Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chips and crease jacket front bottom edge, good color. First Edition stated. No price on flap.
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$9.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dustjacket is tattered and in protective Brodart mylar; book itself is excellent.****John Updike's fifth novel concerns the interactions of ten couples in an out-of-the-way New England community called Tarbox. The circle of acquaintance is felt as a magic circle, with ritual games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Piet Hanema). The action runs from the spring of 1963 through the following spring.
Seller: Stahr Book Shoppe, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. NY Knopf 1968., 1968.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: VG in G DJ. Owner name fep, top corner bumped, DJ edge wear. 10 couples in an out of the way New England community called Tarbox with games religious substitutions, a priest & a scapegoat. 6th ptg edition.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth. Clean, tight text, spine lightly faded, top pages blue-stained.
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth covers. Spine slightly faded from sun. Spine and corners strong. Book very clean with no marks or tears. See image of cover.
Seller: Swaney and Associates, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Jacket is scuffed with creasing and edgewear. Blue boards have light shelfwear. Page edges have foxing. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$12.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth tight and square with sharp tips. No markings. Jacket has very shallow chip at head of spine and two small chips along front fold. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples A Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Ref. II5) Blue cloth boards with silver and gilt titles. Some light pale foxing and fading to board edges. Yellowed and grubby looking foredge. Dusty top edge. Spine-cocked. Contents otherwise very good and unmarked inside. Jacket shows some edgewear and creasing, some short tears especially at corners, head and heel, spine yellowed and lightly scuffed.
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Updike, John. Couples. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Description: Wrinkle on front jacket. NF/Vg-jacket has 1/2 tear on spine and small chips missing
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sixth edition. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper. Fading of spine ends/top panel edges, bumping of corners/ends, book plate on inner front panel, notes in pencil on inner back panel/end pg, dustwrapper shows flaring/tearing of top edges, 3/4in Tear on bottom of back panel. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rep. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Staining on pages. Dustwrapper rubbed with small tearing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. NY, 1968.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NYC: Knopf, 1968. 1st edition, VG+/VG+. Book has wear to spine ends, light soiling to top page edges, light edge wear. DJ is price-clipped, has light wear to spine ends & corners, small chip at bottom of rear panel near gutter, small closed tear on bottom rear panel. Nice copy, 458 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1968.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Book Club Edition, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Good dust jacket is not priced with wear, edge tears. This collectible, " VERY GOOD" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Collectible reading copy.
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing. Bumped spine, slight fading on the board edges, and some spotting on the front page edge else very good in a very good dustwrapper with small tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good minus Edges foxed. Dustwrapper has cracks in it.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. COUPLES. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$21.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT clipped. Some light wear to jacket; most significant being a 0.5 inch tear on rear panel. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 458 pp.
Seller: Bibliodditiques, IOBA, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Updike, John. COUPLES. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The fifth novel by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Updike describes the relationships among ten couples in a New England community in the 1960's; previous owner's name and address on inside front cover, some rubbing and wear; dustjacket is edgeworn particularly at top of spine; overall: Good Plus/Good Plus.
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy. Tight and square with no markings. Jacket has tiny chip at bottom of front panel at hinge and some edgewear at head of spine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$25.20 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy. Tight and square with no markings. Price intact jacket has moderate edgewear but no chips, creasing or soiling. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples. Alfred a Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$27.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. First Edition. Wear to edges and corners of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. John Updike's fifth novel concerns the interactions of ten couples in an out-of-the-way New England community called Tarbox. The circle of acquaintance is felt as a magic circle, with ritual games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Pier Hanema). The action runs from the spring of 1963 through the following spring. 458 pp. Plastic protective covering around D/J. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.)
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Navy cloth boards stamped with gilt titles. Owner's stamp on dedication page, one page with crease and another with short tear, offsetting on front endpapers from relevant newspaper clippings laid in, spine sunned, good only lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Slightly cocked spine else about near fine in a very good dust jacket with short tears, some edgewear, and creasing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Alfred A Knopf, Inc., A Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1068. "Fourth printing, May 1968" (stated) of the First (1st) Edition, the first printing of which was April 5, 1968. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Possibly Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with a blue topstain (faded for about 1" from the spine), deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full blue cloth slightly faded at top and bottom edges, bright silver author's name to front board, bright gilt and silver title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, very small prior owner's name plate hidden behind the front flap, and all corners square and still mostly sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, with color uniform throughout, and mostly intact with a chip at the bottom of the spine and a tear at the top front near the spine (discreetly closed from behind with archival (pH neutral) materials), and the original price intact on the front flap. See photos. 458 + i pages. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". The author's fifth novel, it centers on explicit sexual entanglements of ten couples in a small Massachusetts town, set against prevailing Protestant mores and the political events of the early 1960s.
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. A bit of sunning at the edges of the boards with boards slightly bowed, else very good in a very good lightly age-toned dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 458 pages. One of the better books from the prolific author of the Henry Bech series and Rabbit Angstrom series. A powerful novel that deals with adultery. A clean near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples. Alfred A Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES good hard cover book with dust jacket, deckle pages, chipped edges, 8vo, 2nd printing, 458 pages good hard cover book with dust j
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good hardcover with no dustjacket; 8vo.; 458 pages; deckled; tips bumped; some stains; light bend top right corner back free end page; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking; spine starting;
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$34.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Blue cloth has light wear to base of spine and thin line along edge where color sunned. Crease on front flap and small closed tear on front panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in silver. Top page edges stained blue. 458 pages. Clean and bright. Tight. Dust jacket has three small closed tears, 2 small chips along bottom edge and several creases. near Fine/ Very good condition.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good with faded spine and top stain, small stain on back cover and bottom page edge, in a very good lightly worn dustwrapper with a small hole in back panel and stain on bottom of spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John.. Couples.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in a Fine dark blue glossy laminated dustwrapper, not price-clipped. One minute tear to top front spine-fold. 458pp. Updike's big mid-cult novel, published when he was 35, filled with sex and sin, set in a small New England town, belongs to the spirit of its time, may have seemed daring at the time. Never uncommon due to its optimistic large first printing. Q04148
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN.. Couples.. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1968., 1968.
Price: US$47.03 + shipping
Description: First Edition; pp. (viii), 458; original cloth, chipping to dustjacket, top edges of pages discoloured, otherwise a very good copy. Author's signature laid down on front free endpaper.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
John Updike. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968, stated first edition. John Updike was considered to be one of Americas greatest writers in the second half of the twentieth century, as evidenced by the fact that he was only one of three writers that have ever won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. A prolific writer Updike published works of poetry, short stories and dozens of Novels, including the well known Rabbit series. This book, his fifth novel, concerns the interactions of ten couples in an out-of-the-way New England community called Tarbox. The action runs from the spring of 1963 through the following spring. This book, 458 pages, is in very good condition in a very good, price clipped dust jacket, now in a protective mylar wrapper.
Seller: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust Jacket. Very Good. Price clipped. In protective Mylar wraps. (Dust Jacket only. Book not included).
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. COUPLES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Book Club Edition in dust jacket. Marginally creased at the spine and the edge of the upper front panel, else a near fine copy in an about near fine jacket, with a few light scratches on the rear panel.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. COUPLES. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$66.37 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Boards are slightly bowed. Chips and tears to crown and base of jacket. Crease to rear flap. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$66.55 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$83.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [12], 4-458, [10] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $6.95 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of Updike's fifth novel. Very slight lean, a few small areas of discoloration to the topstain; jacket is Near Fine with minor edge wear and a strip of toning to the front flap.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. COUPLES. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1968.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This book is a Third Printing Before Publication. A rare book that is an Updike collector must have because of the unique "misbound" first 12 pages of this edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The DJ is whole with vivid color but has a closed teat on back panel and some edge wear.
Seller: BIAbooks, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. Couples. New York, Alfred Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition so stated.
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. COUPLES. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$98.94 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.5
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$99.56 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$100.38 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples.. Alfred Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$102.20 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Couples.. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$102.85 + shipping
Description: First edition, Book Club issue (with no price and dot to lower cover), signed by the author on title-page; 8vo; publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, some edge wear, a few small conservational repairs to reverse; and 3 other Updike first editions (not signed).
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Updike, John. Couples.. Alfred Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$103.28 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples.. Alfred Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$103.82 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
John Updike. COUPLES. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$109.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light bumping along front panel edge and spine crown/heel. Small tear on rear panel. Bumping along front flap. Pages are deckled.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, U.S.A., 1968.
Price: US$124.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition stated, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, with one inch enclosed tear on top front. This collectible, " FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
John Updike. COUPLES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Book Club Edition in dust jacket. Marginally creased at the upper edges, else a near fine copy in a like jacket.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. COUPLES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Book Club Edition in dust jacket. Creased at the head of the spine, else a near fine copy in a like jacket.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$150.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: color top edges faded. very nice dj. book nice and square.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A Knopf, New York, U.S.A., 1968.
Price: US$163.20 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: teal top end pages
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
John Updike. COUPLES. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$164.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light bumping along front panel edge and spine heel. Small taped tear on front cover.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 458 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Jeanyee Wong. His 11th book & 5th novel. The story 10 promiscuous couples in 1960's Massachusetts. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Updike. Couples. Alfred Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$184.95 + shipping
Description: Hard cover with dj. 8vo. First Edition. Clean text. Very good boards and binding. Price clipped dj. Name plate on blank fp. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$279.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 458 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Couples - SIGNED by the Author. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 458. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards, silver lettering to the spine and upper board, and in the original dust jacket, which has been neatly price clipped to the top corner of the front flap. Top edge stained blue. SIGNED by the author in blue to the front endpaper. A novel about ten promiscuous couples living in 1960's Massachusetts in the period described by one character as "the post-pill paradise"; it was rather controversial upon publication. Near Fine book in Near Fine jacket.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. Couples. Knopf, NY, 1968.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first of his novels to be both a critical and a substantial commercial success. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ with every good wish in her new environs/ John Updike." Foxing to cloth and edges of text block; mild splaying to boards; very good in a near fine dust jacket that is also foxed, mostly on verso. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 458 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Jeanyee Wong. His 11th book & 5th novel. The story 10 promiscuous couples in 1960's Massachusetts. Signed by Updike on the title page. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. COUPLES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Uncorrected Proof Copy in spiralbound blue wrappers. Octavo. Proof sheets printed on the rectos only. There is an Alfred A. Knopf label affixed to the front cover giving the proposed price ($6.95) and publication date (April 5, 1968). This copy has been inscribed by Updike on the title page to his bibliographer: "for Michael Broomfield / Best wishes, / John Updike." A very good or better copy. Please contact Clouds Hill Books for additional details and an illustrated catalogue of this item.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.