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Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Good in Good dust jacket. Used with foxing and wear but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. The Music School: Short Stories.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: 260 [2] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. Second issue. Slightest of sunning at top edge; otherwise fine in a jacket with a few light marks and use at the extremities of the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$11.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 259 pages; The dust jacket has minor wear and soiling, the book is overall well taken care of.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE.JOHN.. THE MUSIC SCHOOL.. ALFRED A KNOPF.NEW YORK.1966., 1966.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION.BOOK IS NF IN VG DJ WITH STAINING ON THE COVER.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight sunning to jacket spine; slight rubbing and browning, price clip to jacket; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. [10], 259, [3] pages. Contains 20 short stories in all (including the First O. Henry Prize award winner for 1966, "The Bulgarian Poetess"). Fairly well-preserved copy. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School: Stories. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. First edition, First printing. Second issue (pp 45-46 a cancel leaf). Mauve cloth and blue boards, yellow top page edges. A good copy, with prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown and prior owner's name and address on front end-paper. The prior owner was John Paul Marquand Jr., the son of the American author. Spine slant. Price of $4.95 intact on jacket flap. Some water-staining to jacket and rear cover of book. There were in all 10K copies of the first printing, including all three issues. The fourth collection of short stories from Updike, all first appearing in The New Yorker, including "The Bulgarian Poetess," the O. Henry Prize winner for 1966.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Music School. Short Stories.. Albred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue boards with rose cloth spine. Spine faded.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Updike, John. The Music School: short stories. Knopf, NY, 1966.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All 20 of these stories first appeared in The New Yorker and written in the same order they have here. Fading to spine.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Updike, John.. THE MUSIC SCHOOL: SHORT STORIES.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. dj, 1966.
Price: US$16.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover - 2nd printing. Collection of 20 short stories which originally appeared in 'The New Yorker.' 260 pp. Near fine in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, some soiling to dj and wear to spine.)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. NY, 1966.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NYC: Knopf, 1966. 1st edition, VG/G. Book has some light edge wear, some soiling to page edges, former owner name & date on title page. DJ has wear & 1 chip to spine ends, light wear to corners, some color fade to spine, some smudging (rubbing) overall. Second state to DJ with the quotation marks at the beginning of the poem on p. 46, in the correct place. 20 stories, 260 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$18.50 + shipping
Description: A square solid tight clean carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil, minor board soil. The first state 4.95/ 9/66 plain paper jacket has some light soil, some edgewear, browning at folds spine and rear panel. This is the second state of the first edition with the corrected page tipped in.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$18.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Updike's fourth collection of short stories, all of which first appeared in "The New Yorker;" First Edition, Second Printing with line 15 on page 46 corrected; boards slightly bumped, previous owner's inscription on inside front cover; price-clipped dustjacket is edgeworn, with small tears at bottom edges of front and back panels.
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 259pp. A crisp, clean copy, about fine, in a very good dust jacket, darkened ont he spine and offset onthe rear panel. A crisp, firm copy. This is the second issue, with pp. 45-46 a cancel.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. NEW YORK NY ALFRED A KNOPF CO PUB 1966., 1966.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: VG/VG+. 2ND ISSUE WITH CORRECTED PAGE 45/46 TIPPED-IN BOOK IS LIGHTLY BUMPED AT THE CORNERS WITH SOME LIGHT RUBBING OF THE BOTTOM EDGES AND EVIDENCE OF BOOK PLATE REMOVAL FROM THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. D.J. HAS A 1/4" DEEP FAINT WATER STAIN AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE WITH SOME SHALLOW CHIPPING AND A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOP CORNER OF THE REAR FLAP, A TINY TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT FLAP, AND A DARKENED AREA ON THE SPINE PANEL WHERE A LABEL WAS REMOVED. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is 2ND ISSUE.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$21.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The fourth collection of short stories from Updike, all first appearing in The New Yorker, including "The Bulgarian Poetess," the O. Henry Prize winner for 1966; second issue text, with transposed lines of poetry on Page 46 corrected, has short inscription by previous owner on front pastedown, o/w clean, tight, square copy; yellow dustjacket shows some minor surface defects and edgewear but no chips or tears. A collectable copy.
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL: SHORT STORIES. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York, 1966.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 259 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine yellow with black lettering. Spine has moderate age toning with few instances of minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slightly sunned with lightly rubbed head/tail edges. Text block has mildly age toned edges with a circled red 'H' stamped to the front free end paper. First Edition. 1372299. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Updike John. The Music School short Stories :. New York.A.A.Knopf.1966 stated first ediiton, 1966.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: cloth hard cover.8Vo.259 pages.very good copy.no Jacket.
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alferd A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue. Fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with a bit of toning on the spine. An attractive copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alferd A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a bit of toning on the spine and a tiny tear. An attractive copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Excellent book and good dj. Dj has some 2 rsmall defects on spine and is discolored and aged. No writing or underlining in the book. Price not clipped. 8Vo.259 pages.
Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School; Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [11], 3-259, [3] pp. Quarter magenta cloth over blue paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. Stated First Edition, second state with the error corrected on page 46. First state dust jacket. A Near Fine book with a couple traces of bookplate removal on the free front endpaper and a faint remnant of a stamp on the half-title page; jacket is close to Fine.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1966.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1966 Knopf FIRST edition, 1st issue with "The king" on line 15 of page 46 (as opposed to "The King" in the 2nd issue). This book is in VG/VG condition. The HB is very clean with a mild bowing in the boards. The DJ is not price clipped, carries the printed red 9/66 on the front flap and retains its bright yellow color. There are several professionally repaired small tears with minor fraying at each spine end. The publisher tinted the upper page edges in a yellow complementing the color of the dust jacket. The text is clean with no writing, marking, book plate, or remainder marks. A very lovely copy of a very early Updike! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books and carries many of Updike's FIRSTS, some signed!**
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second issue with pages 45-46 a cancel. Near fine with light fading along the extreme edges of the boards in a very good dustwrapper with a darkened spine, soiling.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$30.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st state with page 46 tipped in. VG+ with some edgewear and light foxing to outer edge, sun-fading to head and heel of spine in VG price clipped DJ with wear to extremities, shallow chipping to head and heel of sun faded spine panel, several 1/5" closed tears on upper edge of lightly dust soiled rear panel.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
UPDIKE, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$31.30 + shipping
Description: Second issue with pages 45-46 a cancel, the first issue rather uncommon. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a repaired chip at the head of the spine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first edition. Light tanning to 1/4" of top edge of jacket, else a fine, clean, unclipped copy. Out of print. In a Mylar dj cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$39.57 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: There is a fingernail sized spot to base of the book's spine, cloth just slightly lighter there. The very good dust jacket has a narow strip to its front panel where the uppermost layer of paper has peeled off, with a nail head sized perforation at its terminus. The strip is roughly one quarter inch wide and an inch and a half long. . Very good in a very good dust jacket. The first edition, published by Knopf in 1966, third state the integral page 45-46, and stanza on page 46 beginning ' The king. '. All three states of the first edition ( quantity of each unknown ) constitute a printing of 10,000 copies.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue with page 46 a cancel. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tear, and very slight tonig to the spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning on the spine and tiny tears. [Roberts A16b].
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$41.34 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$44.32 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$44.38 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$44.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some light soil/browning to the top edge of the text block, light board fading to extremities. The first state 4.95/ 9/66 plain paper jacket has some light soil/browning, some edge wear, a scar to the spine area caused by tag removal. This is the second state of the first edition with the corrected page 45-46 tipped in. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.This copy has been signed John Updike on the title page.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School - short stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 262 pp, stated First Edition, 2nd state - p. 45-46 tipped in by the publisher, rust cloth-backed & blue papered (5.2" x 8.2") boards, in price clipped cream colored DJ. Size: Small 4to
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$45.75 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Buy for Great customer experience
Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School; Short Stories. Alflred A Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. 259 pp., A near fine copy (faint foxing to fore edge) in a fine and unclipped dj. First edition, first state with poetry lines transposed on page 46.
Seller: Smythe Books LLC, Hoschton, GA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue with page 46 a cancel. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a couple of small stains on the rear panel. A lovely copy of a scarce book in this condition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, third issue. Red "H" stamped on front fly, else fine in a price-clipped near fine dustwrapper with a bit of soiling and tiny tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alferd A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with the spine sunned and light rubbing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Second issue with the tipped in cancel page. A collection of short stories from the author of "Rabbit, Run." A bright near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a few edge tears to the top of the spine and corners and some light soiling and a few spots. Still, a nice copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN.. The Music School. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; second state (or perhaps, as often referred to, 'issue'). Very good in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust Jacket. Very Good. Spine sunned. In protective Mylar wraps. Price unclipped. (Dust Jacket only. Book not included).
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$63.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.9
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School Short Stories. New York: Knopf, 1966, New York, 1966.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hard Cover with Cloth Spine. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 1/4 X 8". Price on jacket not clipped. Jacket is in a protective cover. Spine portion of jacket slightly sunned. First edition stated., third state with line fifteen on page forty-six beginning, "The King.". There is the slightest of bumps on the top edge of the front cover. 260 pages. Books normally mailed within 24 hours. Scan of cover is available.
Seller: Pages of the Past, Fort Ripley, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$67.59 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Book is in NEW condition.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Music School, 1st Edition and 1st state with the order of two of the lines in the poetic quotation on page 46 reversed, line 15 starts "the state " The book is in fine with a very small scratch on the front cover, seemingly unread in a fine unblemished dw. Book in Fine, almost new condition. The dw in a protective removable acetate cover. A Pristine Book of this rare first state. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
John Updike. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Music School, 1st Edition and 1st state with the order of two of the lines in the poetic quotation on page 46 reversed, line 15 starts "the state " The book is in mint, unread condition. The dust jacket with light damp stain at the top of the spine as only defect, keeping it from being a mint copy overall, otherwise without any blemish, staining or sunning. Book, Mint and DW NF or better. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1966. Second state, page 45-46 tipped in and page 46 stanza reading ' The king.' A fine copy of the book in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. The Music School: Short Stories.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 260 [2] pp. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. First edition. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; very slight sunning to edges of boards; in a jacket with a lightly tanned spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alferd A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue. Tiny spot on the foredge, else fine in a fine dustwrapper with a very faint spot at the edge of the front flap fold. A pretty copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first state. Fine in near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket, short tear in front panel near spine. Advance Review Copy with publisher slip laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex Lib
Seller: Chicago Signed Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN.. The Music School. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; third state. Very nearly fine in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School (Mint Book & DJ Jacket). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Music School, 1st Edition and 2nd state with the order of two of the lines in the poetic quotation on page 46 reversed, line 15 starts "The King " Bookf is NF. Minor shelfwear in a NF jacket, with a few marks, close tear at the top of front flap. Signed by Updike; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$76.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarter bound in reddish pink cloth over light blue boards. Spine has lettering of jacket transposed thru but it is not obvious or unattractive. First edition stated (3rd state with correction). Tight, square copy. Jacket has some light toning around spine and top edge. Minor chipping at base of spine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$79.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. The Music School, 1st Edition and 1st state with the order of two of the lines in the poetic quotation on page 46 reversed, line 15 starts "the state " The book is in fine with a very small scratch on the front cover, seemingly unread in a fine unblemished dw. Book in Fine, almost new condition. The dw in a protective removable acetate cover. A Pristine Book of this rare first state. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$80.67 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In Mylar cover. Page 46 line 15 starts "The king." Out of print. Binding is cloth boards.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The true first edition, published by Knopf in the USA in 1966. This copy is in the second state, with the typographical error corrected on page (please see scans). The first state printing has an error on p.46: the poem cited has opening quotation marks at the second line instead of the first. ***Very good in blue paper over mauve cloth-covered boards, with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean with just a light tape offsetting mark to the front board. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corner tips very slightly creased. Page block edges slightly foxed. Top edge of page block stained yellow by the publisher to match the dustwrapper. No reading lean. Spine tight. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good colour printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of $4.95, and with the date code 9/66 at the bottom corner of the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with the extremities just slightly rubbed and creased. No chips or tears. There are some light handling marks on the dustwrapper, but no fading, although the spine is slightly browned. Dustwrapper bright. ***262 pages including a Note about the Author and a Note on the Type at the back of the book. 210mm x 132mm. ***Contents: “In Football Season” (November 10, 1962), “The Indian” (August 17, 1963), “Giving Blood” (April 6, 1963), “A Madman” (December 22, 1962), “Leaves” (November 14, 1964), “The Stare” (April 3, 1965), "Avec La Bebe-Sitter" (January 1, 1966), "Twin Beds in Rome" (February 8, 1964), "Four Sides of One Story" (October 9, 1965), “The Morning” (July 18, 1964), "At a Bar in Charlotte Amalie" (January 11, 1964), "The Christian Roommates" (April 4, 1964), "My Lover Has Dirty Fingernails" (July 17, 1965), "Harv is Plowing Now" (April 23, 1966), “The Music School” (December 12, 1964), “The Rescue” (May 9, 1964), “The Dark” (October 31, 1964), “The Bulgarian Poetess” (March 13, 1965), "The Family Meadow" (July 24, 1965), “The Hermit” (February 20, 1965) ***'John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems appeared in The New Yorker starting in 1954. He also wrote regularly for The New York Review of Books. His most famous work is his "Rabbit" series (the novels Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit at Rest; and the novella Rabbit Remembered), which chronicles the life of the middle-class everyman Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom over the course of several decades, from young adulthood to death. Both Rabbit Is Rich (1981) and Rabbit at Rest (1990) were awarded the Pulitzer Prize.' (Wiki) ***A true first US edition, in the second state with printer's error corrected, complete in the original dustwrapper, in very good condition. Uncommon in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Updike, John. The Music School: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition, second state, page 46, line 15 "The King." Signed by John Updike directly on the half-title page. Book with two small indentations to front cover, else fine; dust jacket with dime size stain along mid-spine/back cover, some tanning to spine, and faint tanning to cover margins and a trace of edge wear.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
John Updike. THE MUSIC SCHOOL SHORT STORIES. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner nameplate on front end page. Front flap is corner clipped with price visiable. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: The Music School, 1st Edition and 1st state with the order of two of the lines in the poetic quotation on page 46 reversed, line 15 starts "the state " Book in mint seemingly unread condition. DW with two small closed tears at the bottom of the back cover, but otherwise as new. The dw in a protective removable acetate cover. Fine Condition overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Updike, John.. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Short Stories.. Knopf., New York, 1966.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Knopf, 1966. The first issue of the first edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Close to fine.
Seller: Chloe's Books, Loomis, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. The music school. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$93.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state, 8vo, pp. [10], 262; fine in jacket. Updike's third collection of short stories.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. The music school. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$93.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state, 8vo, pp. [10], 262; fine in jacket. Updike's third collection of short stories.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The second state of the first edition ( stanza on a tipped in page 46 beginning ' The king. ' ) published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1966. A near fine copy of the book with just a touch of faint spotting to the page edges in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Previous owner signature. This copy has been inscribed by Updike.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School; Short Stories [FIRST EDITION]. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Violet quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 259 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges and a light red scuff at top edge of front cover. Book is fine. This is a first edition of Updike's 1966 short story collection. This is the scarce 2nd state, with the publisher's tipped-in p. 46, with line 15 beginning with "The king."
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Short stories. Second state, with error corrected on page 46 on a tipped-in leaf (the third state correction was on an integral leaf). Fine in dustjacket with only faint tanning to pale yellow background on spine panel, one short closed edge tear and a couple tiny nicks.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards with cloth spine. 260pp. 1st state with lines transposed on p.46. Cloth sunned at very top & bottom edges of spine. Paper used for center signatures has yellowed. Else very good in unchipped dust jacket. Spine of jacket just a bit sunned. Not price-clipped.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue with pages 45-46 a cancel. Fine in fine dustwrapper with none of the usual tanning or wear. A lovely copy of a scarce book in this condition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Second Issue of p. 46, on a stub. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket First edition, Second Issue of p. 46, on a stub.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue , with page 45/46 tipped-in, with the corrected text. 262pp. 8vo. Signed on half-title. Roberts A16b A fine copy in near fine dust jacket First edition, second issue , with page 45/46 tipped-in, with the corrected text.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$127.80 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Sunning to jacket. Stated First Edition. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$145.14 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: john updike's fourth volume of short stories.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Inscribed by Updike, a collection of short stories, in the second state of collation. There is a thumbnail sized chip to the base of the jacket, otherwise both book and jacket are sharp and bright. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The first edition, published by Knopf in 1966.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this collection of short stories, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1966. Second state, with stanza on a tipped in page 46 beginning ' The king. ' A very attractive copy, inscribed by Updike - ' Yes, this is a dear collection, Best Wishes, John Updike. ' The book is near fine with a very faint spot to the yellow top edge stain. Near fine dust jacket, devoid of wear or chipping, with just a shade of toning to the spine. The $4.95 price on the dust jacket flap has a line written through it, and $3.79 is written directly underneath.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. NEW YORK NY ALFRED A KNOPF CO 1966., 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: F/NF. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE / 2ND ISSUE WITH CORRECTED PAGE 45/46 TIPPED-IN D.J. IS FINE BUT FOR A FAINT SMALL CIRCULAR PINK STAIN ON THE REAR PANEL AT THE SPINE EDGE. A VERY FRESH ALMOST NEW LOOKING COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL: Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state. Near fine with light wear and bumping to spine ends and corners. In a fine dust jacket with a small stamp on the front flap.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
John Updike. The Music School (Mint Book & DJ Jacket). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Music School, 1st Edition and 1st state with the order of two of the lines in the poetic quotation on page 46 reversed, line 15 starts "the state " Both the book and dust wrapper in mint condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
UPDIKE, John. The music school. Short stories. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Publisher's cloth, author's name in silver on front cover, in a near-perfect unclipped dust jacket ($4.95 on top front flap); other than some minor ink smudges on the contents page (likely from the printer), interior excellent.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Knopf, New York, New York, 1966.
Price: US$158.13 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine Book, & Very Good Jacket, clip, toned , edge wear, Signed 1st ed 2nd state in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, scarce second state with revised p. 46 tippen in with the quote starting "The king, observing with judicious eyes,." First state has the quote starting with: "The state of both his universities,." There is a third state with the tipped in page incorporated. Bright yellow jacket, small brown stain on back near bottom price not clipped ($4.95); owner's signature Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, scarce second state with revised p. 46 tippen in with the quote starting "The king, observing with judicious eyes,." First state has the quote starting with: "The state of both his universities,." There is a third state with the tipped in page incorporated. Signed by Updike on the ffep; Yellow dj shows the typical browning common to this title; light chipping to top and bottom edges and 1-2 small closed tears on back cover; brownspotting to edges of text; dj not price clipped ($4.95) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 260 pages. First edition, first printing. First issue with page 46: 15 starting "The State" on integral page. Dust jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. His fourth book of short stories. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$288.73 + shipping
Description: [American Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[10] 260 [2]. Publisher's purple quarter cloth with silver titles to spine, and silver titles to blue paper over boards. Top edge yellow. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by S. Neil Fujita, priced at $4.95. Just a touch of rubbing to jacket edges. A lovely crisp, bright fine copy.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 272 pages. First edition, first printing. Second issue with page 46: 15 starting "The King" on a tipped in page. Inscribed by Updike on the first sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, very scarce first state of this early collection of short stories with the quote on p.46 starting: "The state of both his universities."There were second and third states of this first edition. The yellow dj is not price clipped "$4.95) but shows light browning, darkest on the spine. A wonderful collection of Updike short stories with the first appearance of the classic "In Football Season" with the opening lines: "Do you remember a fragrance girls acquire in autumn?" Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. THE MUSIC SCHOOL: SHORT STORIES. ALFRED A. KNOPF: NEW YORK, 1966.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION. FIRST ISSUE WITH PAGE 46 STARTING: "The state of both his universities,". REVIEW SLIP LAID IN. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER. PRISTINE CONDITION. NO FLAWS, NO EXCUSES.
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First printing, with error on page 46 as called for. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Ella Scull / with best wishes / John Updike." Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faintly foxed on the first five leaves and page edges. Jacket lightly faded on the spine panel, with brief rubbing at the corners.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. The Music School. Short Stories.. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$363.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, first state (with transposed lines on p.46), signed by the author on title-page; 8vo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, fine, dust-jacket, a little light spotting and slightly darkened, overall very good. A collection of short stories from one of America's masters of the medium, John Updike; signed by the author.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Updike, John. The Music School. Knopf, New York, New York, 1966.
Price: US$537.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine Book, small push to corners & Near Fine Jacket, clip, lightly toned, no tears, chips, marks, First Edition, First Print with mistake to page 46, Signed in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first issue. One corner a tiny bit bumped else fine in slight spine-toned, very near fine dustwrapper with two tiny tears. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, 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. A scarce book in this issue.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Music School. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second state with pages 45-46 as a cancel. Slight printer's paper flaw else fine in dustwrapper with offsetting on the front panel, but which would otherwise be fine. Inscribed by Updike to Susan and Neil Sheehan: "to the Sheehans with best wishes and thanks for your caring. John Updike." Updike and Susan Sheehan were colleagues at *The New Yorker* for nearly 50 years, both, among other things, contributing frequently to *The Talk of the Town*. Both won Pulitzer Prizes: Updike for *Rabbit is Rich* and *Rabbit at Rest*; Sheehan for General Non-Fiction for her 1983 book *Is There No Place on Earth for Me?* Her husband, Neil Sheehan won the Pulitzer and a National Book Award for his 1989 book *A Bright Shining Lie*, as well as obtaining and providing The Pentagon Papers to *he New York Times*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Galleys in spiralbound blue wrappers. Narrow Quarto. Galley sheets printed on the rectos only. The intended price ($4.95) and publication date (August 1966) have been added to the front cover in holograph ink in an unknown hand. This copy has been inscribed by Updike on the title page to his bibliographer: "for Michael Broomfield / John Updike." Traces of a label removal on both the lower front and rear wrappers, some light creasing to the wrapper edges, else about near fine. Please contact Clouds Hill Books for additional details and an illustrated catalogue of this item.
Seller: Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.