Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all shared the same first name, chief among them John Updike, his favorite. *Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu* became the press's first book in 1977 with 10 more to follow over the next 23 years. Yellin's friendship with Updike grew with each new limited edition benefitting his already enormous Updike collection, with Updike himself contributing copies of new editions of his books-often inscribed. In a 2010 interview with Yellin he noted that Updike "...liked that if anything ever happened to his own collection, he had my collection on the opposite side of the country." A notable association.
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  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: SLIPCASED
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used; Like New. Alfred Knopf Inc 1988 Hardcover. SIGNED by author on limitations page. This First Edition book is one of 350 signed, numbered copies. This copy is number 248. Book is Fine in a Near Fine acetate dust wrapper and a Fine slipcase. Book Condition: Fine. 1988. SLIPCASED.
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First limited edition, one (4) of 85 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new quarter calf leather book in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First limited edition, one (II) of 12 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new full leather calf book in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First limited edition, one (4) of 85 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new quarter calf leather book in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
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  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date published: 1988
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780394568355
First limited edition, one (II) of 12 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new full leather calf book in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
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