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Bech: a Book by Updike, John
- Bookseller: John Fort
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 014728
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Illustrator: Dalkins, Richard
- Edition: First English Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0233962700
- ISBN 13: 9780233962702
- Publisher: Andre Deutsch
- Place: London
- Date published: 1970
- Pages: 206
Description
London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. L1.50p net UK only Publishers Dust Jacket Price, 206 Pages, NO Tears - Nicks or Chips to the DJ just a little wrinkling to the spine ends. First English Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Dalkins, Richard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back. 8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Book summary
This is John Updike's original volume of stories about his alter ego, Henry Bech, who in many ways is as unlike Updike as it's possible to be (Jewish, short, unmarried, and a failure who suffers from writer's block). Updike, however, finds his way inside Bech's mind, and gives us a hero who is very real, zanily hilarious, and (despite everything) utterly lovable.
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