Updike, John. The Centaur. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st Edition/2nd Printing. SIGNED by John Updike on a bookplate decal affixed to half-title page (signature only). Ex-Lib copy, with two stampings on ffep. and one on title page. DJ flaps glued down. Spine slant. Price of $4.00 intact on dj flap with date code of '2/63' on lower flap. Winner of National Book Award. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.

Updike, John.. The Centaur.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in black cloth, cold white paper covered boards, in a Fine unfaded dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with tiny wear to points (but no loss). Laid in is a custom card SIGNED by Updike, with the title of the book typed (on an old fashioned typewriter) above the name. 303pp. with "Mythological Index" at end. Updike third novel and sixth book overall. Q05965

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Updike, John. The Centaur (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$480.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. Signed by the author to a laid-in decorative bookplate. The book appears unread and is fine, but for the slightest tapping to the top corners. Binding square and tight. The fragile paper dust jacket -- now protected by a removable Brodart archival cover -- is easily very good+, with only light rubbing/edgewear, causing a few tiny 1/8" edge tears, and a small puncture near the rear panel -- all professionally repaired. Clean and bright, a very sharp collectible copy of a rather scarce early Updike work. Winner of the National Book Award. 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. The Centaur. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$529.00 + 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. 306 pages. A handsome, collectible copy!

Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.

UPDIKE, John. The Centaur. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. A bit cocked and with some marks in the margins, about very good in good (probably supplied) dustwrapper with tape shadows on the flaps and a creased tear. Warmly Inscribed by Updike to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco: "To Nick Delbanco with sincere thanks for his help in researching[?] the more hallucinatory parts of this novel. Note: the Greek on page 299 is from Apollodorus, Vol II, p. 92, approx. John." National Book Award-winning novel.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Updike, John. The Centaur. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$695.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 303 pages. First edition first printing. His 6th book and 3rd novel and winner of the National Book Award. Laid in is a postcard inscribed by Updike to a book collector in 1972. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

John Updike. The Centaur (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$725.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the National Book Award. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint foxing on the page block and endpapers. Jacket lightly toned on the spine and rear panels, with small chips on the spine ends (titling unaffected).

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Updike, John. The Centaur. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1963.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1963. Bound in publisher's light gray boards with black cloth spine. An uncommonly nice example of the book ( fine ) in a near fine dust jacket with a little wear to both spine ends. This copy has been inscribed by John Updike; ' For Michelle -----, Best Wishes, John Updike. ' A very nice copy of the first edition of The Centaur, inscribed by Updike.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.