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Updike, John. S. A Novel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$6.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Size: 9"-10" Tall. Minor wear to jacket edges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0233982558. ISBN/EAN: 9780233982557. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13187.
Seller: Berry Books, Berry, NSW, Australia
Updike, John. S.. Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1988.
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Condition: Very Good
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Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
JOHN UPDIKE.. S. A novel. Volume three of 'The Scarlet Letter' trilogy. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$9.61 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 244pp. Purple boards lettered in gold at the spine. A touch of chafing to the backstrip ends, else a fine copy in dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, creased at the head of the spine panel and with the price printed to the base of the front flap inked out. The final volume of his 'The Scarlet Letter' trilogy, preceded by 'A Month of Sundays' (1975) and 'Roger's Version' (1986).
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John.. S.. London, Andre Deutsch 1988., 1988.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: First edition (in the second issue dustjacket). Hardcover. Top edge slightly foxed, o/w very fine in like dustjacket. An epistolary novel which looks at an Indian cult religion in the US, observed through the eyes of Sarah Worth, the S. of the title, a character with links to Hawthorne's Hester Prynne.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
UPDIKE, John.. S.. London, Andre Deutsch 1988., 1988.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Very fine in like dustjacket. An epistolary novel which looks at an Indian cult religion in the US, observed through the eyes of Sarah Worth, the S. of the title, a character with links to Hawthorne's Hester Prynne.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
Updike, John. S. a Novel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$10.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VIII, 248 pages, includes glossary. The original illustrated dust jacket has very very poorly applied protective laminate, by the publisher, (it should have been rejected,) and there are stains on the front and rear free end pages from leaking sticky tape. Traces of spotting to the top edge of the text block. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0233982558. ISBN/EAN: 9780233982557. Inventory No: 0223165.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Updike, John. S. A Novel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$10.94 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine hardback copy in fine dustjacket. 244pp
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
Updike, John. S.. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$11.52 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. Purple cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Seller: The Glass Key, Montmorillon, France
Updike, John. S:A Novel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$11.52 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy . Unclipped dj with some creasing to the protective laminate covering almost certainly from new, but no tears or loss; now in a protective cover.
Seller: AMADEUSBOOKS, DIBDEN PURLIEU, United Kingdom
Updike, John. S. London; Andre Deutsch;, 1988.
Price: US$12.80 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Updike, John. S : a novel. London : Deutsch, 1988.
Price: US$14.17 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: [8], 244p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Communal living, Arizona -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
John Updike. S. A Novel.. Andre Deutsch, London., 1988.
Price: US$15.85 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 244 pages. Book and dust jacket almost as good as new, appears unused.
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Updike, John. S. A Novel. Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1988.
Price: US$16.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, slight bump to top of spine, minor foxing to edges of reading block. ; First UK edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. DJ design uncredited. ; 256 pages; Sarah Worth - "S." - walks out on her family to follow the spiritual path of a guru who has moved his community from India to Arizona. There his followers work to make the desert fruitful, while he passes amongst them bestowing bliss. Told in a series of communications from S to her husband, daughter, best friend, and various others including her bank manager.
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Updike, John. S.. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$16.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. First UK Edition, first printing. Some surface score lines to jacket front and rear but no other notable flaws. Pages are clean and sound. TA
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.20 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Medium8vo, [vii], 244 pp. Original purple boards, gilt. As new copy in an As new removable protection price intact d/j.
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United Kingdom
Updike, John. S. A novel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$19.81 + shipping
Description: Pp. [viii]+244, glossary; med. 8vo; purple boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the laminate slightly wrinkled on front panel; the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1988. First U.K. edition, trade issue.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
UPDIKE, John.. S.. London: Andre Deutsch (1988)., 1988.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 244 pp w/glossary. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S : a novel. London : Deutsch, 1988.
Price: US$25.54 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: [8], 244p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Communal living, Arizona -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. S : A Novel. Andre Deutsch, London, UK, 1988.
Price: US$26.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009) wrote more than 20 novels, dozens of short stories as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Best known for his "Rabbit" series (the novels Rabbit Is Rich of 1982 and Rabbit at Rest of 1990 awarded the Pulitzer). Skilled in "the American small town, Protestant middle class", in this novel our protagnist also experiences "personal turmoil" while still sensitive to family obligations. This is the story of ''S''. Told through through letters written by Sarah P. Worth, a 42-year-old Massachusetts woman who quits her wealthy home & wealthy physician husband for the Arizona ashram of guru Shri Arhat Mindadali. Enamored with the offerings of the Hindu mystic, struggling along with other fellow sannyasins (pilgrims) aspiring to achieve moksha (salvation), while constantly writing to her husband, daughter, brother, dentist, hairdresser, psychiatrist, and bank manager. All to keep her old world in order. while creating a new one for herself.
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. (signed). Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Numbered signed limited edition. fine in case. One of only 75 numbered and signed copies, of a total limited edition of 89.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Andre Deutsch, (London), 1988.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Quarter calf and marbled boards in marbled papercovered slipcase. Fine. One of 75 numbered copies Signed by the author, of a total edition of 97 copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Andre Deutsch, (London), 1988.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Quarter calf and marbled boards in marbled papercovered slipcase. Fine. One of 75 numbered copies Signed by the author, of a total edition of 97 copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S.. Andre Deutsch, London, 1988.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Scarce beautiful production; the total limited edition was only 97 copies of which only 75 copies were for sale; this book is #22; bound in quarter calf with marbled boards and publisher's slipcase; signed by Updike Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Andre Deutsch, (London), 1988.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Quarter calf and marbled boards in marbled papercovered slipcase. Fine. Copy number 1 of 75 numbered copies Signed by the author, of a total edition of 97 copies. Provenance on request.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.