Hoping for a Hoopoe
by Updike, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. First British Edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Signed by John Updike on front free endpaper. [xii], 82 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in dust jacket with light rubbing, tiny closed tear in the top of the front panel, else Fine. Updike's first work of poetry, published in the US as The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures, with an extra "Author's Note.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942334
- Title
- Hoping for a Hoopoe
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures, signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.