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The Afterlife
by Updike, John
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0948409096
- ISBN 13
- 9780948409097
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Warwickshire: The Sixth Chamber Press, 1987. Undetermined. fine. 1 of 175 numbered copies. 29pp. Square octavo with orange cloth boards and title on paper label. Printed on Basingwerk parchment. Very light rubbing to spine ends, else a very clean, crisp copy. fine Numbered 11 of 175. Signed on limitation page by the author. One of Updike's short stories that gives his take on death, which follows an aging English couple who must face their mortality after an accident. 1987
Synopsis
John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker . His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138323
- Title
- The Afterlife
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0948409096
- ISBN 13
- 9780948409097
- Publisher
- The Sixth Chamber Press
- Place of Publication
- Warwickshire
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- John Updike|Short Stories
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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