New York: Knopf, 1965. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. A Fine copy (save for a very sweet inscription in a lovely hand), quarter-bound in publisher's green cloth over green boards, with silver and gilt lettering and a pink top stain, in a bright, Near Fine (nicks to spine... more
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Edition, as stated. 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 gilt; first-state, price-clipped dust jacket with erroneous information "two small... more
![Hoping for a Hoopoe [Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures]. John UPDIKE.](/pictures/thumb/BB0058.jpg?v=1499796635)
London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. First British Edition of the author's first book (published in the U.S., in 1958, as The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures), a collection of light verse. Publisher's black cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt; beige typographic dust jacket printed in... more
![The Same Door: Short Stories [Review Copy]. John UPDIKE.](/pictures/thumb/BB1273.jpg?v=1499796746)
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