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Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
by Updike, John
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New
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About This Item
Easton Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press, 1998. Octavo. Bound in brown leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Six raised spine bands, patterned endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Signed (flat signed) by John Updike on limitation page (Copy # 444 of 1,100). Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Publisher's certificate of authenticity and information card laid in. A fine copy of this wonderful leatherbound edition of this third volume of stories about Updike's New York writer, Henry Bech. 241 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
Synopsis
John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. 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, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of over forty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97931
- Title
- Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1998
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