UPDIKE, JOHN.. The Poorhouse Fair. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958, 1958.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn first issue dust jacket with a two inch, fairly unobtrusive, tear extending from the bottom of the spine into the back panel. Signed by Updike. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Updike, John. The Poorhouse Fair.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Updike's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some wear to the spine and some chips to the rear panel. Jacket design by Harry Ford. "Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair is a work of art" (The New York Times Book Review).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Updike, John (signed). The Poorhouse Fair (first edition). Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1958.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: hardcover, first edition stated, 1958, author's first novel, signed by the author on title page, red topstain, near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket, shows $3.50 price, a bit of age toning to pages, tiny nick top front of jacket, jacket protected with mylar cover, novel, central New Jersey setting. Size: Octavo

Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.

Updike, John. The Poorhouse Fair. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958.

Price: US$775.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 185 pages. First edition with second state dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Harry Ford. His second book and first novel. Inscribed in February, 1959 by Updike on the first sheet. Fine book in near fine dust jacket with very slight rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy!

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