In the Beauty of the Lilies
by Updike, John
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine - As New/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin Library, 1996. First Edition. Full Leather. Fine - As New/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome turquoise leather Limited First Edition signed John Updike, one of America's greatest contemporary writers. With marbled endpapers, gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. In fine unread condition, the book sparkles. John Updike is the recipient of almost every major artistic and literary honor, including the National Medal of the Arts and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (twice). His most famous novels are "The Centaur," for which he won the National Book Award, "Couples" "The Witches of Eastwick," and the "Rabbit" books including "Rabbit,Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer. A beautiful copy, the finest we have seen.
Synopsis
Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES traces one family's profound journey through four generations—and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. It is one of John Updike's fullest and finest work of fiction.
Reviews
On Mar 2 2009, Mikelomar said:
Great book. Classic Updike: lush prose, piercing observations of both the physical world and the human psyche, great sex, and terribly interesting examinations of various religious impulses. A booklover's book!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 775
- Title
- In the Beauty of the Lilies
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- New Fine - As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1996
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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