Bech At Bay
by Updike, John
John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of over forty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Bech At Bay
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- The last in the Bech triology
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- H
- ISBN
- 9780375403682
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West Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. The last in the Bech trilogy. H. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback with the Dust Jacket. Fiction. First Edition. Very Good condition Item Price
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Bech At Bay: A Quasi-Novel, (Signed)
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Fine
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, (1998), 1998. Hardcover. Very Fine. 8vo. 241 pages. Signed by the author on the limitation page and numbered. Limited to 1100 copies. Bound in full genuine leather with gilt decorations and raised bands on the spine. All edges are gilt. Includes silk moire end papers and a satin ribbon… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel (Quasi-Novels)
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- 9780375403682
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel.
by John Updike.
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (1999); so stated. First Printing indicated b
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- 1999.
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780449005651
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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New York, NY Fawcett: Crest, 1999. Mass Market Paperback First Edition Thus (1999); so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1999); so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear to the upper outside edge of the rear panel; the pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech At Bay
by Updike, John
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket as Issued
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- Limited Numbered First Edition
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- 1998
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- Full Leather
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SANDY, Oregon, USA
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1998. Limited Numbered First Edition. Full Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome dark brown leather Numbered Limited First Edition SIGNED by one of America's greatest contemporary writers. Numbered 707 of 1100 Limited Edition copies. With moire silk endpapers, gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. In fine unread condition; some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech At Bay: a Quasi-Novel (Quasi-Novels)
by Updike, John
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- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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- 9780375403682
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Shell Lake, Wisconsin, USA
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Alfred A. Knopf. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 037540368X . Ex-Library; 16 oz.; 241 pages; Good+ Ex library HC w/DJ feels unread library markings o/w very nice clean/tight condition. Henry Bech, the moderately well known Jewish-American writer who served as the hero of John Updike's previous Bech: A Book (1970) and Bech Is Back (1982)… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel (Quasi-Novels)
by John Updike
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- Used: Good
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- 1998-10-13
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- Hardcover
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- 9780375403682
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Knopf, 1998-10-13. Hardcover. Used: Good. Item Price
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Bech At Bay - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Updike, John
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375403682
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$90.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 037540368X . A most beautiful first Trade edition/first printing preceded only by an Easton Press private publication in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author John Updike directly on the title page. De Belllis/Broomfield A166b; A continuation of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by Updike, John
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- Used - Like New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Southampton, New York, USA
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$45.00
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Easton Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press, 1998. Octavo. Bound in brown leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Six raised spine bands, patterned endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Signed (flat signed) by John Updike on limitation page (Copy #… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by John Updike
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375403682
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 241 pages. 8vo, red cloth with gilt and silver gilt lettering, corners sharp, top edge decoratively tinted brown, faint foxing to fore-edge, binding tight, in crisp, unclipped DJ with just the hint of a curl to the top of the flaps and an almost-crease at bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
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BECH AT BAY
by Updike, John
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition first printing hardcover
- Published
- 1998
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Livingston, Texas, USA
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Alfred Knopf, NY, 1998. First edition first printing hardcover. SIGNED BY UPDIKE ON THE TITLE PAGE. Fine in fine dust jacket Item Price
$20.00
Bech at Bay : A Quasi-Novel
by Updike, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback Printing
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780449004043
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Tolar, Texas, USA
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$4.00
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Fawcett Books Group, 1999. Cover is clean and colorfully illustrated paper on light boards. Spine is tan paper with black and green lettering. Cover, Pages and Binding are clean and tight.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Item Price
$4.00
Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel (Quasi-Novels)
by Updike, John
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- Used - Good
- ISBN
- 9780375403682
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Item Price
$3.99
Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780449004043
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Random House Trade Paperbacks. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Item Price
$5.10
Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by John Updike
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- October 1999
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780449004043
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- 1
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APPLETON, Wisconsin, USA
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Ballantine Books, October 1999. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay
by Updike, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780449004043
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- 1
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Webster, New York, USA
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New York: Fawcett, 1999. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First paperback printing. 1999 Trade Paperback. In this, the final volume in John Updike's mock-heroic trilogy about the Jewish American writer Henry Bech, our hero is older but scarcely wiser. Now in his seventies, he remains competitive, lecherous, and self-absorbed, lost in a brave new literary world… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by Updike, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- First Thus, 1st Printing.
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p
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- 9780449004043
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Slate Hill, New York, USA
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Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Pages tanned, contents clean & tight. fc
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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by Updike, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375403682
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- 1
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Las Vegas , Nevada, USA
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$28.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi / Random House, 1998 First printing of the stated first edition. Book and dust jacket in fine condition Item Price
$28.00
Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel (Quasi-Novels)
by Updike, John
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN
- 9780375403682
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- 1
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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$3.99
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Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Item Price
$3.99
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BECH AT BAY (EASTON Signed) #851 of 1,100
by JOHN UPDIKE
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- Used - Near Fine or Better
- Jacket Condition
- None issued
- Edition
- Reprint for Easton Press Club
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Real Leather(stated)
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- 1
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Hudson, Florida, USA
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$55.00
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Dark Redish Brown Leather with gold decorations and lettering with gilt page ends and silk ribbon. I see no defects anywhere but NF in case I miss something. One day I will list my Updike collection where I have more of this title, this one I call #2, LOL. Handsigned on the limitation page. No 2nd on the card, missing.… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00