The Same Door
by Updike, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Minus
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1959. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1959. First printing in first issue dust jacket. Author's third book, a collection of stories. Small 8vo., blue-green cloth with silver and gold lettering, brown paper covered boards. Few minor spots on front edge of page block, 1/2" area of sun fade to the cloth at the crown, trace of fade along the top edge of front board, otherwise very good - clean, tight, in very good minus dust jacket with 1/2" loss at the crown, several closed tears, some sun fade to the spine, internal foxing.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo..
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002509
- Title
- The Same Door
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- UPDIKE STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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