MITES & OTHER POEMS IN MINIATURE - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED
by Updike, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1990. First Edition. Miniature volume printing eight poems, which first appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Southern California Anthology, The New Republic, The Oxford American, Agni, and The Ontario Review. De Bellis & Broomfield A130.b. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'E'. Miniature book (7.5cm x 5.5cm); full red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and covers; publisher's matching red cloth slipcase; [viii],24,[4]pp. A Fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4789
- Title
- MITES & OTHER POEMS IN MINIATURE - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED
- Author
- Updike, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge, CA
- Date Published
- 1990
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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