John Updike's fourth collection of nonfiction is his biggest and richest yet. The years have brought to him an increasing number of "odd jobs", to which he has wittily responded. Here he contemplates our national monuments, the female body, the Fourth of July, the Gospel of Matthew, other writers, moralists, aspects of science, and more.
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John Updike's fourth collection of nonfiction is his biggest and richest yet. The years have brought to him an increasing number of "odd jobs", to which he has wittily responded. Here he contemplates our national monuments, the female body, the Fourth of July, the Gospel of Matthew, other writers, moralists, aspects of science, and more.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. First edition. Boards slightly bowed with some bumping on the corners, faint stains along the page edges, rear hinge cracked, about very good in an about fine dust jacket with corresponding wear. Signed by the author.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0679404147. Signed by Updike on the front free endpaper. Green cloth with pale pink topstain. Faint smudging to the rear board. The dust jacket has a mild crease to the bottom corner. Binding sound, an unmarked copy. A volume of nonfiction and critiques of other authors.; 919 pages; Signed by Author.
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Book. Thick Octavo; 919 pages; VG-/VG-; White and Green Pictorial spine with Green and Gray text; Bound in green cloth with silver and gilt lettering; Deckled Fore edge; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, minor edgewear; Textblock has brown marks along head edge; Signed by John Updike on front endpaper; Shelved Under Front Counter. 1346978. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) A square solid tight over-all clean carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil, light fading to board extremities. The 35.00 jacket has some rubbing wear, light soil, light edge wear. A 900+ page compilation edition that contains most of the author's essays and criticisms published during his career. Over-all a pretty nice copy without the usual wear and lean associated with a volume this physical size. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. This copy has been signed John Updike on the title page.