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John Updike. Howells as Anti-Novelist. The William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 43 pages. "A publication of the William Dean Howells Curatorship Fund established at Harvard University in 1978 by John N. M. Howells '34." One of "One hundred and fifty copies printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by Werner Mueller after designs by Greer Allen." Author's note explains that this small edition "basically reproduces the original version" of the talk he gave in Emerson Lecture Hall, at Harvard, May 1, 1987 as part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Howells' birth; a "somewhat amplified and altered" version subsequently appeared in The New Yorker. 5" x 8-1/4" in white wraps, encased in gray French-fold DJ with red and black lettering on the front. The DJ is very slightly sunned along the spine and its front flap has a vertical crease along the edge (7/16" at top, 1/4" at bottom). Three tiny spots of soil to ffep, pages bright and unmarked. Laid-in compliments card from the Houghton Library. From the library of Prof. Warner Berthoff, who in 1987 was in the Harvard Department of English and, as a member of the WDH Memorial Committee, introduced Updike on the occasion of this lecture. (The nearly 50-year correspondence between Berthoff and Updike is held by Houghton in its Updike Collection.)
Seller: Berthoff Books, Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Howells as Anti-Novelist. William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987.
Price: US$775.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 43 pages. First edition, one of 150 copies of which none were offered for sale. Printed by Michael & Winifred Bixler & bound by Werner Mueller based on the design of Greeer Allen. With Updike's note concerning the text. He gave this speech at the invitation of the William Dean Howells Memorial Committee on May 1st, 1987, at Emerson Hall at Harvard. It was part of a two-day celebration of the 150th anniversary of Howell's birth. A somewhat amplified and altered version appeared in the New Yorker in 1987 but this is the original text. As new book in wrappers. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copies of Howells as Anti-Novelist, and On the Move by John Updike. Howells as Anti-Novelist is a limited edition, 1 of 150. On the Move is a Signed limited edition, 1 of 120.
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Howells As Anti-Novelist. The William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A clean bright copy of this rare Updike publication.
Seller: Bedlam Book Cafe, Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 150 copies printed of a lecture Updike gave at Harvard as part of the 150th anniversary of Howells' birth. Published in a slightly altered form in The New Yorker, this is the first separate appearance, with an Author's Note by Updike. Approximately 40 pages of text; fine in self-wrappers with complimentary slip from the publisher laid in. Updike won the Howells Medal years later, in 1995, for Rabbit at Rest; the medal is given out for the best work of fiction in America during a five-year period. One of Updike's scarcest "A" items. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Wrappers in printed, French-folded dustwrapper. Fine. Publisher's complimentary slip laid in. One of 150 copies of this essay. A rarity.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE,John. HOWELLS AS ANTI-NOVELIST. , 1987.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: UPDIKE,John. HOWELLS AS ANTI-NOVELIST. Kittery Point,ME: William Dean Howells Committee, 1987. Limited Edition of 150 Copies. 8vo. [6], 7-43, [3]pp. First Printing. Grey Wrappers lettered in black and red to front. Complimentary card from Houghton Library laid in. A speech given by Updike at Harvard University as Part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of William Dean Howell's birth. Printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by Werner Mueller after the design of Greeer Allen. Fine.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.