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New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 257 pages. Illustrated endpapers and fly leaves. Gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 857425

New York: Knopf, 1989. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Updike, who died Jan. 27, 2009, at age 76, divided these memoirs into six sections or chapters in which he writes of his hometown, his psoriasis, his stuttering, his discomfort during the Vietnam War, his ancestors, and his religion and sense of self, which, taken together, gives shape to the inner life of one of America's greatest modern writers; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Light wear to jacket at spine head and leading corners. A few minor scores to jacket front and rear. Boards are excellent and pages are sound with clear text. TA. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Alfred Knopf, 1989. First Trade Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. Sturdy book, quality purple cloth, very bright author's name and line design in silver at top front, silver and gilt lettering very bright on spine, light blue-tinted family photograph inside covers and adjacent end papers, DJ glossy beneath mylar with flowery wallpaper in background to front, a child's photo portrait at center front, white spine and back borders with a photograph of author signing a book on back. DJ and book, As New.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the half-title, 8vo, tan cloth with "John Updike" in silver on cover, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with photo of young Updike (unclipped) & another photo of him signing a book on the back panel, photographic endpapers of the Updike extended family, xii + 257 pages + [1] Notes. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark laid in. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: SIGNED by the AUTHOR! De Bellis & Broomfield, A127(b)<br /> <br /> John Updike (1932 - 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books.<br /> <br /> "John Updike's memoirs consist of six… Read More