Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Updike, John. BATH AFTER SAILING A Poem. Country Squires Press, Stevenson, CT, 1968.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Softcover. Signed on the title-page by Updike. First separate edition of this poem. Copy #97 of 125 printed. French-folded wrappers sewn into printed card covers with front label. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. A fine copy, housed in a sturdy archival folder with 4 folding protective inner flaps.
Seller: Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC, DERRY, NH, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Bath After Sailing. (Country Squire), (Stevenson), 1968.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A single poem, and his first book to be issued as a limited edition. Copy number 54 of 125 numbered copies signed by the author. The slightest hint of edge sunning; else fine in saddle-stitched cardstock covers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Bath After Sailing. Country Squires Press, Stevenson, CT, 1968.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4 pages. First limited edition, one (90) of 125 numbered copies signed by Updike on the limitation page at the end of the book. Printed by Pendulum Press. A short poem musing on his mortality. His first limited edition. Single sheet, folded twice & hand-sewn into stiff card wrappers. Printed title brown label on the front cover. Fine book with a hint of tanning to the spine. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: One of 125 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.48. Single leaf, folded twice and hand-sewn into stiff card wrappers, with printed title label applied to front cover. Barest hint of sunning to extremities, else Fine. An attractive copy of Updike's first limited edition, a single poem.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.