The Poorhouse Fair
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 Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
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- Very Good
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- 1st
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- 1959
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Granville, New York, USA
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NY: Knopf, 1959. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1959. First printing, in first issue dust jacket. Small 8vo., orange cloth with silver and gold lettering, blue/green paper covered boards. Mild foxing offset to pastedowns, small name stamp on fly leaf, otherwise very good, in bright, clean, very good dust jacket with internal foxing (facing the… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Updike, John
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- Author's first novel
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- 1959
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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First edition 1st printing, Very Good book with light rubbing and wear bottom edges, some very slight spots front board, bit of fade along top edges, previous owner name on front end page and small number 75 in ballpoint on rear paste-down; in a Very Good first state jacket with rubbing and some color loss to black portions, wear and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition stated, 1959. His 2nd book and first novel. Near Fine, small bumps bottom corners, prior owner name and date front end page. In a Very Good dust wrapper, small chips across top edge, small chip near bottom of spine, rubs and 1" tear rear panel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Item Price
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Poorhouse Fair
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1059
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- 9780394410500
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Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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$499.99
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FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book has faint fading to the edges of the boards, otherwise fine. The un-clipped dust jacket has a closed tear on the front panel near the lower front corner and two short closed tears on the top of the rear panel. There are a few spots of foxing on the verso of the dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair.
by Updike, John
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- 1958
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$350.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First edition of Updike's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some wear to the spine and some chips to the rear panel. Jacket design by Harry Ford. Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1963
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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$93.75
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New York: Knopf, 1963. Later printing. Hardcover. updi. Hardcover. Later printing. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Fourth printing of his first novel that preceded Rabbit Run. Signed by the author. Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair; Rabbit, Run
by Updike, John
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- Near Fine
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- First edition thus
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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$44.00
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New York: The Modern Library (1965), 1965. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [11], 4-435, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.45 on front flap of dust jacket. First printing of the first Modern Library edition as per Toledano. Fine book… Read more about this item Item Price
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- 1959
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.25"), 183 & [1] pages. Publisher's blue paper over boards backed in brick cloth lettered in silver on the spine & upper cover. Top edge stained red. Lacking the dust jacket.
Slightly soiled & sunned, previous owner's name in ink at the first blank page, otherwise Near Fine.
Updike's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair [Inscribed]
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1959
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); blue-gray paper-covered boards and burnt orange cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [vi],185,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Jack Grogins / Best wishes / John Updike." Light wear to extremities, topstain dust-soiled and a little… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
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- Used - Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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$35.00
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Knopf, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. A rare, stated first edition of John Updike's first novel from 1959. The book is in good condition: intact, unmarked without "dog ear" folds. The original $3.50, non-price clipped dust jacket is in very good condition. This is an ex-library with the following markings: 1) the hardback was rebound by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$450.00
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. NY: Knopf, 1959. Copyright page states FIRST EDITION. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book very good, previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down, slight stain on front cover. DJ very good, offsetting from removed tape on corners of flaps. DJ flap price reads $3.50. We will… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by UPDIKE, John
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- First edition
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- 1963
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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$225.00
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New York: Knopf, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Updike's first novel. Chipping to the head and foot of the jacket spine, light wear to the extremities. Price of $3.50 is on the front jacket flap. The author's first novel and second book. Signed by the author on… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair [and] Rabbit, Run
by UPDIKE, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$225.00
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New York: The Modern Library, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Modern Library edition. Fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. Item Price
$225.00
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The Poorhouse Fair [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by UPDIKE, John
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$450.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth-backed boards in decorative price-clipped dust jacket designed by Harry Ford; [6],185pp. Very minor wear to jacket extremities, short closed tear to top edge of upper panel with discrete tape repair to verso, some unobtrusive paper flaws to endpapers from previously removed bookplates (?); boards slightly toned and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair - Rabbit, Run
by Updike, John
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- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Modern Library Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Modesto, California, USA
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$40.00
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New York: Modern Library. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Ends of spine gently bumped. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping at spine, rubbing along bottom edge of front panel. States First Modern Library Edition, 1965. ; Toledano binding style '11' Kent Endpapers, dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394410500
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$7.98
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Knopf Publishing Group, 1977. 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
$7.98
The Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394410500
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- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$7.98
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Knopf Publishing Group, 1977. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$7.98
The Poorhouse Fair.
by Updike, John
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- Used
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- 1958
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair is a work of art" (The New York Times Book Review). Item Price
$300.00
The Poorhouse Fair
by Updike, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$100.00
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition (stated) in first issue jacket, complete with $3.50 price (jacket has closed tears and slight wear to edges; 'Pious' written in ink on front endpaper). Author's first novel (and second book), set in rural New Jersey. Item Price
$100.00
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The Poorhouse Fair (Inscribed)
by Updike, John
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- Third printing
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Avon, Connecticut, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Alfred Knopf, 1959. Third printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Stated third printing of Updike's first novel. 185 pp. Briefly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. A handsome near fine copy in clipped, but otherwise quite handsome dustwrapper. Mild spotting at lower spine area. Terrific photograph of the author in sneakers on the rear… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00