Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Updike, John. Query. Albondocani, New York, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 400 copies, not for sale. This copy does not have the publisher name under the greeting on the title page Booklet is fine in original envelope with cardboard stiffener
Seller: Carrington Bookshop, South Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Query [Cover title]. (Albondocani Press), 1974.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: Single sheet folded and stapled into stiff paper wraps, with poem on one page. 4-3/4 by 7 inches. Limited edition of 400 copies printed as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher and not issued for sale. A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback). This issue omits publisher names on holiday greeting on first page. Includes original, unused envelope which has adhered to itself at one corner, else fine.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani, (n.p.), 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A card with a poem by Updike, used as a holiday greeting. One of 400 (stated) copies, of which this is one of 260 copies for the author's and artist's use, without the publisher's name printed on the page with the greeting. According to the De Bellis and Broomfield bibliography, 20 more copies were printed than stated in the colophon. Fine in stapled wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Promotional flyer, printed on letter-sized page, VG.Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Query. Albondocani Press, 1974.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition. Signed limited edition intended as a greeting card for friends of author and publisher.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, published issue. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with fine original envelope that is a little age-toned. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with cardboard backer and original envelope, the envelope has been mailed and is a little age-toned. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist, however this copy Signed "George and Robert", most likely in the hand of artist Robert Dunn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with cardboard backer and original envelope. The envelope and is a little age-toned. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with cardboard backer and fine original envelope that is a little age-toned. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, published issue (there was also a surpressed issue that was printed upside down). Fine in wrappers. To be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, published issue (there was also a surpressed issue that was printed upside down). Fine in wrappers. To be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press / Ampersand Books, [New York], 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 16mo. 4pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine in envelope with card stiffener. One of 400 copies to be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Query (Signed First Edition). Albondocani Press, 1974.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to just 400 copies. Holiday greeting card with a poem by Updike, with cover art corrected, right-side-up. Signed by the author to a laid in decorative bookplate. Fine, stapled in stiff pictorial paper wraps. With original mailing envelope and cardboard backer. Clean and bright, a beautiful collectible copy; from the esteemed modern first collection of Joy Kritzer. Please be sure to check out the other John Updike titles in my inventory. I ship all of my 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. Query [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Albondocani Press, [N.p., 1974.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: 12mo (17.25cm.); original green pictorial staplebound card wrappers by Robert Dunn; [4]pp. Fine. With original blank envelope. Bookplate signed by Updike laid in. Printed by William Ferguson "as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. None are for sale."
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Query - 1st Edition. Albondocani Press, [New York], 1974.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine condition in the original mailing envelope ; This first edition of Query was published in December 1974, limited to 400 copies to be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. None were for sale ; 12mo; [12] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani, (n.p.), 1974.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A card with a poem by Updike, used as a holiday greeting. One of 400 copies, of which this is one of 160 copies for the publisher's use, with the publisher's name printed on the page with the greeting. Fine in stapled wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani, (n.p.), 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A card with a poem by Updike, used as a holiday greeting. One of 75 copies of the suppressed first issue, with the front cover drawing printed upside down. Fine in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, variant with two publishers. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with cardboard backer and original envelope. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, variant with two publishers. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with cardboard backer and slightly toned original envelope. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. 12mo. [4]pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine in a somewhat worn, very good unprinted envelope with fine card stiffener. Published in an edition of 400 copies, this is one of 260 copies Signed by Updike on the first leaf, for the use of the author and artist (see Roberts A35b).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. QUERY. Albondocani Press (1974), n.p., 1974.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: Stiff card covers with drawing by Robert Dunn. First issue with the cover drawing printed upside-down, one of only 75 copies thus of an intended 400 copies total, the remainder said by the publisher to have been destroyed, but at least a dozen or more survived. This poem by Updike was printed as a holiday greeting from Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books, with the errata statement from the publisher still tipped in. Also with a printed statement from the publisher about the publishing history of the piece and offering copies of the suppressed first issue at one hundred dollars.
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Query.. (np): Albondocani/Ampersand (1974)., 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: [4 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Original mailling envelope present. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. One of 400 copies published as a holiday greeting for the author and publisher. SIGNED by Updike on the title page, and also by the publisher, "from George."
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, suppressed issue. Fine in wrappers. To be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. One of 75 copies with the illustration printed upside-down.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, suppressed issue. Ripped in half - thus poor. In envelope labeled by publisher: "Query (suppressed issue; author's issue)". One of 75 copies with the illustration printed upside-down.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, variant with two publishers. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with cardboard backer and original envelope. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 260 copies printed for the use of the author and artist.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Query. Albondocani Press, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Holiday Greetings; green paper wraps with pear blossom illustration; signed "Warm Regards, John Updike"; "This first edition of QUERY published in December 1974 is limited to four hundred copies to be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. None are for sale." Clean, attractive copy of a scarce and ephemeral Updike item. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press / Ampersand Books, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, suppressed issue. Fine in wrappers. To be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. One of 75 copies with the illustration printed upside-down, and with a tipped-in limitation acknowledging this as the suppressed issue.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, suppressed issue. Fine in wrappers. To be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. In a plain mailing envelope that has some soiling and offsetting. One of 75 copies with the illustration printed upside-down.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: First printing, one of 75 (out of 400 total copies) "suppressed [copies] which had the cover drawing printed upside down. The balance of the printing has been destroyed." 12mo (17.25cm.); original green pictorial staplebound card wrappers by Robert Dunn; [4]pp. Fine. With original blank envelope. Bookplate signed by Updike laid in. Printed by William Ferguson "as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. None are for sale."
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondicani, New York, 1974.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 16mo, pictorial wrappers. N.Y.: Albondocani , (1974). First Edition. Published as a holiday greeting from the author and the publisher. Although the colophon indicates that 400 copies were published, an errata slip, (not present) stated that this is one of 75, the balance of the printing having been destroyed. This is a presentation copy, signed "John", expressing good wishes and commenting "This card is pretty embarrassing but it was not my idea."
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Query. William Ferguson for Albondocani Press, 1974.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A scarce Limited Numbered First Issue signed by the author. Designed as a holiday greeting in December 1974, the first issue of 400 copies was printed with the cover designs of flowers printed upside down. Most were destroyed and the card was reissued; this is the first issue with the upside-down design. In light green paper wrapper, the card consists of 4 pp., a poem by John Updike. No envelope or errata slip. A lovely copy.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, published issue (there was also a surpressed issue that was printed upside down). Fine in wrappers. Inscribed by Updike to poet Howard Moss: "Howard - It seems to me that yours worked out better. I loved those birches but my own tree seems to need pruning. Best, John." In the text of the poem Updike has marked a passage that begins: "The orchard grows rampant." A card intended to be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, published issue (there was also a surpressed issue that was printed upside down). Fine in wrappers, with modestly worn original envelope and cardboard stiffener. Printed as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. This copy Inscribed by Updike to the publisher: "Thanks for a lovely job - John Updike." Additionally the envelope has been hand-addressed by Updike to the publisher George Bixby.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Query. Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books, (New York), 1974.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, variant with two publishers. Stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine with original envelope. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publisher. One of 75 copies printed with the cover illustration printed upside down, with limitation statement to that effect.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.