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Updike, John. Self-Consciousness : Memoirs. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989. Signed by Updike on title page; first trade edition; dust jacket lightly age-toned, otherwise very good protected in brodart; book spine ends lightly bumped; edges lightly soiled; ffep has minor soiling and faint erasures; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted. . Signed by Author. First Trade. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition. Near fine with boards very slightly bowed, in a near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf; New York, 1989.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Burgundy binding with gold lettering on cover and gold and silver lettering on spine. Pictorial DJ present and in very good condition, still glossy, with a protective mylar cover. 257 pages. Date of 1989 on title page. "First Trade Edition" written on copyright page. Signed by author in blue ink on first fly-leaf. Binding good and tight. Pages clean and square.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness. Memoirs.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy in DJ or the first trade edition. Signed by John Updike.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness : Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed on the front free endpaper, 'for Peg Best wishes John Updike 3/18/89.' Stated First Trade Edition. Spotting and small stains to fore page edges. $18.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to noted book collector Stratford Carter on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. John Updikeâs memoirs consist of six Emersonian essays that together trace the inner shape of the life, up to the age of fifty-five, of a relatively fortunate American male. The author has attempted, his foreword states, âto treat this life, this massive datum which happens to be mine, as a specimen life, representative in its odd uniqueness of all the oddly unique lives in this world.â In the service of this metaphysical effort, he has been hair-raisingly honest, matchlessly precise, and self-effacingly humorous. He takes the reader beyond self-consciousness, and beyond self-importance, into sheer wonder at the miracle of existence.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
John Updike. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 257 pages. First edition, first printing. A memoir in seven chapters summarize his life from childhood through adulthood. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. Advance review copy with publisher's sheet laid in. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Updike, John. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; Memoirs by John Updike. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED by the Author on the half-title, 8vo, tan cloth with "John Updike" in silver on cover, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with photo of young Updike (unclipped) & another photo of him signing a book on the back panel, photographic endpapers of the Updike extended family, xii + 257 pages + [1] Notes. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark laid in. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: SIGNED by the AUTHOR! De Bellis & Broomfield, A127(b) John Updike (1932 - 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books. "John Updike's memoirs consist of six chapters in which he writes of his home town, his psoriasis, his stuttering, his discomfort during the Vietnam war, his Updike ancestors, and his religion and sense of self."--jacket. His sensitive memoir is full of insight, humor, pain, and self-awareness. It takes the brilliant author's life up to his 55th year.
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
John Updike. Self-Consciousness - Includes the Uncorrected Proof. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: John Updike's memoirs consist of six chapters in which he writes of his home town, his psoriasis, his stuttering, his discomfort during the vietnam war, his Updike ancestors, and his religion and sense of self. A collectable set of the first trade edition and uncorrected proof. The trade book is very fine with an inscription to Albert J Raman; "For Albert J Raman best wishes John Updike". As new dust jacket now with a protective archival cover. A very good + uncorrected proof. Some staining to the spine and covers, small tear to the front cover, but seamingly unread. A great collectable set. Provenance, from the Library of notable bibliophile and Updike collector Albert J Raman ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 257 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
John Updike. Self-Consciousness Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1989.
Price: US$124.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean carefully used copy. This copy has some light soil to the bottom edge of the text block else fine. The pictorial end papers consist of an old group photograph of his ancestors. On the front photo he has noted which people are his grandparents and his father with written words and arrows. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. This copy has been signed John Updike on the title page.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine unprinted acetate dust jacket, in publisher's slipcase with moderate wear along the rear top seam, thus very good. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author; this is number 224.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: A Memoir. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 257 pages. First limited edition, one (39) of 350 copies numbered and signed by Updike on the limitation page at the beginning of the book. A memoir in seven chapters summarize his life from childhood through adulthood. 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. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper in slightly soiled, else very near 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. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1989.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Signed by author in black fountain ink on half-title page. Mint, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in described condition. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} BUND
Seller: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1989.
Price: US$193.27 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 257 pages.One of 350 copies copies signed by the author.Fine in fine pictorial card slipcase. Still in original cellophane wrapping.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Updike, John. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. MEMOIRS. New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1989. 1st edition, limited to 350 copies (this is #227), numbered and signed by the Author on the limitation page. 257pp. Hardcover with acetate dust jacket and slipcase. In fine condition.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Self-Consciousness. Alfed A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: As new, unread copy of this memoir written by the great John Updike. This copy is signed and dated 1/4/89 on the title page. A great addition to any Updike collection. Jacket has been price clipped and is housed in a Brodart cover for protection. A rare find in as new condition.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
UPDIKE, JOHN. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$226.27 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Purple cloth lettered in silver and gold in pictorial dust jacket. Updike has signed his name and dated it 1996 on the family photographic endpaper and he has also indicated in the family portrait his father, grandfather and grandmother. Owner's name in ink also on the endpaper, o/w a fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Updike, John. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. MEMOIRS. New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1989. 1st edition, limited to 350 copies, numbered and signed by the Author on the limitation page. 257pp. Hardcover with acetate dust jacket and slipcase. In fine condition, still in publishers shrinkwrap.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper in fine slipcase in publisher's slipcase. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. Self-Consciousness: A Memoir (SIGNED). Knopf, 1989.
Price: US$269.95 + shipping
Description: Knopf. Used; Like New. Knopf 1989 Hardcover. SIGNED by author on limitations page. This First Edition is one of 350 copies, this being number 90. Book is Fine in an acetate dust wrapper, with a Fine Slipcase. Book Condition: Fine . 1989. SLIPCASED.
Seller: Fleur Fine Books, Port Neches, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989.
Price: US$279.00 + 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. 257 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.