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John Updike. On Meeting Authors. The Wickford Press, 1968.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine, Signed copy of On Meeting Authors by John Updike. Early limited edition, 1 of 250 copies, not issued Signed. This copy is even more uncommon, as it is Signed.
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. On Meeting Authors. Wickford Press, Newburyport, 1968.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A limited edition of a humorous essay on encounters with (other) famous authors, which first appeared in the New York Times. Number 56 of 250 numbered copies. Issued unsigned, this copy is inscribed by the author in 1997: For ___ ___ and her fabulous collection/ Cheers, John Updike." One of Updike's earliest limited editions, done the same year as Bath After Sailing and The Angels. Although the limitation of this title is larger than either of those, we have encountered it just as infrequently. Faint sunning at the edge of the spine, else fine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. On Meeting Authors. Wickford Press, Newburyport, 1968.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers with applied printed label. Fine. Copy number 12 of 250 numbered copies. Issued unsigned, this copy is Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, who has never met me. 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, and a very uncommon title. One of Updike's earliest and scarcest limited editions.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.