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Updike, John.. The same Door. Short Stories.. New York Knopf, 1959.
Price: US$33.28 + shipping
Description: 241 pp. Original half cloth without jacket. First Edition. - Cover with some light sunning. Gewicht (Gramm): 358
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Updike, John. The Same Door, Short Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus, first edition book in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Dark tan paper covered boards with turquoise cloth on spine. Silver lettering and graphics on front panel; gilt and silver lettering and silver graphics on spine. Publisher's logo blind-stamped on back panel. Upper external page edges are yellow-green tinted. Faint sunning around extremities, more so along edges at head and tail of board spine and especially the front corner at tail of spine. Several small irregular stains on external side edges. Very small bumps on lower fore-edge corner tips. Several very minimal bumps along lower edge of front board panel. Front free end-paper has faint rough paper residue, apparently from something previously pasted on and removed. Text pages are lightly age-toned else internally clean. Dust jacket is lightly soiled overall, more obvious against light background of back panel. All folds are creased, scuffed and sunned. Upper edge at head of jacket spine has loss of 7/8" by up to 1/4" across most of the width, and with adjacent tiny tears and chips; front corner at head of jacket spine has a 3/8" closed vertical tear with several adjacent diagonal creases to the upper edge of front panel. Irregular loss of 1/2" by up to 1/4" on front corner at tail of spine, and with adjacent rubs on the edges. Back corner at tail of spine has loss of less than 1/8" but has adjacent creases and tiny tears. Upper edge of back panel has a 3/16" closed vertical tear toward the right corner and with adjacent diagonal creases. All fore-edge corners are rubbed with losses of less than 1/4". Upper corner of inside front flap has large price clip of 3 1/8" by 2 3/8". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Same Door. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Sunning and a bit of smudging and small stains on the front panel, else near very good lacking the dustwrapper. Signed by Updike. Updike's scarce third book, and first book of short stories.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. The Poorhouse Fair [Inscribed]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); blue-gray paper-covered boards and burnt orange cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [vi],185,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Jack Grogins / Best wishes / John Updike." Light wear to extremities, topstain dust-soiled and a little dulled, with a hint of dustiness to text edges; Near Fine. In the first state dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.50), with modest wear to extremities, a few scuffs to spine panel, a few shallow losses, four tape-mended tears on verso, with scattered foxing to same; Very Good. Updike's first novel.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John.. The Same Door. Short Stories.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Minor fade to extremities of boards, jacket mildly edgeworn with one small chip to lower front spinefold. SIGNED custom bookplate (with title typed on a typewriter), laid in. 242pp. Updike's third book, and first published book of stories. Q04837
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Same Door. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$379.00 + 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. FIRST STATE DUSTJACKET. Author's third book. 242 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. The Same Door.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: 242 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. First edition. Tiny date stamp to front free endpaper; a few spots to fore-edge; else a nice copy with a little sunning to the edges of the boards. The jacket is unchipped, with some rubbing and some fading to the spine. Signed by Updike on the title page.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Same Door. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state dust jacket. Signed by John Updike on the title page. x, 242, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth and paper-covered boards, lettered in silver and gold. Near Fine with a little toning at spine ends, shelf wear, in Near Fine dust jacket with a chip at the top of the back panel, rubbing there as well. The author's third book, a collection of short stories.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Same Door (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Signed by the author to a laid-in decorative bookplate. The book is near fine, with just the slightest start of foxing to the initial pages, and very minor pushing at the extremities. Binding square and tight. The price-clipped first-state dust jacket -- now protected by a removable Brodart archival cover -- is very good+, with only light rubbing/edgewear, causing a few small edge tears (professionally repaired). Clean and bright, a sharp collectible copy of a scarce early Updike work. 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 Same Door.. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1959.
Price: US$580.80 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, signed by the author on title-page; 8vo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, slightly sunned at extremities, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and creased at top-edge with chip near head of spine but overall a very good example. The third published book by John Updike, comprising sixteen short stories. Uncommon signed.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. The Same Door. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in very good or better first issue dustwrapper with rubbing and small nicks at the crown. Inscribed by Updike: "for Herb Yellin who is slowly driving me crazy. John Updike." 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. Updike's scarce third book, and first book of short stories. A very nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Updike, John. The Same Door. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1959.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 242 pages. First edition, first issue dust jacket with the price of $3.75 and reviews for The Poorhouse Fair on back panel. His third book & first book of short stories. 16 short stories. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a small amount of creasing to the top of the back cover. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.