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UPDIKE, John. On Meeting Authors. Wickford Press, Newburyport, 1968.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An unsigned limited edition of an essay that first appeared in the New York Times. One of 250 numbered copies. Edge-sunning to covers; coffee splot lower front corner; very good in stapled wrappers. One of Updike's earliest limited editions, done the same year as Bath After Sailing and The Angels. Although the limitation of this title is larger than either of those, we have seen it less often and it appears to be scarcer in the market. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. On Meeting Authors. Wickford Press, Newburyport, MA, 1968.
Price: US$403.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 12pp. First separate edition of an essay that was first published in the New York Times. One of 250 copies. Red two-line initials and title device. Printed in celebration of Christmas 1968. Updike's thoughts on meeting one's literary heroes, for better or worse, and his experience with fame. Some fading to spine, else fine in gray-blue wrappers with paper label.
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. On Meeting Authors. The Wickford Press, Newburyport, MA, 1968.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 12 pages. First edition, one (222) of 250 limited & numbered copies. Printed by the MacDonalds at the Wickford Press. A humorous essay celebrating Christmas 1968. His thoughts on meeting famous authors, which first appeared in the New York Times. As new book in wrappers. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Updike. On Meeting Authors. The Wickford Press, 1968.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine, Signed copy of On Meeting Authors by John Updike. Early limited edition, 1 of 250 copies, not issued Signed. This copy is even more uncommon, as it is Signed.
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. On Meeting Authors. Wickford Press, Newburyport, 1968.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A limited edition of a humorous essay on encounters with (other) famous authors, which first appeared in the New York Times. Number 56 of 250 numbered copies. Issued unsigned, this copy is inscribed by the author in 1997: For ___ ___ and her fabulous collection/ Cheers, John Updike." One of Updike's earliest limited editions, done the same year as Bath After Sailing and The Angels. Although the limitation of this title is larger than either of those, we have encountered it just as infrequently. Faint sunning at the edge of the spine, else fine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. On Meeting Authors. Wickford Press, Newburyport, 1968.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers with applied printed label. Fine. Copy number 12 of 250 numbered copies. Issued unsigned, this copy is Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, who has never met me. John Updike." 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, and a very uncommon title. One of Updike's earliest and scarcest limited editions.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.