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Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is hard-bound in blue cloth with red stamping on the upper cover and gilt stamping on the spine, in a price-clipped dust jacket with faint soiling/foxing and light edge-wear. The covers show light scuffing/soiling, edge-wear, and a damp-stain spot at the top of the upper cover. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is Signed/Inscribed by John Updike on the title-page. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: Bookplate signed by Updike loosely laid-in at title page. First printing. Oblong octavo (20cm x 26cm). Blue pictorial cloth, titled in brown on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [32pp]; illus. A fine copy in price-clipped, otherwise Near Fine dustwrapper. A work for children, richly illustrated by Warren Chappell.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
John. Updike. Bottom's Dream. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition, First Printing. NOT price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Signed on title page by John Updike (flat signed, no inscription). Quarto. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold and black. Book is like new; clean, tight, sharp corners, bright spine lettering. Dust jacket has a few small tears along top edge. A very nice signed copy of this scarce John Updike title. Not a remainder. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Bottom's Dream. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of Updike's adaptation of Shakespeare's ' A Midsummer Night's Dream ', published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1969. Illustrated by Warren Chappell, music by Felix Mendelssohn. Bound in publisher's library binding with illustrated cloth boards. John Updike has signed the title page of this copy. Near fine with light rubbing at tips and a light spot to the front endpaper.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, trade issue. Illustrated by Warren Chappell. Music by Felix Mendelssohn. Oblong thin quarto. Foxing on the boards, thus very good in very good or better dustwrapper with a couple very small nicks and tears. Signed by Updike.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Illustrated by Warren Chappell. Music by Felix Mendelssohn. Oblong thin quarto. Fine in pictorial cloth and very good dustwrapper with a chip on the rear panel, and a couple of tears. Signed by Updike.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.