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TALK FROM THE FIFTIES
by Updike, John
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. A selection of "Talk of the Town" stories by Updike published in The New Yorker in the 1950s. One of 300 SIGNED numbered copies, this one designated "PRESENTATION COPY." Gray-and-blue patterned paper boards, gilt-lettered plum cloth spine. Mild tanning to edges otherwise fine as issued, without dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54798
- Title
- TALK FROM THE FIFTIES
- Author
- Updike, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge
- Date Published
- 1979
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