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UPDIKE, John. Rare John UPDIKE / Sixteen Sonnets Limited Signed 1st Edition 1979 [Paperback] UPDIKE, John. Halty Ferguson, 1979.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: 1979; Cambridge; signed by author, numbered 108/250; marbled paper covers with French flaps and a pamphlet stitch; mild shelf wear; interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 27 pages

Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, JOHN. SIXTEEN SONNETS [SIGNED]. Halty Ferguson, Cambirdge, 1979.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed Limited Numbered Edition. Hand-sewn French marbled paper. Bright and fine. Prosepctus loosely laid in.

Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.

[Literature] Updike, John. SIXTEEN SONNETS (w/Prospectus). Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$83.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo. 32 pp. Limited edition, number 59 of 250 copies signed by Updike. As issued, sewn into marbled paper wrappers with printed title label on the front cover; single leaf prospectus is laid in. A bright, clean copy.

Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John. Sixteen Sonnets. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Sewn marbled wrappers with printed paper label. Fine with publisher's prospectus laid in. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John. Sixteen Sonnets. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Saddlestitched in marbled selfwrappers. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Fine. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Updike, John. Sixteen Sonnets [Signed]. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$124.30 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. Signed in full by author John Updike in black ink on rear colophon page, as called for. Number 237 of 250 copies. From colophon page: "This first edition of Sixteen Sonnets is limited to 250 copies, numbered 1-250 & hand-sewn into a soft French marble wrapper. All copies have been signed by the author. The types are Centaur & Arrighi, set by Mackenzie & Harris of San Francisco, & the paper is Antique Laid. Designed, printed & bound by William & Raquel Ferguson at the Ferguson Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 1979. This is number 237". With single-page "Autobiographical Note" by the author discussing his use of the sonnet form. Includes publisher's prospectus laid in. The single page prospectus notes (in part): "Halty Ferguson announces for publication in January 1979 - John Updike - Sixteen Sonnets - A collection of recent sonnets by this important American author, including one printed here for the first time ("Mass. Mental Health") and numerous revisions in those previously published in magazines". Handsewn in publisher's original marbled paper wraps with printed paper title label to front, foldover French flaps. A FINE LIKE NEW copy with no flaws whatsoever. Now protected by being housed in an archival removable hard-mylar clear sleeve. 27pp. Scarce signed limited edition. RARE.

Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Updike, John.. SIXTEEN SONNETS.. HALTY FERGUSON., CAMBRIDGE, 1979.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 250 numbered copies. Fine in handsewn paperback wrappers, with the publisher's printed prospectus laid-in.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Updike, John. Sixteen Sonnets. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine in wrappers with marbled-paper dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Updike. Designed, printed and bound by William and Raquel Ferguson.

Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John. Sixteen Sonnets. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Orange cloth with printed title label. Faint offsetting on the front board, else near fine. Copy letter U of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John.. Sixteen Sonnets.. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, Massachusetts., 1979.

Price: US$584.80 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 27 pages. Cloth with title label on front; marbled endpapers.Letter F of 26 hardbound copies signed by the author. In addition, this is a presentation copy, inscribed by him on the first blank: ''for Frank and Anita two octaves of an obsolete form - Love John & Martha 3/16/79''. The recipients are Frank Kermode and his wife. Updike considered Kermode the best British reviewer and was the dedicatee of one of Kermode's books.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

UPDIKE, John. Sixteen Sonnets. Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, 1979.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Orange cloth with printed title label. Text block fallen slightly forward, else fine. Copy letter T of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. Additionally Inscribed by Updike to Herb Yellin. 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.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.