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Updike, John. Earthworm. Ontario Review Press, Princeton, NJ, 1979.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1 page. First edition, second issue with "God blesses him" in the 9th line of this post card poem. 1 of 100 copies. Part of the Ontario Review Poetry Postcard series. Fine piece. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Earthworm. Ontario Review Press, Princeton, N.J., 1979.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Post card poem. First separate edition, second issue (with "God blesses him" in the first line of the third stanza"). Poem card. Fine. Very scarce; reportedly only 100 copies of both issues were published.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Earthworm. Ontario Review Poetry Postcard, Princeton, 1979.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First separate edition, second issue with corrected text, "God blesses him" in the first line of the third stanza. Single sheet of stiff orange cardstock printed in black measuring 4" x 6" text printed on recto only. A fine copy. A scarce publication, a broadside poem card issued as an Ontario Review Poetry Postcard. One of 100 total copies printed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Earthworm. Ontario Review Press, Princeton, N.J., 1979.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second issue. Poem card. One small smudge else fine. Signed by John Updike. Very scarce.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Earthworm. Ontario Review Press, Princeton, NJ, 1979.
Price: US$1295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1 page. First edition, first issue with "God bless him" in the 9th line of this post card poem. 1 of 100 copies. Part of the Ontario Review Poetry Postcard series. Fine piece. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Earthworm. Ontario Review Press, Princeton, N.J., 1979.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Post card poem. First separate edition, first issue (with "God bless him" in the first line of the third stanza"). Poem card. Fine. Very scarce, traditionally one of the hardest Updike items to find, especially in the first issue. Reportedly only a total of 100 copies of both issues together were published. *De Bellis and Broomfield A77*: "Roberts reports 100 copies in the entire edition; number in each printing not established." In our experience, the first issue is much the scarcer.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.