Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$299.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A solid tight copy. An ex-library with some of the normal defects. Card pocket and light stamps to the front paste down and ffep, a stamp to the rear paste down. This copy has some rubbing wear, board edge wear, two light corner bumps, a smallish chip in the spine area. The Gibraltar edition (logo on back cover) in pictorial dark green boards with illustrated end papers.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Gibraltar library binding, in pictorial boards. Signed by Updike to a laid-in decorative bookplate. The book is fine, but for just trace rubbing to the extremities. A very sharp collectible copy of a rather scarce early Updike work. "A vivid retelling of the operas and the legend of the mighty hero Siegried". 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 Ring. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1964. Adaptation of Richard Wagner's The Ring by Updike and Warren Chappell. Chappell's color illustrations wonderfully accent Updike's retelling of the legend of Siegfried. This copy has been inscribed by Updike ' For Chuck Beauchea, With Warm Regards, John Updike. Bound in cloth library binding, with no dust jacket. as issued. A near fine copy with just a touch of wear at extremities.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Ring: With Musical Themes by Richard Wagner. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1964.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, library issue (also issued simultaneously in cloth with dust jacket). Oblong quarto. Illustrated by Warren Chappell. Adapted from musical themes by Richard Wagner. Publisher's pictorial boards, without dustwrapper (as this variant was issued). A little rubbed on the rear board, else very near fine. Signed by John Updike. *De Bellis and Broomfield* A12b.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Illustrated by Warren Chappell. Adapted from musical themes by Richard Wagner. Oblong quarto. Very slight sunning at the foot, else fine in pictorial cloth boards and very good plus dustwrapper with a few spots of foxing and a little rubbing. Signed by Updike and very scarce this. A nice copy of the author's second scarcest children's book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.