Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
John Updike. S.. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 279 pgs. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Very good+ hardcover copy in like dust jacket.
Seller: Berryville Old Book Shop, Berryville, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. (SIGNED). Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1988.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 280 pages, 8vo. Jacket unclipped. Stated First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper, thus: "For -----, Best wishes and good luck, John Updike, 11/28/01." Pink cloth boards with gold and silver-stamped lettering. Minor shelfwear to DJ: light rubbing along edges and covers. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. S.. Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988. A fine, signed collectible first edition copy of this novel by this Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author. First Edition, First Printing, as designated by "First Edition" printed on copyright page. A fine, signed hardcover copy, pink cloth covered boards, pink cloth covered spine with silver and gold lettering. Book is solid, spine is straight. Bottom board edges slightly worn from typical shelving, topstain solid but just short of perfect. Corners not bumped but short of sharp, top corner back board a bit frayed. Not ex-library, no previous owner markings, book plates, or remainder marks. Looks unread. Author signature and long inscription wishing a previous owner happy birthday on front free endpaper in black ink. Bright, vibrant unclipped dust jacket ($17.95 price intact). Minor sunning to top of flaps. Encased in Brodart Quik-Fold polyester acid-free dustjacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box.
Seller: Brothers' Fine and Collectible Books, IOBA, Humble, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. A Novel.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy in DJ. Signed by John Updike.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade 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. S.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed on the front free endpaper 'John Updike'. No markings. Stated First Edition. $17.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Review copy with laid in slip. The thirteenth novel from the multiple award winning author of the Rabbit Angstrom series. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Updike on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Signed by the author to a laid-in decorative bookplate. The book is absolutely fine in a fine dust jacket. The book appears unread -- binding square and tight -- and the dust jacket is now protected by a removable Brodart archival cover. Clean and bright, a pristine collectible copy. Please be sure to check out the other John Updike titles in our inventory. We ship all of our 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. S. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, pink cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Fine. Autographed by Updike on the flyleaf.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. S.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1988). 8vo. LIMITED edition one of 350 copies. This copy is unnumbered. SIGNED by Updike. Good, clean textblock. Only minor bumping to board spine ends. Toning to spine of Mylar dust jacket. Wear and slight fading to edges of gently rubbed slipcase with light wear to corners. Slight marking and scratching to slipcase bottom edge. NF/VG in VG slipcase.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. (Signed, Ltd.). Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York, 1988.
Price: US$76.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in original cloth, stamped in red and gold, in publisher's glassine dust jacket. In matching slipcase. A handsome copy. #222 out of 350 copies in this signed, limited edition. 269 pp.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An attractive first edition/first printing in about Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed and Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper; Satirical story of Sarah Worth who moves to Arizona to join the commune of Hindu leader Arhat while trying to keep her old life in New England in working order; 8vo; [8], 3-279, [1] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Bound in attractive pink cloth with silver and gold lettering. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper. De Bellis/Broomfield A121a; Boston bred Sarah Worth, a latter-day Hester Prynne, leaves her stifling security to live in a commune in Arizona with a Hindu religious leader called the Arhat. Through letters and tapes she sends to her family and friends, Sarah relates her struggle to reconcile old values with new realities. " a meditation upon American womanhood, a romance, and a religious comedy." (From the cover) ; 8vo; [8], 279, [1] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
John Updike. S - Including the Uncorrected Proof. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: John Updike's 13th novel. The story of S. Concerns Sarah Worth, a latterday Hester Prynne who has become enamored of a Hindu religious leader called the Arhat. A collectable set of the first printing and uncorrected proof. The book is in very fine condition. Inscribed to noted bibliophile and Updike collector Albert Raman; "For Albert Raman best wishes John Updike". Dust jacket is also very fine with no issues, unclipped. Now with archival cover for protection. A fine uncorrected proof, with some dust staining on the spine, also with archival cover. Tight and unread with a flier from Knopf laid in. Collectable set. Provenance, from the Library of notable bibliophile and Updike collector Albert J Raman. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper slightly creased on spine and fine cardboard slipcase. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Light diagonal crease on front fly (binding error) else fine in fine mylar dust dust jacket with a small impression on the spine in near fine slipcase with one corner bumped. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Light diagonal crease on front fly (binding error) else fine in fine mylar dust dust jacket with a small impression on the spine in fine slipcase. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in an about fine mylar dustwrapper with very slight wear on the corners in a fine slipcase. Copy 213 of 350 copies Signed by the author and specially bound.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine mylar dustwrapper in fine slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S.. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, Signed Limited, Not numbered, Updike signature on half title, In a slipcase.
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. S.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1988.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 279 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Updike. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 279 pages. First limited edition, one (225) of 350 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new book in an as new clear acetate dust jacket in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Trust Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 302 pages. First limited edition. One (127) of 350 numbered copies. Signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 31th book & 9th book of short stories. As new book in an as new clear acetate dust jacket in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S A Novel (Signed). Alfred Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Pink clothbound book in dustwrapper. 279 pp. Stated first edition. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Nice copy.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. (Signed Limited Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Number 238 from an edition of 350 specially bound copies. The thirteenth novel from the multiple award winning author of the Rabbit Angstrom series. A very fine copy in a very near fine acetate dust jacket with a publisher's crimp to the spine and in a very fine slipcase and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Signed by Updike on the limitation page.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author John Updike on the front flyleaf. There is little soiling to the rear bottom edge of the dust-jacket; The story of S. Revolves around Sarah Worth, a modern day Hester Prynne who joins a Hindu commune in Arizona after becoming enamored with the Arhat, the commune's leader. Told through the perspective of letters Sarah writes to her loved ones, this tale is Hester's version of the triangle from the Scarlet Letter; 8vo; [i-viii, 1-2] 3-279 [280] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue. Fine in fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper and cardboard slipcase. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin. 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.
UPDIKE, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. First edition, limited issue. Fine in fine unprinted acetate dust jacket and cardboard slipcase, in publisher's shrinkwrap. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author. Updike's 13th novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. ***Signed***. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed "John Updike / 10-22-97" on title page in black ink. John Updike was born on March 18, 1932, in Reading, Pennsylvania. His famous Rabbit series—including Rabbit, Run (1960); Rabbit Redux (1971); Rabbit Is Rich (1981, Pulitzer Prize); Rabbit at Rest (1990, Pulitzer Prize); and Rabbit Remembered (2001)—follows a very ordinary American man through the decades of the late 20th century. The most recent installment of the series, Rabbit Remembered, centers on characters from the earlier books in the wake of Rabbit's death. Updike died on January 27, 2009, in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Seller: Legends In History, Meadow Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. A Novel. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: John Updike died on January 27, 2009 at the age of 76. He leaves behind an extraordinary career and a large oevre. S is the author's 13th novel and was hailed as one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century. First edition, first printing, in pristine, unread condition . Written in the epistolary mode, a now-lost form as far as the novel is concerned, "S" is John Updike's brilliant re-telling of "The Scarlet Letter", from Hester's and all other proto-feminist heroines' point-of-view. As such, it anticipates "Gertrude and Claudius", his more direct re-telling of "Hamlet", from the eponymous and profoundly vulnerable characters' points-of-view. "S" follows a middle-aged doctor's wife named Sarah Worth as she leaves her stifling security for life on a desert commune with a Bhagwan-like religious leader named Arhat. Through letters back home, Sarah tells of her growing importance in the commune and her growing self-consciousness. Sex and Religion: In many ways (and with the exception of a figure like Philip Roth), Updike captured these closely intertwined American obsessions more truthfully and candidly than any other writer of his generation.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
John Updike. S. (SIGNED). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1988.
Price: US$224.95 + shipping
Description: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used; Like New. Alfred Knopf Inc 1988 Hardcover. SIGNED by author on limitations page. This First Edition book is one of 350 signed, numbered copies. This copy is number 248. Book is Fine in a Near Fine acetate dust wrapper and a Fine slipcase. Book Condition: Fine . 1988. SLIPCASED.
Seller: Fleur Fine Books, Port Neches, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S.. Alfred Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: S. by John Updike. Limited edition, signed and numbered in publishers slipcase. In special publishers binding in red cloth and gold lettering. This being number 328 of 350 copies. Publisher: Alfred Knopf, New York, 1988. Both book and slipcase in as new condition. 279 pages. A wonderful copy. Inventory number 10-160. Price: $300 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. S [Signed Limited]. Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1988.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: A fine, crisp, clean and tight copy in a fine slipcase and mylar cover. No bumped corners to book or slipcase. No tears or chips to mylar jacket. Slipcase has no splits or rubbing. Limited Edition, No 211 of 350 copies. A very nice copy in like new condition.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 244 pages. First limited edition, one (4) of 85 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new quarter calf Leather book in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. S. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 244 pages. First limited edition, one (II) of 12 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. His 32nd book and 13th novel. His take of "The Scarlet Letter" from Hester's point-of-view. As new full leather calf book in an as new slipcase. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.