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Updike, John. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism. Knopf, New York, 2007.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). $40.00 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. Also laid-in is original review from New York Times Book Review. 703 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. Due Consideration: Essays and Criticism. Knopf, New York, 2007.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The sixth and final collection of essays and literary criticism by Updike. A fine book, with light blue top stain in an as new dust jacket, now with archival protection. A warm / friendly presentation copy to noted bibliophile and Updike collector Albert Raman; "for Albert J. Raman with best wishes as always, John Updike". Updike even added a little speech bubble to the Knopf greyhound logo saying "ARF! ". A very fine collectable copy, warmly inscribed to a long time Updike collector. Provenance, from the Library of notable bibliophile and Updike collector Albert J Raman. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 703 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Flawless As-New condition 1st Edition/1st Printing hardcover in flawless As-New dust jacket SIGNED by the great John Updike on the title page without inscription. A superb collector's copy with provenance information included. It will be bubble-wrapped to protect the corners and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe delivery.
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition stated. Date on title page. Fine, if not new hardback in fine, if not new dust jacket (U.S.A. $40.00 Canada $50.00). Appears to be signed by author on title page.
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism (SIGNED). Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York, 2007.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED by John Updike on title page. Fine Like New with Fine Like New D. J. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by John Updike, and scarce thus.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, keep the faith and be of good cheer. All 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.
John Updike. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism. Knopf, New York, 2007.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page. Stated First Edition. Nice mint top stain.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 703 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY .
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Updike's sixth collection of essays and literary criticism. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Erica Jong who is in the index with my warm regards, John." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the movementâs redefinition of female sexuality. In interviews, Jong stated: âAt the time I wrote Fear of Flying, there was not a book that said women are romantic, women are intellectual, women are sexualâ"and brought all those things together⦠What [Isadora is] looking for is how to be a whole human being, a body and a mind, and that is what women were newly aware they needed in 1973.â The novel remains a feminist classic and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. John Updike's sixth collection of essays and literary criticism opens with a skeptical overview of literary biographies, proceeds to five essays on topics ranging from China and small change to faith and late works, and takes up, under the heading "General Considerations," books, poker, cars, and the American libido.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.