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Updike, John. GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS. Franklin Library, PA, 2000.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition first printing hardcover Fine in brown leather with gilt trim SIGNED BY UPDIKE ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE includes publishers note card
Seller: bookroom, Livingston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Gertrude and Claudius. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 2000.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large shallow bruise near head of spine, otherwise very good.; An edition of 1,000 copies, signed by the author. [18], 212, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. Full leather binding. Gilt illustration to boards. Page dimensions: 208 x 136mm.
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2nd Printing. Signed. 212 pages. Published in 2000. The author's nineteenth novel. One of John Updike's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition in its Second Printing. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page as well as the gaudy Franklin Mint Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Updike's "Gertrude And Claudius". His prequel to William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Effectively re-tells "Hamlet" from his mother's and stepfather's points-of-view. John Updike's inventiveness as a writer is limited only by the limits of his genius, that is to say, it is practically limitless. He did something similar previously to "The Scarlet Letter" with his now-canonical novel, "S" (1988), which re-tells, movingly, Hawthorne's masterpiece from the heroine's point-of-view. "Precisely honed, buoyant with sly wit, masterful character analysis, and astutely observed historical details, this tour-de-force by the protean Updike re-imagines Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' " (Publishers Weekly). Written in Updike's characteristic lapidary style: Polished, clean, impeccable. There is such a thing as a John Updike line or sentence in the sense that there isn't in any other living American writer today. Susan Sontag regarded him as the finest stylist in the English language of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and inscribed in blue ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "For Kathy Macpherson, this dear little flight of fancy, John Updike". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, who is named, was someone Updike met in person. His inscription on this copy is one of the best we have ever seen: Self-deprecating, endearing, and heartfelt. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/Second Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The more a writer leaves of himself on the page itself, the better, not the other way around. In Updike's case, this is especially the case because he seldom did public signings and limited the number of books when he did. A rare signed copy thus. A writer all his adult life, John Updike was probably the most-honored American writer of our time: Winner of numerous awards, among them the Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), Rosenthal Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1959), National Book Award for Fiction (1964), O. Henry Prize (1967-68), American Book Award (1982), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982, 1990), Union League Club Abraham Lincoln Award (1982), National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1984), and the National Medal of the Arts (1989), the highest award the U. S. Government bestows on its artists and writers. In 1976, he became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2003, Updike received the National Medal for Humanities, joining a very small group of great living Americans who have been honored with both the National Medal of the Arts and the National Medal for the Humanities. Updike's greatest novels, "Rabbit Is Rich" and "Rabbit At Rest", won Pulitzer Prizes. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN UPDIKE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0375409084.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Franklin Library; Franklin Center, 2000. Deluxe Leather Collector Edition. First Edition. Signed by author directly on prelim. Signed First Edition Society note laid in. A Fine copy. Gilt embossed full leather binding is very nice with sharp corners, AEG fresh and bright. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, - Intricate gilt stamped cover designs, - Specially milled acid-neutral paper, - Smyth-sewn pages, - Gilded page edges, - Permanent satin ribbon page-marker. Binding firm, book unread and unopened, book in pristine condition. 212pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Gertrude And Claudius - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Franklin Library, 2000.
Price: US$72.11 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed. in plastic wrap
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John.. Gertrude and Claudius.. Franklin Library., Franklin Center., 2000.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by the author on the limitation page. weight: 1.4 lb. Near fine, light bump to lower corner, otherwise fine, tight and unread, no dust jacket as issued. 22x14.5 cm. 212 pp. Full dark brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Gertrude And Claudius - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautiful first Trade edition/first printing (preceded only by a privately published Franklin Library edition) in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket, in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the first free end paper; Updike's 19th novel brings to life the story of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's Hamlet begins. A story that convincingly challenges the traditional sympathies developed in reading Hamlet ; 8vo; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$103.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Franklin signed 1st ed. still in shrink wrap! never opened! Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
Seller: Gardner's Used Books, Inc., Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$106.47 + shipping
Description: Hardback. approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Dark brown full morocco leather covers with decorative gilt pictorial designs to boards, raised banding gilt lettering and decorations to spine. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good near fine condition. Lovely smart clean cover. Author?s Signature to endpaper at front. No other penned inscriptions or marks. Pages all clean and tight throughout. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. 212pp. Illustrated with a frontis plate by S. Thomas Belton.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. Gertrude and Claudius. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 2000.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; publisher's full black leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; [xviii],212,[4]pp. Signed by the author on a special limitation page specifically for members of The Signed First Edition Society. A Fine copy. Handsome edition of this novel inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Gertrude and Claudius. Franklin Library, 2000.
Price: US$226.00 + shipping
Description: A handsome dark purple leather First Edition signed by the author. A modern telling of the story of Hamlet of Shakespeare's tragedy. In fine unread condition but small scratch and rub on the top edge. With marbled endpapers, gold gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. This edition limited to 1,000 Signed copies. John Updike is the recipient of almost every major artistic and literary honor, including the National Medal of the Arts and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (twice), his most famous novels are "The Centaur," for which he won the National Book Award, "Couples" "The Witches of Eastwick," and the "Rabbit" books including "Rabbit,Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer. A significant author.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Updike, John. GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 2000.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: This novel gives the reader the feeling that all is well with the state of American literature in this point in our history. This is a Signed First Edition Society copy bound in full leather with raised bands; gilt page edges and lettering, and satin ribbon marker. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and is STILL IN SHRINKWRAP.
Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Gertrude and Claudius. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Penn., 2000.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 215 pages, 8vo. Signed by John Updike. Limited to 1000 copies. Privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Illustrated. Includes bound ribbon bookmark. Two raised bands along hubbed spine. Marbled inside covers and free endpapers. Bound in genuine leather. No visible shelfwear. Tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Fine condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Gertrude and Claudius. Franklin Library, 2000.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: A handsome dark purple leather First Edition signed by the author. Still in the original shrinkwrap. A modern telling of the story of Hamlet of Shakespeare's tragedy. In fine unread condition with marbled endpapers, gold gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. This edition limited to 1,000 Signed copies. John Updike is the recipient of almost every major artistic and literary honor, including the National Medal of the Arts and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (twice), his most famous novels are "The Centaur," for which he won the National Book Award, "Couples" "The Witches of Eastwick," and the "Rabbit" books including "Rabbit,Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer. A significant author.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.