The Coup
by Updike, John
John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. 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. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.
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The Coup
by Updike, John
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- 1978
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1978 Limited edition, 1 of 350 signed and numbered copies; this being the number 129. Signed by John Updike directly on the limitation page. Light, scattered age-spots at outer page edge, else book, dust jacket, and slipcase in fine condition. Item Price
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by Updike, John
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- 1978
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039450268X . A Very Good+ first printing of the first edition, publisher's remainder mark to bottom page edges, minor glue stain to front fly leaf, else Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author John Updike on … Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394503554 . A handsome special first edition/first printing, limited to 350 copies, this being out of series, in unread, about Fine condition in alike Fine, slightly sun dust-jacket with spine fading. SIGNED by author John Updike on the limitation page in… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039450268X . A just about Fine first printing of the first edition in Near Fine dust-jacket, lightly edge-worn and tanned, signed and inscribed by author John Updike on the front fly-leaf; Set in the early 1970's in the imaginary African… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039450268X . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike price-clipped dustjacket. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front flylear. First of two trade issues, yellow top edge stain, De Bellis/Broomfield A66a1; Set in the early 1970's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
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New York, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1978. Bound in the publishers green cloth with silver and gilt title lettering to spine. The 298 pages remain in fresh, crisp condition and are tightly bound. Book sits solid and square. Housed in the distinctive dark green dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Protected in a removable archival… Read more about this item Item Price
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- 1978
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [13], 3-298, [8] pp. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; yellow top stain. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Two tiny closed tears to the jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
by Updike, John
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- 1978
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New York: Alfrd A Knopf, 1978 Copy in green cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Light rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket lightly scuffed. Jacket slightly chipped around edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text. Rough cut pages. Item Price
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The Coup.
by UPDIKE, John.
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- 1978.
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Edmonds, Washington, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First trade edition / First printing. Green cloth. Fine in about fine dust jacket. Item Price
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The Coup
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1978
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover has lightly bumped corners, dustwrapper chipped at corners and spine, back yellowed, small stain on back. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1978
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Updike's violently realistic tale of the imaginary African country of Kush. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb, Cheers, John Updike." Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
by John Updike
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- 1979
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. First UK edition, in near fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Smart brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, lightly worn but not faded to spine. 8vo. 301pp
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The Coup
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1978
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Very faint remainder mark bottom edge and a sticker shadow on the front fly, else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny creased tears and a little bubbling on the lamination. Inscribed by Updike. Updike's violently realistic tale of the imaginary African… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Very faint remainder mark bottom edge, else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny creased tears. Signed by Updike. Updike's violently realistic tale of the imaginary African country of Kush. Item Price
$85.00
The Coup
by UPDIKE, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394502687
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny creased tears. Signed by Updike. Updike's violently realistic tale of the imaginary African country of Kush. Item Price
$100.00
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The Coup
by Updike, John
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394502687
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Hardcover. SIGNED by Updike on the front endpaper. Light red remainder stamp on bottom page edges, slight bumping to spine ends, else a near fine copy with clean contents and tight binding in a very good dust jacket (some closed edge tears, rear panel is soiled).… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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(London): Andre Deutsch, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb - or do you have one of these? John." Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coup
by Updike, John
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- 1978-11-12
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1978-11-12. Hardcover. Acceptable. 5x1x8. Item Price
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The Coup
by Updike, John
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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by Updike, John
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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London: Andre Deutsch, (1979). First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 299p octavo A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket. Signd by Updike on the title page
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