Bech Is Back
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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Bech is Back (Including Uncorrected Proof)
by John Updike
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- 1982
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Cape Town, ZAF
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New York: Knopf. Fine in Fine+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. A very collectable set, includes signed first edition and the uncorrected proof. The return of Henry Bech, fictional character who is also Updike's alter ego. In seven new short stories in the life of the Jewish-American writer. Caught in several embarrassments as he travels several… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech is Back (First Edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author)
by John Updike
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 217) SIGNED by the author. The second book in the Bech series.
Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, in an about Fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Faint splash on the center of the spine panel of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech Is Back - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Updike, John
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- 1982
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394528069 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the title page. De Bellis/Broomfield A96a; Henry Bech, now fifty years old, reflects on his fame, travels the world, marries an… Read more about this item Item Price
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BECH IS BACK
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1982
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$212.78
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and slipcase. Copy #307 of 500 numbered and SIGNED copies.
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Bech is Back - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Updike, John
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- 1982
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394528069 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author John Updike. There is a black publisher's stain to the top page edge; Henry Bech, now fifty years old, reflects on his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech Is Back
by John Updike
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- 1982
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Toronto , Ontario, CAN
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NZ$76.60
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Stated First Edition. In very good condition, clean and unmarked, brown cloth boards without wear, in a very good dust jacket with price intact. Signed and inscribed by John Updike on front end page. Item Price
NZ$76.60
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by John Updike
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- 1982
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Cape Town, ZAF
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New York: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. The return of Henry Bech, fictional character who is also Updike's alter ego. In seven new short stories in the life of the Jewish-American writer. Caught in several embarrassments as he travels several third-world countries, turns fifty, marries, falls in love and write a best-selling… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech is Back
by Updike, John
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Haworth, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$8.49
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. VG in a VG DJ. Stated First Edtition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$8.49
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Bech is Back
by John Updike
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- 1982
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Cape Town, ZAF
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New York: Knopf. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. The return of Henry Bech, fictional character who is also Updike's alter ego. In seven new short stories in the life of the Jewish-American writer. A fine book with smaller dealer note on the front pastedown and Updike's signature on the front endpaper. VEry… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech Is Back (Signed Limited Edition)
by UPDIKE, John
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- 1982
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- 9780394528496
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Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
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NZ$110.64
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Number 280 of 500 copies which were specially bound and printed. The second entry in Updike's popular Henry Bech series. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket and in a close to near fine illustrated slipcase that has a few small spots and very minor wear. Signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech Is Back
by Updike, John
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394528069
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Pueblo, Colorado, USA
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NZ$100.43
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394528069 . Signed and inscribed by Updike to the front free endpaper. Topstain still solid. A satire about the moral compromises of a semiobscure literary writer. ; 195 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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Bech Is Back.
by Updike, John
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- 1982
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Canton, Georgia, USA
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NZ$72.34
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NY: Knopf, 1982., 1982. First printing. 8vo. 195 pp. Original brown cloth binding. SIGNED by Updike on the front free end paper. This is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Item Price
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Bech Is Back (Signed 1st Printing)
by John Updike
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394528069
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LA QUINTA, California, USA
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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy in a near fine unclipped dustjacket. This copy is signed by the author on the title page --signature only. A little dustiness to the page edges or would be fine. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped with a hint of rubbing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech is Back
by John Updike
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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Cape Town, ZAF
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New York: Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. The return of Henry Bech, fictional character who is also Updike's alter ego. In seven new short stories in the life of the Jewish-American writer. Caught in several embarrassments as he travels several third-world countries, turns fifty, marries, falls in love and write… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$85.11
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Bech is Back - Signed Copy
by John Updike
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Cape Town, ZAF
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NZ$76.60
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New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. The return of Henry Bech, fictional character who is also Updike's alter ego. In seven new short stories in the life of the Jewish-American writer. Caught in several embarrassments as he travels several third-world countries, turns fifty, marries, falls in love and write… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$76.60
Bech is Back
by UPDIKE, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$119.15
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A bump on the spine end else near fine in a near fine spine darkened dustwrapper in a very good slipcase with soiling and bumping. Copy 64 of 500 copies Signed by the author and specially bound. Item Price
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Bech is Back
by Updike, John
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$8.51
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New York : Knopf , 1982 . First Edition . F/NF . 12mo . Slightest of wear to jacket. Nice copy. Item Price
NZ$8.51
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Bech is Back
by Updike, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394528069
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Manasquan, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$17.02
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 195pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear at the spine ends but fairly minor. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($13.95), has some light edge-wear and a crease on the front flap. A few areas of soiling. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bech Is Back
by Updike, John
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- near fine
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- First Edition. First Printing
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394528069
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA
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NZ$32.34
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 195 pp. First state dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear with spine ends bumped. Top edge of text block stained blue. Mylar protection for dust jacket. Item Price
NZ$32.34
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Bech is Back
by John Updike
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Cape Town, ZAF
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NZ$119.15
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New York: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. The return of Henry Bech, fictional character who is also Updike's alter ego. In seven new short stories in the life of the Jewish-American writer. Caught in several embarrassments as he travels several third-world countires, turns fifty, marries, falls in love and write a best-selling… Read more about this item Item Price
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