Accession number
PML 187462
Creator
Updike, John.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, ©1958.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First edition, first printing. Cf. de Bellis and Broomfield.
Two dust jackets are listed in de Bellis and Broomfield for this edition, distinguished only by the promotional copy featured on the front and rear flaps. The first dust jacket features copy written by Updike, the second dust jacket features copy re-written by the publisher. Cf. de Bellis and Broomfield.
Two dust jackets are listed in de Bellis and Broomfield for this edition, distinguished only by the promotional copy featured on the front and rear flaps. The first dust jacket features copy written by Updike, the second dust jacket features copy re-written by the publisher. Cf. de Bellis and Broomfield.
Description
185 pages ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in ink on front flyleaf: For William Targ, with warm regards, [signed] John Updike.
Provenance
Inscribed to William Targ; Carter Burden.
Binding
Blue-gray paper boards lettered in silver and backed in publisher's red cloth with red, yellow, orange, gray striped dust jacket, with black printed quadrilateral on upper right hand side of front panel, designed by Harry Ford.
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