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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #10 of a special edition of 200 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. Signed by Updike on the second FFEP. Tiny hardbound book 3"x2" with a semicircle embellishment on front and rear quarterbinding. Eight poems: "Mites," "Pillow," "Condo Moon," "Returning Native," "Goodbye, Goteborg," "Seattle Uplift," "The Beautiful Bowel Movement," and "Snowdrops 1987." Immaculate pages. 24 p. Please see our photo.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1990.
Price: US$153.92 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Northridge, California: Lord John Press 1990. One of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies, from a total edition of 126 signed copies, this being copy number 124. Typeset in Monotype Inland Caslon and printed on Frankfurt Cream paper by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc. Size: 7.5cm x 5.5cm. Bound in quarter cream and sand-coloured paper boards, with a design of an arced line of green circles by Marianna Blau. Fine copy, as issued.
Seller: William Cowan, Oban, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1990.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Miniature book. Approximately 3" x 2". Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine. One of 200 numbered copies Signed by Updike.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Miniature book. Handmade paper and board cover by Marianna Blau. 2.25 x 3 inches. ONe of 200 signed and numbered copies.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Mites. Lord John Press, Northridge, 1990.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A miniature book of poems. Of a total edition of 226 copies, this is copy 39 of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. 3" x 2-3/8". Fine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.75. Miniature book (7.5cm x 5.5cm); two-tone decorative paper-covered boards, with title verically printed in red on spine; [viii],24,[4]pp. A Fine copy. Miniature volume printing eight poems, which first appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Southern California Anthology, The New Republic, The Oxford American, Agni, and The Ontario Review. De Bellis & Broomfield A130.a.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Mites and Other Poems in Miniature. Lord John Press, 1990.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First signed limited edition of this miniature book as stated on colophon. Signed by John Updike on half-title. #54 of 200 numbered copies printed.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1990.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Miniature book. Approximately 3" x 2". Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine. Copy 98 of 200 numbered copies signed by Updike.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'E'. Miniature book (7.5cm x 5.5cm); full red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and covers; publisher's matching red cloth slipcase; [viii],24,[4]pp. A Fine copy. Miniature volume printing eight poems, which first appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Southern California Anthology, The New Republic, The Oxford American, Agni, and The Ontario Review. De Bellis & Broomfield A130.b.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1990.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Miniature book. Approximately 3" x 2". Red cloth stamped in black. Fine in fine slipcase. Copy letter "S" of 26 lettered copies Signed by Updike.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1990.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Miniature. Quarter cream paper and tan cloth boards. Fine. Copy 1 of 200 numbered copies Signed by Updike. Signed a second time above the first signature. 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. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A130.a.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. MITES AND OTHER POEMS IN MINIATURE. Lord John Press, Northridge, 1990.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, limited to 200 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Updike. This copy letter "T." Type in Monotype Inland Caslon on Frankfurt Cream paper. Designed by Suzanne Watson and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers. Binding by Marianna Blau. Red cloth covered boards in slipcase. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Though Updike signed sheets for all copies, he signed I.B. Singer's name on the sheet bound into this copy. Unaware of Updike's signature, the publisher delivered the book to its purchaser who, upon discovering the prank, returned it with the request that Updike also sign this copy which he did with the inscription, "for - all best John Updike." Updike's clever, mighty-mite homage to fellow authors, real and imagined. Unusual copy as such.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Mites & Other Poems in Miniature. Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1990.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Miniature book measuring approximately 3" x 2¼". Quarter cream paper and red cloth boards. Special publisher's presentation binding combining the red cloth and the quarter cream paper of the lettered edition: "*Mites* was the only Lord John Press book for which the presentation issue copies were not bound in the same material." Fine. Publisher's designated "Presentation Copy" facetiously Signed by Updike as "Norman Mailer." From the library of Lord John Press publisher Herb Yellin. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A130.c.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.