Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance. Penguin Books, (London), 1977.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fourth printing. Trade paperback. Near fine with rubbing and creasing. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin. Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all shared the same first name, chief among them John Updike, his favorite. *Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu* became the press's first book in 1977 with 10 more to follow over the next 23 years. Yellin's friendship with Updike grew with each new limited edition benefitting his already enormous Updike collection, with Updike himself contributing copies of new editions of his books - often inscribed. In a 2010 interview with Yellin he noted that Updike ".liked that if anything ever happened to his own collection, he had my collection on the opposite side of the country." A notable association, an uncommon edition to find Inscribed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu.. Northridge: Lord John Press,, 1977.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: xii + 27 pp w/notes. Extrems lightly sunned, else near fine in decorated paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 300 numbered copies on Curtis Rag paper SIGNED by Updike. A new preface, composed for this edition, sixteen years after this celebrated essay (on Ted Williams) was first published.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
[BASEBALL] UPDIKE, JOHN.. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1977, 1977.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine; one of 300 numbered copies signed by Updike. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1977.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 27 pages. First limited edition. One (299) of 300 copies signed by Updike on the limintation page at the end of the book. His essay on Ted Williams' last game with the Boston Red Sox. Printed here with a new preface, sixteen years after it was first published. As new book without a dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1977.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hard to find and highly desirable Updike title; #152/300 numbered copies; great baseball association about Ted Williams' last game with the Boston Red Sox Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1977.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hard to find and highly desirable Updike title; #204/300 numbered and signed copies; great baseball association about Ted Williams' last game with the Boston Red Sox Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. A misbound and incomplete copy of the limited from the personal collection of Lord John Press pubisher Her Yellin with the preliminary pages, preface, and first two pages of the text bound twice, followed by the final three pages of the story and the limitation page. Copy number 213 of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. A much beloved essay on Ted Williams' last at-bat.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$760.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: One of 300 numbered copies signed by Updike. This copy is number 6. The first Lord John Press book and today still a high-water mark of the press. In original publisher's slipcase. Laid in is a white paper label that was glued to slipcase. Label in superb condition. Slipcase with a whisper of rubbing at corners. A very nice copy. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1977.
Price: US$1275.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 27 pages. First limited edition. One of 300 copies signed by Updike on the limintation page at the end of the book. This copy is not numbered but is identified as "Marge Cohen's copy". His essay on Ted Williams' last game with the Boston Red Sox. Printed here with a new preface, sixteen years after it was first published. As new book in a fine brown publisher's slipcase without a dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1977.
Price: US$2975.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 27 pages. First limited edition. One (X) of 26 lettered copies of 300 total copies signed by Updike on the limintation page at the end of the book. His essay on Ted Williams' last game with the Boston Red Sox. Printed here with a new preface, sixteen years after it was first published. As new book in a fine brown publisher's slipcase without a dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1977.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarto. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards in cloth slipcase. Fine. Copy 1 of 300 numbered copies Signed by Updike. From the library of Lord John Press publisher Herb Yellin, who retained the earliest of all the lettered and numbered copies from his fine press. A much beloved essay on Ted Williams' last at-bat. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A63.a.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu also SIGNED by Ted Williams. Lord John Press, 1977.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two Signed limited edition copies of Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu by John Updike. One copy is also Signed by Ted Williams. The first copy is a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase. It is a lettered, limited edition copy, 1/26, which is also signed by the story's subject, Ted Williams. The second copy is a Fine, limited edition numbered copy, 1 of 300 signed by the author. Both copies are in the original glassine. Very rare.
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1977.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Quarto. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards in cloth slipcase. Fine. Copy A of 26 lettered copies Signed by Updike. From the library of Lord John Press publisher Herb Yellin, who retained the earliest of all the lettered and numbered copies for his collection. A much beloved essay about the last at bat of Ted Williams. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A63.b.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.