Just Looking: Essays on Art [Signed]
by John Updike
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394579046
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579047
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition, stated. Signed by the author on full title with inscription "For Albert Raman, John Updike."
Quarto (10.25" x 8.25"); [x], 210pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $35.00 price intact; book in blindstamped navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with some toning long top edges of flaps and a couple faint scratches to rear panel, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Quarto (10.25" x 8.25"); [x], 210pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $35.00 price intact; book in blindstamped navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with some toning long top edges of flaps and a couple faint scratches to rear panel, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14082
- Title
- Just Looking: Essays on Art [Signed]
- Author
- John Updike
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394579046
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579047
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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