Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
John Updike. Marry Me: A Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8in. 303pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Peggy Johnson, John Updike." FINE/AS NEW in Near Fine dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself is flawless. The dust jacket shows the slightest shelf rubbing, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining Fine/As New. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. MARRY ME: A Romance. Alfre A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition, limited to 300 SIGNED and numbered copies, this being #177. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket, housed in a Near Fine slipcase. 8vo. SIGNED by Updike on the limitations page. Blue and red cloth boards in blue dust jacket, housed in the publisher's illustrated slipcase. Very light wear to the slip case.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
John Updike. Marry Me (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The limited issue, one of 300 copies numbered and signed by Updike. A lovely copy in DJ and publisher's slipcase.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. Marry Me (Signed 1st Printing). Knopf, USA, 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A superb and fine copy in an equally fine unclipped dustjacket. This copy is signed by Updike in his customary green ink on the title page--without any inscriptions. Tight and clean--flawless--in gift quality condition--both book and dustjacket. Red topstain is as new--a superb collectible copy. Protected in an acrylic dustjacket covering.
Seller: Classic First Editions-- IOBA, La Quinta, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Marry Me - a Romance (Signed). Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The novel was well received by critics. In The Atlantic, Richard Todd said: "Marry Me, for all its playfulness, is Updike's most mature work. His writing has deepened, grown wiser and funnier, like a face that is againg well". A fine book, signed by Updike on the front endpaper. Fine dust jacket with a small fold on the front flap and price written below the printed price, unclipped. Now in a protective / removable acetate cover. Collectible signed copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance [Signed]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); light blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and silver on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [xii],303,[5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Faint foxing to text edges and endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95), with a diagonal crease to lower rear flap, and scattered foxing on verso; Near Fine.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. MARRY ME [Signed]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 303 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Housed in publisher's gray slip case. Spine dark blue with burgundy text. Textblock clean with top edge dyed blue. Signed flat by Updike on limitation page. Shelved in Hardcover Fiction. 1374750. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Updike's eighth novel set in Connecticut in 1962 describing an affair between two married people. SIGNED, inscribed & dated by the Author on front endpaper. Fiction, Novel, Updike, Signed
Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Updike's eighth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Updike on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. âMarry Me is superb, sharp, witty, perceptive, honest. . . . With keen intelligence, Updike has cut a slice of life the width of one town, the height of one feverish summer, the depth of four people trying to understand why their center does not holdâ"and turned it into a mirror of our modern popular wisdom" (Chicago Daily News). It was well received by critics. In The Atlantic, Richard Todd enthusiastically welcomed the book: "'Marry Me,' for all its playfulness, is Updike's most mature work. His writing has deepened, grown wiser and funnier, like a face that is aging well."[1] In Newsweek, Peter S. Prescott called the novel Updike's most affecting. "This understatement, this unwavering vision fixed on only four characters, is a part of what makes the story so effective. Updike's best fiction has always been his most narrowly focused; in this novel the plot is directâ"complex without becoming complicated by symbols thrashing obstrusively just behind the canvasâ"and refreshingly free from the portentousness that has marred several of his most ambitious novels. 'Mary Me' is the best written and least self-conscious of Updike's longer fiction; it contains his most sophisticated and sympathetic portraits of women. It is quite simply, Updike's best novel yet. I can't believe that anyone married or divorced could read it without being moved."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 303pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket and publisher's slipcase (slipcase a bit sunned at the extremities). This is number 59 of 300 limited specially bound copies SIGNED by Updike on the limitation page.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with a slight scuff on the spine. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition. Rear gutter starting with spine slightly cocked, narrow dampstain along topedge of boards, else very good in a very good lightly toned dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front fly.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. MARRY ME. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 303pp. Limited Edition, #208 of 300 copies, SIGNED BY UPDIKE. Dustjacket spine is faded, and has small edge wrinkle to top. In original slipcase which is faded around edges.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine hardcover in Fine dustjacket in Near Fine publisher's decorative slipcase. Number 239 of 300 numbered copies signed by John Updike on limitation page.
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me : a Romance. New York : Knopf, 1976.
Price: US$137.85 + shipping
Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Flat signed by the author on the front free-endpaper. ; 303 pages; Subjects: Marriage--Fiction. Adultery--Fiction. Connecticut--Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Updike, John. Marry Me: A Romance - Signed Limited Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Description: Signed Limited edition in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. From the first Trade edition, 300 copies were signed by author John Updike directly on the limitation page (this is number 70). De Bellis/Broomfield A59c. Beautifully bound in burgundy cloth with blue spine and enclosed in Fine publisher's slipcase. A stunning collectible; Updike's eighth novel is subtitled "A Romance" because, in his words, "People don't act like that any more." Jerry Conant and Sally Mathias, in the Greenwood, CT of 1962 are in love and want to get married, though they are already married to others. (from the dust-jacket of the trade edition) ; 8vo; [xii], 303, [5] pages; Signed by Author Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing.
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me: a Romance - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A mostly Fine first Printing of the First Edition that is inscribed and signed by author John Updike on the front flyleaf in a Fine dust-jacket; This novel follows the sordid love affair of Jerry Conant and Sally Mathias as it flickers on and off throughout the summer of 1962 ; 8vo; 303 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition. Modestly dust-soiled, else fine in a near fine dust-soiled dust jacket housed in a near fine lightly age-toned slipcase. One of 300 copies Signed and numbered by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, blue cloth lettered in gilt and silver; unclipped pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A gorgeous copy signed by Updike.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me : a Romance. New York : Knopf, 1976.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Flat signed by the author on the front free-endpaper. ; 303 pages; Subjects: Marriage--Fiction. Adultery--Fiction. Connecticut--Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Marry Me: A Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper and fine slipcase. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. A beautiful copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me: A Romance (Signed Limited Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$208.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited Edition of just 300 numbered copies, this being #184. Signed boldly by Updike directly to the limitation page. The book is unread and is fine in a fine dust jacket - but for perhaps the slightest bit of sunning to the spine - and is encased in a fine pictorial cloth-covered slipcase. A beautiful collectible copy of a rather scarce Updike work. Please be sure to check out the other signed John Updike titles in my inventory. I ship all of my books bubble-wrapped in sturdy, very well-padded boxes, so they are guaranteed to arrive in the exact same condition as when they left. Please feel free to email with any questions/offers/trades and thank you for supporting small independent booksellers everywhere.
Seller: Dexter's Book Cellar, Stratford, CT, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 303 pages. First limited edition, one (116) of 300 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 20th book and his 9th novel. A couple carry on an affair in the summer of 1962. As new book in an as new dust jacket in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Updike. Marry Me: A Romance (SIGNED). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1976.
Price: US$247.50 + shipping
Description: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used; Like New. Alfred Knopf Inc 1976 Hardcover, Slipcased. SIGNED by author on limitations page. This is a limited signed edition of 300 copies, of which this is number 216. Book is near fine with a near fine dust jacket. Jacket is protected with a BroDart cover. Slipcase is fine. First Edition. . 1976. SLIPCASED.
Seller: Fleur Fine Books, Port Neches, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 303 pages. First edition, first printing. Advance review copy with publisher's laid in. His 20th book and his 9th novel. A couple carry on an affair in the summer of 1962. Signed 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. Marry Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Trade Edition of Updike's 8th novel; great association copy since it's inscribed by Updike to the publisher Stuart Wright Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me: a Romance. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: F/F, a tight solid sound impeccable copy in equally fine slipcase. ; 8vo, red cloth with blue spine, illus. Eps, 303pp. This is copy number 161 of 300 printed on special paper, specially bound and signed by the Author. Also includes matching slipcase. First Trade Edition [Limited/Numbered/Signed].
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Alfred A Knopf, 1976.
Price: US$445.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Alfred A Knopf - New York 1976. 4vo 205pp. Uncorrected Proof in blue wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked - covers lightly faded.
Seller: MCTbooks, Sandy, UT, U.S.A.