Updike, John. Dog's Death. Printed in Harvard Yard by The Adams House and Lowell House Printers, [Cambridge, Mass.], 1965.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: Broadside, one of 100 numbered copies, signed by Updike. Fine. The first signed and limited edition of an Updike work.

Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John. Dog's Death. Printed in Harvard Yard by The Adams House and Lowell House Printers, [Cambridge, Massachusetts], 1965.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Broadside. Measuring 10" x 13.25". Slightest bumping at corners, still easily fine. One of 100 numbered copies Signed by the author. The first limited signed edition by Updike, a devastating poem about a lost pet, distributed on a single day at Harvard, and long considered one of the rarest, if not the rarest of Updike's "A" items. Of the 100 copies, 15 are currently held in institutional libraries.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John. [Broadside Proof]: Dog's Death. Printed in Harvard Yard by The Adams House and Lowell House Printers, [Cambridge, Massachusetts], 1965.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Uncorrected proof of this broadside. Measuring 8.5" x 16.75". One central horizontal crease that is sound, two other very faint horizontal creases, slight age-toning to the cheaper paper, near fine. Signed by Updike. Our source got the proof directly from Updike. The "published" version of the broadside was issued in an edition of 100 numbered copies Signed by the author. Updike's first broadside, a devastating poem about a lost pet, distributed on a single day at Harvard, and long considered one of the rarest, if not the rarest of Updike's "A" items. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A15.A. Rare. Presumably only a few copies of the proof would have been pulled, and fewer still distributed.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.