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UPDIKE, John. Toward the End of Time. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Fine. Second printing, ten days after the first. Autographed by Updike.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Toward the End of Time. Knopf, 1997.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A journal by an aging banker in which he reflects on subjects ranging from the decline of civilizations to the many-universes theory. The year is 2020 and America is in chaos following a nuclear war with China. Ben Turnbull, the hero of John Updike's 18th novel, is a 66-year-old retired investment counselor living north of Boston in the year 2020. A recent war between the United States and China has thinned the population and brought social chaos. The dollar has been locally replaced by Massachusetts scrip; instead of taxes, one pays protection money to competing racketeers. Nevertheless, Ben's life, traced by his journal entries over the course of a year, retains many of its accustomed comforts, as supervised by his vibrant wife, Gloria. He plays golf; he pays visits to his five children and 10 grandchildren. Something of a science buff, he finds his personal history caught up in the disjunctions and vagaries of the 'many-worlds' hypothesis derived from the indeterminacy of quantum theory. His identity branches into variants extending back through history and ahead in the evolution of the universe, as both it and his own mortal, nature-enshrouded existence move toward the end of time. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Second printing. Signed by author. Like New condition. In mylar sleeve. Signed By Author. Photos available by request. International customers will be charged actual shipping costs.
Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.
John Updike. Toward the End of Time. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1997.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1997. Hardcover Second Edition with DJ, 337 pp. This copy ediltion is SIGNED BY UPDIKE on autograph label at front of book. Following US-China, chaos reigns in US. This copy is fine and unread (both 1st and 2nd editions date from Sept. 1997).
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Toward the End of Time.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1997.
Price: US$96.88 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 334. Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Updike, John. Toward the End of Time - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author John Updike on the front end paper; John Updike's journal of 66-year-old Ben Turnbull who reflects about the onset of old age and his dwindling sex life in 2020, following the Sino-American War which the USA lost. He also attempts to cope with a changed America, in which Federal and State bureaucracy and law enforcement have disappeared to be replaced by gangs running protection rackets. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [x], 334, [8] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Toward the End of Time - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautiful first printing of the first trade edition, following a private publication by The Franklin Library. Fine condition in equally unblemished dustjacket. Signed by author John Updike directly on the title page. De Bellis Broomfield A164b; John Updike's journal of 66-year-old Ben Turnbull who reflects about the onset of old age and his dwindling sex life in 2020, following the Sino-American War which the USA lost. He also attempts to cope with a changed America, in which Federal and State bureaucracy and law enforcement have disappeared to be replaced by gangs running protection rackets; 8vo; [x], 334, [8] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Toward the End of Time. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 334 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. His 18th novel. Signed by Updike on the first sheet. The journal of man who reflects about his life and the state of the world. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.