Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Updike, John. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. The book is in very good condition the dust jacket has a few edge chips. Price clipped dust jacket. Stated First Edition. 173 + 1 pages.
Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Telephone Poles and Other Poems. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$10.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/ 4th Printing (Aug. 1965). DJ rubbed with edge wear and chipping at top spine and corner. prev. owners name on front end page. $4.00 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. ASSORTED PROSE BY JOHN UPDIKE. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is tight and clean with gift inscription. Yellow boards show some soiling mainly around edges and some edge wear. Clipped dust jacket has some light marks in the white areas.
Seller: Dick's Book Barn, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Telephone Poles and Other Poems. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First published September 16 of 1963, this copy is the fourth printing published in August of 1965. Very slight wear/age. Overall a tight and very clean copy. Dust jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf Inc, New York, 1965.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is in very good+ condition and appears unread. The interior is clean and bright. There is a name on the inside of the front cover. There is a light shadow on the first page. The bottom edges of the boards have faded a little bit. The dust jacket is in very good condition with a little wear along the edges. The spine and the front flap are a little darker. The jacket is not price clipped and is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
John Updike. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. NY, 1965.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NYC: Knopf, 1965. 1st edition, VG/G. Book has soiling on spine and both panels. DJ is price-clipped, has wear & chipping to spine ends, corners & some edges, light color fade to spine, rubbing to both panels. 61 essays and reviews. 327 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 1965.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: foxing to edge of textblock, wear to bottom edge of boards, mylar enclosed dj shows wear, chips, some loss to spine at center and 2 short tears
Seller: H.S. Bailey, Fort Myers, FL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A Knopf / Borzoi Books, New York, 1965.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth and lighter green paper over boards. Wraparound artwork farm overview. 173 p. 21 cm. Fiction: A man, his new 2nd wife and stepson spend 3 days together visiting the family farm in southeastern Pennsylvania. 10 Updike publications listed inside. Very good in fair dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has chips, rear cover closed tear. Book has minor small aging / shelf wear blemishes. Prior owner custom printed bookplate inside cover. 1
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965, 1965.
Price: US$18.95 + shipping
Description: Second printing. 173, (5) pp. Publisher's quarter cloth, dust jacket. Upper corner of rear board slightly bumped, else fine. Condition VG+. Dust jacket with a couple of tiny chips, tears and creases at spine ends and edges, condition Very Good to VG+.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Updike, John; Burkert, Nancy E.. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1965.
Price: US$18.96 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. NY, 1965.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NYC: Knopf, 1965. 1st edition, VG+/VG. Book has some wear to spine ends, bumping to lower corners. DJ has wear & some chipping to spine ends, light wear & small chips to corners, some color fade to spine. Nice copy, 174 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John (1932-2009). Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition. A Fine copy (save for a very sweet inscription in a lovely hand), quarter-bound in publisher's green cloth over green boards, with silver and gilt lettering and a pink top stain, in a bright, Near Fine (nicks to spine ends; two closed 1/4-inch tears on front panel) first-state dust jacket that is price-clipped. The author's fourth novel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Green 1/4 cloth, olive paper covered boards, lettered in silver foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket is lightly rubbed along flap folds and joints, with minor chipping at corners, 3/4" V-shaped loss at head of spine and slight loss at heel, now in mylar. Minor toning to rear flyleaf. [vii],174 pp. Stated 1st edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York New York, 1965.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bright green boards with darker green spine, gilt and silver lettering. Dust jacket is pictorial, top edge is just a little ragged, very small chips. Some foxing on end papers and on edges of the text block. Interior is clean and bright.
Seller: Green Mountain Books & Prints, Lyndonville, VT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf New York 1965, 1965.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Hardbound Good. Nancy Ekholm Burkert, illus. 8vo, Unpaginated, No DJ. General wear to covers. Small edge stain on vertical page edges. Front endpaper is stuck to the inside front cover. At first, appeared to be missing, but it is stuck to the binder's glue on the edges. Content pages are VG.
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Telephone Poles and Other Poems. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fourth printing. Faint offsetting on the endleaves, else fine, in a near fine dust jacket, with a couple of small nicks on the edges and a slightly sunned spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. OF THE FARM. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 5 x 8 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; covers like new, sunned just at the very edges. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped, n wear, front has some faint white spots. Spine mildly sunned. Fiction. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Telephone Poles and Other Poems.. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy. No markings. Some discoloring to boards. No dj.
Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. OF THE FARM. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: This book has a green illustrated dj with black lettering and a picture of a farmhouse surrounded by fields on the cover. Very slight soil to parts of DJ; inner pages clean, spine very slightly cocked. This is a first edition of Updike's novel of an uneasy homecoming. 174 pages; approx. 5"x8".
Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of The Farm. Alfred Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 174 pp. Early novel by the author of Rabbit Run. Foxing to page edges. Interior pages unaffected. A very good copy in bright dustwrapper, clipped at front flap.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 174 pp, stated First Edition, Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved. 5.26" blue cloth backed hinge and gray papered boards. Unclipped DJ, with light edgewear to top / bottom spine. in acetate protector. Size: Small Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Smudge on first few leaves, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with offsetting on the front flap. Jacket art by Ilonka Karasz.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A clean copy of the First Edition in an attractive, mildly worn jacket. ; 8.2 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 326 pages
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Very light fading along the extreme edges of the boards, else fine in a very good dustwrapper with a chip at the top of the front panel, a slightly darkened spine, the dustwrapper is mis-folded making the spine stamping slightly off center.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf,, New York:, 1965.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Very good+ in 1/4 green cloth and light green paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and front board with the upper edges of the boards slightly faded. In a very good-, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" deep by 1/2" wide chip from the upper edge of the spine area and a 1" deep by 1/2" wide chip at the lower edge of the rear panel and with several short closed tears at the lower edge of the spine area. One of Updike's earlier novels. 174 pages of text.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.68 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: XXXII, 1088 S. Umschlag leicht defekt, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Beiliegend: Photokopien über Knopf aus John Tebbel, History of Book Publishing in the U. S., Bd III und IV, 1978 u. 1981(zs.13 Bll.). - Authors selected: A. E. Coppard, A. E. Housman, Alan Sillitoe, Albert Camus, Alfred A. Knopf, André Gide, Arthur Waley, Clarence Day, D. H. Lawrence, David Donald, E. M. Forster, Elinor Wylie, Elizabeth Bowen, Ezra Pound, Frank O'Connor, H. L. Mencken, Hilaire Belloc, Ivan Bunin, J. W N. Sullivan, Jean-Paul Sartre, John Crowe Ransom, John Hersey, John Updike, Joseph Conrad, Joseph Hergesheimer, Joseph Wechsberg, Jules Romains, Julian Huxley, Katherine Mansfield, Langston Hughes, Learned Hand, Max Beerbohm, Miguel de Unamuno, Morison Ernest Newman, Newman Levy, Oswald Spengler, Raymond Chandler, Richard Hofstadter, Roald Dahl, Robert Graves, Samuel Eliot, T. S. Eliot, Theodore Roethke, Thomas Mann, W D. Snodgrass, W H. Hudson, Wallace Stevens, Walter de la Mare, Willa Cather, William Meredith, Witter Bynner. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550 24 Porträtabb. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.
Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. Light green paper covered boards with green cloth backing. First blank end paper has a few very tiny holes. It looks like something was pinned onto this page at some point. No remnants just pin holes. Top edge of text block dyed red. Unclipped dust jacket with very light edge wear is in a protective mylar cover. Contents very clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Foxing on the page edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with internal foxing and edgewear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Updike's fourth novel. Some evidence of erasures in the margins on a few pages otherwise the book is in fine condition. Dust jacket price of $3.95 intact, two small scuffs to the spine, some closed edge tears, minor chips at spine ends and top corners, presents nicely, in a new mylar cover.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Minor foxing to the text block. 8vo. 174 pp. In protective Mylar.
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$32.40 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Nice copy quarter bound in dark green cloth over light green. Boards fresh and clean. Sharp tips. Textblock tight and square with no interior markings. Price intact jacket has minor edgewear. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A Knopf, New York,, 1965.
Price: US$33.93 + shipping
Description: First US edition. Hardcover, octavo; yellow cloth boards with gilt upper board and spine titling; 326pp., top edges dyed brown. Moderate wear; spotting to boards and front board bowed; spotting to text block edges and one or two spots otherwise. Very good in like dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, stated. Bound in yellow cloth-covered boards with author name in silver on the front board and a silver-lettered spine; top page edges tinted gray (now faded). The book is square and unmarked; a ding to the bottom of the front board; spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is price-clipped; light edgewear; age-darkening to the spine; Brodart protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a spine-toned near fine dust jacket with a short tear at the foot.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Topstain a bit sunned else just about fine in a modestly toned and worn, very good dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike John. Assorted Prose. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: cloth, dust jacket, xii, 326 pages, Includes bibliographical references, Parodies, humorous sketches, book reviews, and autobiographical writing including, CONTENTS:The American man : what of him? -- Anywhere is where you hang you hat -- What is a rhyme? -- Drinking from a cup made cinchy -- On the sidewalk -- Why Robert Frost should receive the Nobel Prize -- Confessions of a wild bore -- The unread book route -- Alphonse Peintre -- Mr. Ex-resident -- Central Park -- No dodo -- Voices in the Biltmore -- Our own Baedeker -- Postal complaints -- Old and precious -- Spatial remarks -- Dinosaur egg -- Upright carpentry -- Crush vs. whip -- Me´tro gate -- Cancelled -- Morality play -- Obfuscating coverage -- Bryant Park -- John Marquand -- Two heroes -- Doomsday, Mass. -- Grandma Moses -- Spring rain -- Eisenhower's eloquence -- Mostly glass -- Three documents -- Free bee-hours -- Beer can -- Modern art -- The assassination -- T.S. Eliot -- Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu-The dogwood tree : a boyhood -- The lucid eye in silver town -- My uncle's death -- Outing : a family anecdote -- Mea culpa : a travel note -- Eclipse -- Poetry from Downtroddendom -- Snow from a dead sky -- Franny and Zooey -- Credos and curios -- Beerbohm and others -- Rhyming Max -- No use talking -- Stuffed fox -- Honest horn -- Faith in search of understanding -- Tillich -- More love in the western world -- A foreword for young readers -- Creatures of the air -- Between a wedding and a funeral -- How How it is was -- Grandmaster Nabokov. Includes "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" a story of Ted Williams last game, which Updike attended. Williams hit a home run the last time at bat. One the best American sports stories, spine shows some fade as usual, light chipping to spine ends of d.j. in protective mylar.
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$36.52 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small (1/4") V chip at top edge of jacket, else fine, clean and unmarked, and in a Brodart jacket cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Some edge wear, spotting and rubbing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965. Dark green cloth spine and light green boards. The book is very good with some spotting to the top and forward edges. Dust jacket very good with a tear to the front panel ( exceptionally unobtrusive ) short tear to upper rear panel.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Knopf, 1965. First edition. VG+ hardcover in silver-stamped green cloth over green boards in VG dustjacket. Mylar-protected DJ has light toning and some wear at edges of spine (see photo). Prior owner's signature on FFEP, otherwise no ink marks or highlighting to text.
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Knopf 1965, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1965 Knopf First Edition of Updike's slender but important work. This book is in FN/VG+ condition. It is mylar-wrapped and beautiful. The HB is unmarked and the gorgeous illustrated DJ is price clipped and has one small tear on the front at the top. **Special-Brenbooks carries many first edition John Updike novels, some signed.
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper else fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with short tears, rubbing, and a small abrasion on the rear panel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a very good dust jacket with creasing and a small chip.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Spotting on the top stain else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. , 1965.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. 8vo., green paper-covered green cloth-backed boards. Fine, with one page dog-earred; in a dust jacket with a 5 1/2 inch edge-tear to the front panel, and touch of soiling.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$40.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Yellow cloth has small spotting to small area on rear board bottom. Brief gift inscription on front endpaper but neat and heartfelt. Corners and text clean and fresh. Price clipped jacket has minor offsetting to top of front panel and two small chips at head of spine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John & Katrina Kenison. OF THE FARM. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$40.90 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. 1 inch chip to spine heel and some light edge wear to top front panel. Price penned in on front flap. First Edition stated. - Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, E. B. White, Tennessee Williams, Et Al; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$41.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 174 pp. Front free endpaper is missing, else very good copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1965.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gibralter Library binding symbol to foot of back panel adjacent to spine. No dust jacket as issued with image of young girl with red headband in window with holiday cut outs attached. Light rubbing, scuffing and faint overall discoloration from age to pictorial boards. Small irregular discolored patch to corner of front panel as well as one small nick to joint of front board ~1 1/2" from foot of spine. Black sharpie remainder line to foot of text block adjacent to spine. Otherwise tight, bright, unmarked interior. Pictures provided upon request. Shipping confirmed!
Seller: Elizabeth Brown Books & Collectibles, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a modestly spine-toned very good or better dust jacket with a scratch on the spine. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John.. Of the Farm.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket (design by Ilonka Karasz), not price-clipped. 174pp. An early novella which does homage to Updike's mentor William Maxwell. Q15250
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. ASSORTED PROSE. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, stated, 327 pp., publisher's yellow cloth with silver lettering on the cover and spine. Top edge yellow. Some slight discoloration on the cover. the dust jacket has chips at the top and bottom of the spine., the $5.95 price is intact on the dj flap.
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Updike, John. OF THE FARM. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$49.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The fourth novel by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Updike features Joey Robinson, an advertising consultant in Manhattan who describes the recent visit he, his second wife and his eleven-year-old stepson made to the Pennsylvania farm where he grew up; previous owner's name on inside front cover; inside front cover, fep and front flap of dustjacket show slight tape residue stains at top and bottom edges, o/w clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing no tears or chipping.
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. OF THE FARM. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ a bit darkened and with two closed tears and light chipping. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; A handsome and tight copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Updike on one of the front free endpapers. Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally toned. Yellow cloth, heavily foxed, with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a brown top stain, clean internally. A collection of Updike's nonfiction prose written the previous decade, with topics including Ted Williams, J.D. Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov, Muriel Spark, Max Beerbohm, among others.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dustjacket is dusty on the spine and has some chips.
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Book has some foxing on edge of text block. The dustjacket has some snags at extremities and on spine.
Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1965. First Edition. The dust wrapper is creased on the back cover, and there is light offsetting on the flyleaf.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. Signed on tipped in page by author John Updike. First Edition. Good in Very Good- unclipped dust jacket; light edge wear to dj. Used, light foxing to boards, spine ends softened, foxing to textblock edge, with NO markings in text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 1088 pp. Hard cover. Very Good. Illustrated green cloth covered boards with black quarter cloth spine. Minor shelf wear. Bump on top right corner. B&W plates. Deckled pages.Contents: The Gentleman from San Francisco / Ivan Bunin --The Stranger / Albert Camus --A Lost lady / Willa Cather --Farewell, my lovely / Raymond Chandler --The Immoralist / Andre Gide --Death in Venice / Thomas Mann --Mario and the magician / Thomas Mann --Enoch Soames / Max Beerbohm --The Demon lover / Elizabeth Bowen --Two friends / Willa Cather --Dusky Ruth / A.E. Coppard --The Landlady / Roald Dahl --Seaton's aunt / Walter de la Mare --The Celestial omnibus / E.M. Forster --El Ombu / W.H. Hudson --The Man who loved islands / D.H. Lawrence --The Fly / Katherine Mansfield --The Loneliness of the long-distance runner / Alan Sillitoe --Snowing in Greenwich Village / John Updike --No exit / Jean-Paul Sartre.From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tiny dampstain (barely visible) bottom edge of front cover, else near fine in price-clipped, mylar-protected dustjacket with bit of wear to spinal extremities and dampstain bottom edge.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$54.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. First edition stated on copyright page. Price intact jacket is a nice one with jacket design by Honka Karasz. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [10], 3-173, [9] pp. Light green paper covered boards quarter bound in dark green cloth, author's name embossed in silver on front board, with silver and gold lettering on the spine; light orange topstain. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 013b. A pleasing copy of Updike's tale of a Manhattan executive who returns to his childhood farm for three days. A very small crack to the bottom of the front gutter; jacket has light edge wear.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean and solid copy of this early novel by Updike. Lovely wrap-around cover art by Ilonka Karasz. The jacket is complete and not price-clipped. There is some very minor fraying to the head of the spine, else fine. Very Good / Very Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. , 1965.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. 8vo., green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, spine in gilt. A near fine copy with just a touch of soiling at the boards and a tiny chip at each spine ends of the dust jacket, which is price clipped.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$59.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ is covered with Mylar sheet. Slight discoloration to pages. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips. Some wear along the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers. Binding is not as tight.
Seller: Sabra Books, Naperville, IL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Light spotting on the top stain else about fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. OF THE FARM [INSCRIBED]. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York, 1965.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Small Octavo, 173 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild age toning with foxing to flap edges and price clipped front flap. Spine pictorial green with black lettering. Boards have mild age toning toward the edges. Text block has red colored head edge with slight foxing to the fore and tail edges. Gift inscription to the front free end paper. First Edition. Signed by the author to white paper tipped in to the title page. 1371493. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Updike , John. Of The Farm. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 174 pages. Includes author bio on rear dust jacket flap. Some stains to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 857413
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small, slim octavo with light green paper covered boards and darker green cloth spine cover, with silver titles stamped on the cover and spine. The book is near fine with a touch of fading to the edge tips of boards. Light red top stain. The dustjacket if very good with clipped price, a touch pf wear st spine top and an almost invisible tape repair to the inside of the spine panel. A family visiting one of their childhood places, a farm in rural Pennsylvania, recount stories, relationships, argues and forgives. 173 pp. Fiction, Short novel, USA, Farms, Family. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose Updike, John. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1965 Knopf hard cover stated First Edition first printing - signed by Updike on title page - glue residue and label inside cover - label and minor wear to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) otherwise cover and binding like new contents clean - very nice - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in lovely very near fine dustwrapper with three closed tears on the front panel. Jacket art by Ilonka Karasz.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Of the farm.. Alfred A. Knopf,, New York:, 1965.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 173, [5] pp. Quarter-green cloth over green boards, silver lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art by Ilonka Karasz (slght shlfwr), NF/NF. First edition, stated of this novel set in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$67.62 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965. Dark green cloth spine and light green boards. The book is fine, the near fine dust jacket has a trace of rubbing to the spine base and a short chip/tear to the lower front corner. Although not identified ( or priced ) as signed, there is a card loosely laid in bearing the autograph of John Updike.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Updike's fourth novel. Manhattan ad executive visits the Pennsylvania farm where he grew up. Very minor fade spot to topstain, still about fine in about near fine dustjacket with slight toning to spine panel and minor wear and rubbing at spine ends.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Mild wear, else a clean copy of the First Edition. SIGNED by Updike on a special tipped-in page! In two price clipped jackets, one Fine, the other Very Good. ; 8.2 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 326 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Jacket art by Ilonka Karasz.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Thick octavo. xxxii, 1,088pp. Illustrated from photographic portraits. Decorative green cloth with black cloth spine both stamped in light green and gilt. Fine with the publisher's "The Hovel" decorative bookplate illustrated by Rockwell Kent affixed on to blank preliminary page in a fine dust jacket and housed in lightly rubbed else fine slipcase. Contributions by Andre Gide, Thomas Mann, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, John Updike, Albert Camus, John Hersey, T.S. Eliot, Julian Huxley, Alfred A. Knopf, Hilaire Belloc, Robert Graves, A.E. Housman, Langston Hughes, Ezra Pound, John Crowe Ransom, and many more. A pristine association copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small internal stain.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Of the Farm.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 174 [2] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a fine bright jacket with traces of rubbing at the extremities of the spine and one corner.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. ON THE FARM. NEW YORK NY ALFRED A KNOPF CO PUB 1965., 1965.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: VERY GOOD IN A FINE D.J. BOOK'S SPINE TITLES ARE A BIT DULLED, SPINE IS SUNNED, AND A TRACE OF SOIL TO THE BOARDS WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE TEXT. SUPPLIED D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm Updike, John. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1st edition 5th printing - signed with inscription by Updike on front end paper - price clipped - 3/4 inch tear at top edge of front dust jacket (now in mylar cover) otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A bit of foxing on the foredge, near fine in fine dustwrapper. Jacket art by Ilonka Karasz.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, library issue. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Thin quarto. Pictorial boards. Fine, without dustwrapper (as the library issue was published). One of the author's scarce children's books. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A17.b.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in a very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original price of $3.95 printed on the front flap of dust jacket. Dust jacket has negligible wear at corners and top and bottom spine. Very nice copy.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. OF THE FARM. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Good+ in a Good+ dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. 1 inch open tear across bottom of rear panel. Text annotated throughout with ink. Owner imprints along text block edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 174, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth and boards. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket by Ilonka Karasz with cello tape on inside of top and bottom of spine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$100.36 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$100.44 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$100.84 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
John Updike. A Childs Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$100.84 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$101.09 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. A Childs Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$101.61 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. ASSORTED PROSE. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$103.52 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.1
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. ASSORTED PROSE. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$103.52 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.1
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. OF THE FARM. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$103.63 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.55
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$105.19 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Buy for Great customer experience
Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$106.32 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of The Farm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small 8vo. Quarter-bound in dark green cloth, light green boards. Slightly cocked. Titling in silver on the spine. One corner lightly bumped. In a mylar-protected DJ with the price present. The initials "HR" are written in ink on front fold-in just below the price. The DJ has a small closed tear and light wear at the corners and upper end of the spine.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with a modest chip. Signed by the author. A nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with a modest chip. Inscribed by the author. A nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. ASSORTED PROSE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$122.80 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Large glue stain to FEP. Minimal wear to jacket edges. Toning. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965. Bound in publisher's light yellow cloth. With review photo of Updike from the rear flap by Irving Fisk laid in. A fine example of the book. The dust jacket (price clipped) is near fine with toning to the spine and a small chip to the top of the spine. This copy has been inscribed by John Updike.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine (light fading and light wear to edges of boards and light bumping to extremities) in very good dust jacket showing 1.5" closed, clear tape repaired tear to top edge, fading to spine and edges on inside only, some wear to edges and corners.) Inscribed by author to former owner on front fly page. Name of former owner with "Christmas--1965" written to second front fly page.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in slightly spine-toned near fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Thin quarto. Gift inscription else fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of one of the author's scarce children's books.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a modest chip. Signed by the author. A nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Bookplate, else fine in very near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$125.86 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in a very good dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$147.60 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First editon stated. Signed by author on tipped in leaf prior to half-title. Unmarked, tight and square. Faint shelf wear at base of spine. Price intact jacket lighted toned at lightly tanned area of spine and top of front flap. Nice copy. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small stain on front board thus near fine in slightly spine-toned, very near fine dustwrapper. Signed by Updike on the front fly.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full yellow cloth. The spine is stamped in silver and gilt; the front panel in silver. Octavo. Brown topstain. 327pps. Stated First Edition. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textbock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has light wear to the extremities; the original price (5.95) is intact. "Includes Updike's early essays of humor and parody, some reportage for The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town," his description of Ted Williams' last appearance in Fenway Park, several semi- autobiographical first person accounts, and numerous book reviews. These all give us a well-rounded observation of the author. Titles include: "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu," "On the Sidewalk, Mr. Ex-Resident," "Drinking from a Cup Made Cinchy," "The Dogwood Tree: A Boyhood," "The Lucid Eye in Silver Town," "My Uncle's Death," "Beerbohn and Others," "Faith in Search of Understanding," and "More Love in the Western World." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.
Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 174, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth and boards. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Assorted Prose.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1965.
Price: US$160.95 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [xiv], 327. Ten years of non-fiction prose.Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf before the half-title page.Fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Knopf, NY, 1965.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: His first collection of nonfiction, short pieces from The New Yorker and a number of other publications, collected the year after Updike won the National Book Award and was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ Best wishes to a former Beverlyite/ John Updike." Foxing to foredge and cloth, thus very good in a very good dust jacket, which is also foxed, predominantly on verso. Most of the signed copies of this title that show up have been signed on a tipped-in leaf. Inscribed copies are uncommon. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm (First edition, SIGNED). Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine with fading at the extreme edges and previous gift inscription in price-clipped dust jacket with one short closed tear and light edgewear. Inscribed and signed by Updike on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Jacket art by Ilonka Karasz.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper just a trifle toned on the spine. Signed by Updike on a cancel leaf. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A16.b.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar (signed). Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ptg., large 8vo, full red cloth, with Nancy Eckholm Burkert's haunting pencil sketches in red and black. Inscribed to Andrew Simon by Updike on the half-title, with gift inscription above in a different hand. Interestingly, the authorial inscription was started on the back free endpaper before being restarted and finished in the front. Fine in edgeworn, unclipped dj with short closed tear to front cover.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. A beautiful copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Mild staining on the boards and a little bowing, a very good copy in very good first state dust jacket with some overall age-toning. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid in. The only Advance Review Copy we've seen.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition so stated, 8vo (8¼ x 5¼), pp. (8), (1-2), 3-173, (5), inscribed & signed for Roper/ John Updike on the front free endpaper. Original silver lettered green cloth backed light green boards in original color pictorial dust jacket. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some very light wear at end caps & corners of the jacket. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H7770
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Thin 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. N.Y:Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Fine. Fine, autographed copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike John. OF THE FARM. New York Alfred A Knopf 1965, 1965.
Price: US$214.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first issue with the price intact. 8vo, publishers original cloth backed boards lettered in silver on the spine and upper cover. (8), 174, (5) pp. A fine copy in a bright, clean dustjacket with only light edge wear. FIRST EDITION. . polished, thoughtful, and a book that deals with the dignity of men in an uncommon habitat. OF THE FARM concerns the ground where people chose to locate their lives. John Updike one of America's best and most prolific authors lived and worked in Ipswich, Massachusetts for many years. He won virtually every literary award that could be given, including the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$216.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by the author on a tipped in leaf for members of the First Edition Circle, with Kroch's & Brentano's bookmark laid in. Dust jacket very slightly chipped at the edges.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Couples. Signed by Updake. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Close to Fine. Dedicated and signed on title page. Book boards somewhat faded on full blue cloth, top edge blue stain faded, as is top edge of boards. Dust jacket excellent, with fresh feel and colors, save for uper edge tear, neatly repaired with tape. $6.95 price present. Signed by Author. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 458 pages. Signed by Updake on title page. Only a few copies offered online. Other prices significantly higher now.
Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Scarce library binding, in laminated pictorial boards. Signed by the author to a laid-in decorative bookplate. The book is near fine, with only light shelf/edge-wear and very minor soiling. A very sharp collectible copy, quite scarce in this issue/condition and with a signature. Please be sure to check out the other John Updike titles in our inventory. We ship all of our books bubble-wrapped in sturdy, very well-padded boxes, so they are guaranteed to arrive in the exact same condition as when they left. Please feel free to email with any questions/offers/trades and thank you for supporting small independent booksellers everywhere.
Seller: Dexter's Book Cellar, Stratford, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965. Bound in publisher's lemon yellow cloth. This copy has been inscribed by John Updike; ' For John Gardner, Best Wishes, John Updike. ' Both the book and the dust jacket are fine. An uncommonly nice copy which almost always appears with some toning to the tan panels of the jacket and/or chips to the black spine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 174 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Ilonka Karasz. His 9th adult book and his 4th novel. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Contains the short story (published separately in a signed, limited edition, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" about Ted Williams; chipping to top and bottom of dj spine and top fron cover; dj shows light soiling but still attractive and not price clipped ($5.95) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Nice dedication and signature by Updike. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First editon stated. Signed by author on title page. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket lighted toned at lightly tanned area of spine and top of front flap. One small neat repair to dj. Nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp [xiv], 327. Includes dust jacket.
Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 327 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. His 8th book and 1st book of non-fiction. Most of these articles were written for the New Yorker. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with the spine very slightly tanned. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ed. VG+ in VG+ price clipped, dust soiled DJ with very shallow chipping to head and heel of spine. Signed by author on prelim.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
UPDIKE, John. Of the Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. A lovely copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Thin quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of one of the author's scarce children's books.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 327 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. His 8th book and 1st book of non-fiction. Most of these articles were written for the New Yorker. Signed by Updike for Kroch & Brentano Booksellers on a tipped in page with their First Edition Circle card laid in. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John.. Assorted Prose.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine, clean copy in yellow cloth, in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. SIGNED by Updike on a tipped-in leaf before the half title page. 327pp. Consisting of non-fiction pieces, most of which were written during Updike's brief tenure at The New Yorker; by the time this was published, he had already published two collections of light verse, two novels and two books of short stories. Includes the famous tribute to Ted Williams's last game, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" published in the October 22, 1960 issue of The New Yorker. Q06909
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$329.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 327 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$339.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Seven volumes: Assorted Prose (1965), Pick-Up Pieces (1976), Hugging the Shore (1983), Just Looking - Essays on Art (1989), Odd Jobs (1991, signed by the author), More Matter (1999) and Due Considerations (2007). John Updike's collected non-fiction: essays, criticism, reviews, articles, parodies, speeches, travel pieces, obituaries, interviews, prefaces, notes, introductions, letters to and from, memoirs and profiles - 763 pieces, 2,000+pp; 20th century literature, art, obsessions and moments, all covered, along with many nods back to the artists and authors of earlier centuries. The image from the rear panel of Hugging the Shore, adjacent, gives some idea of the author's net. All very good or better in dustwrappers. The seven volumes
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Updike, John. Assorted Prose - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A nice first edition/first printing in Very Near Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author John Updike on a free front end page. De Bellis/Broomfield A16a; Updike's Assorted Prose includes his early essays of humor and parody, some reportage for The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town, " his description of Ted Williams' last appearance in Fenway Park, several semi-autobiographical first person accounts, and numerous book reviews; 8vo; [4], xii, [2], 326, [8] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Of The Farm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$359.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 174 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
John Updike. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1965.
Price: US$374.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean carefully used copy. The PC jacket has some rubbing wear, edge wear, lightish chipping at the top and heel of the spine. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. This copy has been signed John Updike on the title page.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of John Updike's third book for children, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965. Trade edition, bound in publisher's red cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Updike provides a poem for each month, illustrated, in turn, by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A fine example of the book. The dust jacket is near fine with just the slightest trace of wear at extremities. This copy has been inscribed on the title page by John Updike.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: Slim octavo (24cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; unpaged; illus. throughout. Just a hint of shelf wear, else Near Fine. Bookplate signed by Updike laid in. Collection of twelve poems for children, each about a month of the year, accompanied by Burkert's attractive illustrations.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Top corners very slightly bumped, still easily fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in, the slip is a bit soiled. One of an unknown number of copies Signed by the author on a tipped-in page. A very nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Assorted Prose. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed issue (issued for distribution by Kroch and Brenato's for members of their 'First Edition Circle'); issued with an extra tipped-in leaf, signed by John Updike. xiii, 327 pp. 8vo. Laid into the book is a card from Kroch's and Brentano's stating that the book is "A first edition, autographed by the author especially for the members of The First Edition Circle." Roberts A11a A fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has two short tears and two small soil spots on front panel, else quite bright First edition, signed issue (issued for distribution by Kroch and Brenato's for members of their 'First Edition Circle'); issued with an extra tipped-in leaf, signed by John Updike.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. A Child's Calendar. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 32 pages. First edition, first printing with 1965 on copyright page & no other printings noted. Illustrated by Nancy Eckholm Burkert. Signed by Updike & Burkert on the half title page. His 3rd book for children. A collection of 12 poems, one for each month of the year with Burkert's corresponding illustration. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with very slight rubbing to the top & bottom of the spine. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Updike. ASSORTED PROSE. London: Andre Deutsch, 1965.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Advance First English Edition in wrappers and trial dust jacket. Issued using sheets for the first American edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York in 1965. Sewn unbound signatures with the trial dust jacket glued to the spine. The following notice is stamped to the front free endpaper: 'ADVANCE AMERICAN COPY / PROBABLE PUB. DATE [added in holograph: "January '66"] / APPROX. PRICE: [added in holograph: "251-"] / ANDRE DEUTSCH LTD. / 105 GREAT RUSSELL ST. / LONDON, W. C. 1. De Bellis & Broomfield A16 [B]. A near fine copy of an uncommon issue. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. ASSORTED PROSE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Galleys in spiralbound blue wrappers. Narrow Quarto. Galley sheets printed on the rectos only. The intended price ($5.95) and publication date (May 1965) have been added to the front cover in holograph ink in an unknown hand. This copy has been signed by Updike on the half-title page. Creased at the upper rear corner, with a short tear to the upper rear wrapper at the spine, and traces of tape removal on both the front and rear wrappers, else about near fine. Please contact Clouds Hill Books for additional details and an illustrated catalogue of this item.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.