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Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Like new stated first edition in unclipped jacket. Not ex-library.
Seller: Steven Moore Bookseller, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred a Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a fine jacket no markings, slightest of edge wear. Looks about new. First edition stated.
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Early Stories, 1953-1975. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good/Good++. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bowing to front board with light edgewear. First edition. Stated on copyright page and price on inside flap of dust jacket. Some fading to spine of dust jacket with light edgewear and creasing. NIce solid copy.
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 838pp. Nearly every short story of this prolific writer during the period is here, and just as vibrant and illuminating as when they were written - the true measure of a great writer! Small sealed dj break
Seller: Lou Manrique - Antiquarian Bookseller, Port Townsend, WA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Small tears to jacket. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 838pp. Unclipped, lightly rubbed jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Early Stories 1953-1975. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003.
Price: US$18.20 + shipping
Condition: As New
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Seller: TextbookRush, Grandview Heights, OH, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$18.61 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, New York, New York, U. S. A., 2003.
Price: US$18.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth With Silver And Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Spine. Author's Name Stamped In Silver On The Front. The Top Edges Are Dyed Light Red. The Book Has Three Pages With Creases To The Upper Corners. The Jacket Is Near Fine With Wear At The Front Flap Fold.
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. 838pp. Unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories, 1953-1975 ----PROOF----. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected Proof in plain yellow wraps. Bumped at head of spine and lightly handled.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with spotting.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$21.08 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, stated. Bound in blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; top page edges tinted red. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $35.00); light edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$22.82 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Book is in NEW condition.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$22.99 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: LibraryMercantile, Humble, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975 Updike, John. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2003 Knopf hard cover stated First Edition - minor stain inside front cover - slight wear to edge of dust jacket at back (now in mylar cover) otherwise a like new clean fine collectible - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$23.99 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Uncorrected proof copy prior to publication date of November 2, 2003. Softcover in very good condition. Light orange heavy paper wraps. Shows shelf & edge wear and a deep bump to back top corner which resulted in indent / wrinkles to top corner of last one hundred pages. First page is reproduction of final jacket cover in black & white on paper stock. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted except bump as noted above.
Seller: ELK CREEK HERITAGE BOOKS (IOBA), TOMS RIVER, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$24.98 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Sparrow Reads, Edgewood, NM, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953 - 1975. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$25.20 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Nice copy in its first printing. No flaws. Pink topstain still present. Price intact jacket is a nice one. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 2003.
Price: US$25.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: (First Edition) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.
Seller: Kenneth A. Himber, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$25.53 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$25.84 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories, 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 103 stories in all in this hefty compendium of Mr. Updike's early work, including his "Olinger Stories". Many of these stories first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. --- In full black paperboard covers, in a likely (full size) book club edition. Dust jacket with 3 different photographic portraits of the author on front and rear covers and spine. --- With prior owner's sticker remnant to front free endpaper; else a clean, bright copy. Jacket spine is sunfaded and with flap creases, otherwise in nice shape and protected in removable clear mylar wrapper. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xv, 838 pages
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories 1953-1975. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 838pp, cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 2003. First Edition. Fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories. 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$26.45 + shipping
Description: gr 8°, Lwd. m. OSU., 838 S. - Schutzumschlag leicht bestoßen, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar
Seller: Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Germany
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. NY, 2003.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: NYC: Knopf, 2003. 1st edition, F/NF. Heavy, thick book has very little wear. DJ has some wear to upper spine and upper corners. 103 stories in all. Includes 7 page foreword by Updike and index to titles. Nice copy, 833 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.65 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Early Stories, 1953-1975. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautiful copy of this collection.
Seller: Proteus Bound, Chesterton, IN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories 1953-1975 (Uncorrected Proof). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Softcover. 837 pages. Uncorrected proof. Massive collection of short stories from the author of "The Centaur" and "Rabbit, Run." A tight near fine unread copy in printed wrappers with some slight curving to the spine due to the size and with the dust jacket art bound in.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories, 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$33.82 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. xv, 838 pp. Some mild edgewear to top of dustjacket at heat of spine, else a fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Updike, John.. The Early Stories 1953-1975.. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Very Fine in a Very Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 838pp with a Foreword by Updike. Stories organized according to types of subject matter. Q03830
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: BRILLIANT: COMIC: REALIST: INTELLIGNT: ACUTELY OBSERVED: ENTERTAINING: NEW Stated First Edition hardcover (November 2003), NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket showing orig. $35.00 pub. price at top right inside front flyleaf, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges w/ top edge stained pale sorbet-orange & cut-page-style deckle side-edging, NEW blue linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ "John Updike" & design element handsomely silver-stamped on front panel & titles & design elements elegantly silver-stamped on spine, NEW binding w/ uniformly tight sheets, IMMACULATE cream-white end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in digitized Janson on SUPERB unblemished paper * 6.50" x 9.50" x 2.02", 1.38 kg, xv+838 (853) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: A harvest & not a winnowing, "The Early Stories" preserves almost all of the short fiction John Updike published between 1954 & 1975. The stories are arranged in 8 sections, of which the first, "Olinger Stories," already appeared as a paperback in 1964; in its introduction, Updike described Olinger, Pennsylvania, as "a square mile of middle-class homes physically distinguished by a bend in the central avenue that compels some side streets to deviate from the grid pattern." These 11 tales, whose heroes age from 10 to over 30 but remain at heart Olinger boys, are followed by groupings titled "Out in the World," "Married Life," & "Family Life," tracing a common American trajectory. Family life is disrupted by the advent of "The Two Iseults," a bifurcation originating in another small town, Tarbox, Massachusetts, where the Puritan heritage co-exists w/ post-Christian morals. "Tarbox Tales" are followed by "Far Out," a group of more or less experimental fictions on the edge of domestic space, & "The Single Life," whose protagonists are unmarried & unmoored. Of these 103 stories, 80 first appeared in The New Yorker, & the other 23 in journals from the enduring Atlantic Monthly and Harper's to the defunct Big Table and Transatlantic Review. All show Mr. Updike's wit & verbal felicity, his reverence for ordinary life, & his love of the transient world. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "He is a religious writer; he is a comic realist; he knows what everything feels like, how everything works. He is putting together a body of work which in substantial intelligent creation will eventually be seen as second to none in our time." - William H. Pritchard, The Hudson Review, reviewing "Museums and Women" (1972) * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, & spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker, & since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the author of 50-odd previous books, including 20 novels & numerous collections of short stories, poems, & criticism. His fiction has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, & the Howells Medal. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE custom wraps, labels & packages this fine book w/ our greatest care for secure prompt FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional $12.00 fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international destinations at our posted below-cost rates.
Seller: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories, 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$36.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2003 Hard Cover. xv, 838 pp. "A harvest and not a winnowing, The Early Stories preserves almost all of the short fiction John Updike published between 1954 and 1975. The stories are arranged in eight sections, of which the first, ?Olinger Stories,? already appeared as a paperback in 1964; in its introduction, Updike described Olinger, Pennsylvania, as ?a square mile of middle-class homes physically distinguished by a bend in the central avenue that compels some side streets to deviate from the grid pattern.? These eleven tales, whose heroes age from ten to over thirty but remain at heart Olinger boys, are followed by groupings titled ?Out in the World,? ?Married Life,? and ?Family Life,? tracing a common American trajectory. Family life is disrupted by the advent of ?The Two Iseults,? a bifurcation originating in another small town, Tarbox, Massachusetts, where the Puritan heritage co-exists with post-Christian morals. ?Tarbox Tales? are followed by ?Far Out,? a group of more or less experimental fictions on the edge of domestic space, and ?The Single Life,? whose protagonists are unmarried and unmoored. Of these one hundred three stories, eighty first appeared in The New Yorker, and the other twenty-three in journals from the enduring Atlantic Monthly and Harper's to the defunct Big Table and Transatlantic Review. All show Mr. Updike's wit and verbal felicity, his reverence for ordinary life, and his love of the transient world.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Early Stories 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf New York 2003, 2003.
Price: US$43.60 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xv + 838pp., index, Neat ownership signature & one notation o/w 'as new'
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Minor wear to bottom of spine.
Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
The Early Stories: 1953-1975 Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975 Updike, John. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Aragon Books Canada, OTTAWA, ON, Canada
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof. Yellow wrappers. Slight creasing else near fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. THE EARLY STORIES: 1953-1975 (INSCRIBED AND SIGNED). ALFRED A. KNOPF: NEW YORK, 2003.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOHN UPDIKE ON THE FRONT BLANK END PAGE. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER.
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE EARLY STORIES: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003.
Price: US$60.56 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 3
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories 1953 - 1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. Signed 'John Updike,' on the front free endpaper in blue pen. $35.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Attractive copy. No markings.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
John Updike. THE EARLY STORIES : 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$79.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition stated. ; 9.30 X 6.30 X 2.30 inches; 864 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2003.
Price: US$104.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A square solid tight very carefully read copy. The blue cloth boards are somewhat dusty, the dye to the top edge of the text block looks faded, the edges of the text block have some light soil. The priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, light edge wear, a short wrinkle to the front panel. A huge book, 860 plus pages with virtually none of the wear and tear normally exhibited with a book this size this old. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. This copy has been signed John Updike on the ffep.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Uncommon signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbed spot. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, a very chunky book. Best, 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.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little wrinkle at the bottom of the front panel. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, warm regards as always, 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.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.