John Updike from Berthoff Books
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Just Looking: Essays on Art
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394579047
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- 1
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 212 pages, with index, credits list that doubles as list of the book's many illustrations - color and b&w, plates and cuts - throughout. The novelist's essays are keyed to exhibitions he visited, including a Degas retrospective, a much-hyped Renoir show, Andrew Wyeth's "Helga" paintings, others of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Still Looking: Essays on American Art
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781400044184
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Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 222 pages, with index, credits list that doubles as list of the book's 223 color art reproductions. The novelist's second collection of essays on art, 18 pieces selected by him chiefly from his writings as art critic for the New York Review of BOoks, keyed to exhibitions… Read more about this item Item Price
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Updike: America's Man of Letters
by William H. Pritchard
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2005
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- Soft cover
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- 9781558495074
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University of Massachusetts Press, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. 350 pages, with literary-biographical chronology, bibliography, index. Soft-cover edition of book first published in 2000. Trade paperback, minimal shelf wear visible along bottom, extremely faint foxing to top edge, smudge to bottom edge. Our inventory #WBB-1232 is a hardcover inscribed copy of this book.
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Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9780307266408
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
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Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 703 pages, with index, b&w line drawings or other illustrations on 15 pages. Updike's sixth collection of non-fiction. 8vo, red cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, with no visible wear except pale blue topstain a wee bit sunned. Unclipped DJ is slightly rumpled around crown and has… Read more about this item Item Price
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Howells as Anti-Novelist
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Soft cover
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The William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 43 pages. "A publication of the William Dean Howells Curatorship Fund established at Harvard University in 1978 by John N. M. Howells '34." One of "One hundred and fifty copies printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by Werner Mueller after designs… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Afterlife and Other Stories
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780679435839
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 316 pages. Twenty-two stories, in Updike's eleventh collection. 8vo, Navy blue boards with usual Knopf gilt lettering, burgundy topstain, almost no visible wear, save sunning to exposed edges of boards. In unclipped DJ with slight wear and small pale tan stains to front panel and flap at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Olinger Stories: A Selection
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1964
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- Soft cover
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Vintage Books (Random House), 1964. Soft cover. Very Good. 191 pages, with author's Foreword to this First Vintage Edition. Eleven stories set in the fictional town of Olinger, Penna., all first published in The New Yorker 1954-64, three previously collected in The Same Door, seven in Pigeon Feathers, and one appearing here for the first time in a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Verse: The Carpentered Hen and other tame creatures, Telephone Poles and other poems
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1965
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- Soft cover
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A$7.72
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Crerst Book, 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. 175 pages. "This special Crest edition of VERSE represents the first appearance of his collected poetry in a single volume, and contains complete the two volumes originally published as The Carpentered Hen and Telephone Poles." Second Crest printing. Preceding the title page is Updike's eight-line verse foreword to the Crest edtion.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679404149
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 919 pages, with index. Updike's fourth collection of non-fiction prose. 8vo, green cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, top corner of rear board a little frayed, in unclipped DJ with light wear along top, bookstore sticker on back panel. Pages bright and unmarked. Heavy book, may require… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394531793
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 919 pages, with index. Second printing before publication. 8vo, light blue cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, boards sunned at top and bottom, top edge decoratively tinted red, page-turning soil to bottom edge, front pastedown pasted a little bit over the edge of the board and tanned from… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Updike: A Collection of Critical Essays
by David Thorburn Howard Eiland, eds.
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1979
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- Soft cover
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- 9780139375996
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Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 222 pages, with index, bibliography, chronology, notes on editors and contributors. Twentieth Century Views series. Introduction by David Thorburn. Trade paperback, scratch to front wrap and light soil to back, edges shelf-worn and with faint foxing. Pages bright, underscoring and small marginal marks on approximately 15 pages.
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Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307957153
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Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 501 pages, with index, b&w illustrations (cuts) throughout. Updike's last collection of non-fiction writing, published posthumously. Edited by Christopher Carduff. 8vo, black cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, top edge stained red with just a hint of soil and a tiny nick, in unclipped DJ with no visible… Read more about this item Item Price
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Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2012
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- Soft cover
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- 9780812983685
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Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. 501 pages, with index, b&w illustrations (cuts) throughout. Updike's last collection of non-fiction writing, published posthumously. Edited by Christopher Carduff. Minimal shelf wear, tiny spot and scratch to front wrap, pale coffee stain at bottom, ToC pages a little wavy at bottom from damp. Binding solid and supple, pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Assorted Prose
by John Updike
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- Used - Good
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- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 327 pages. Collection of book reviews, essays, reminiscences and parodies, first published in 1955-65. Includes "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu", on Ted Williams. 8vo, yellow cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, top edge tinted brown, unusually heavy foxing to boards, soil to their exposed edges, only faint foxing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394410500
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Knopf, 1977. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 185 pages. Sixth (overall) printing, second edition: "A new edition of his first novel with an introduction by the author." 8vo, brown cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, orange topstain, minimal shelf wear, faint foxing to fore-edge, in unclipped DJ ($7.95 plus handwritten notation directly under printed price) with minor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Couples
by John Updike
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- Used - Good
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- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 458 pages. First edition, second printing. 8vo, blue cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, boards sunned at their extremities and with small spots of soil, blue tint to top edge faded and foxed, in unclipped DJ that's raggedy across the top (chips and tears) and has small chips at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pigeon Feathers
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 279 pages. Nineteen short stories, originally published 1959-1962. Updike's fifth book, second collection of stories. 8vo, gray-green paper over boards, red cloth backstrip, usual Knopf gilt lettering, minimal shelf wear, in unclipped ($4.00) DJ tanned on spine, edges of flaps and along top, with shallow chipping at crown… Read more about this item Item Price
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Americana and Other Poems
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375412547
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Knopf, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 95 pages. Sixty-two poems from after Updike's Collected Poems 1953-1993 came out. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering, no visible wear save light sunning to bottom and top edges of boards, in clean and crisp unclipped DJ. Pages bright and unmarked.
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Facing Nature
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394543857
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 110 pages. Twenty-two sonnets, seven odes, other poems and light verse. 8vo, ivory cloth with gilt lettering, corners sharp, tiny spots of soil on front board, faint foxing to edges, in unclipped DJ with light soil near top, fold in bottom of front flap. Pages bright and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Endpoint and Other Poems
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2009
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307272867
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Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 97 pages. John Updike's last book. 8vo, beige cloth with gilt lettering, front board ever so slightly bowed, very faint foxing to top edge, no other visible wear, in unclipped DJ a bit rumpled along bottom of front panel.
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