![Item #BB0324 The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures [First Issue]. John UPDIKE](https://fineeditionsltd.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/BB0324.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1625865538)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of the author's first book, a collection of light verse. 8vo: viii,[4],82pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; off-white paper-covered boards stamped in gold; first issue price-clipped dust jacket, with "two small children" (later corrected..... more
London: André Deutsch, 1961. First British Edition. Hardcover. A stunning First Impression (unread and virtually pristine) of the author's second novel (after The Poorhouse Fair), the first installment in the Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom series. Crown 8vo (196 x 130mm): [8],307,[3]pp. Publisher’s medium brown cloth-effect paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gold;..... more
![Item #BB1273 The Same Door: Short Stories [Review Copy]. John UPDIKE](https://fineeditionsltd.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/BB1273.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1499794218)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of the author's first collection of stories—sixteen in number—published one year after his first novel, The Poorhouse Fair. 8vo: [10],242,[4]. Publisher's turquoise quarter-bound cloth, chestnut-brown paper-covered boards, spine and upper cover stamped in silver, top edge stained..... more