Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
by Updike, John (SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. March, 1962, first and second printing before publication. Stories about America , "where moving automobiles contain a good fraction of our lives." 279 pp. plus: A Note on the Type, A Note about the Author. Bluish gray papercovered boards, red cloth spine has gilt/silver text, top edge dyed blue. Spine ends are rubbed, fon bookplate front pastedown, tape stain (1/2" X 1/2") at top of rear pastedown. Unclipped ($ 4.00) DJ has chipping at corners and spine ends, spine toned, some light soiling rear panel, 1 1/4" closed tear top front gutter. Book is from the collection of Greg Gatenby, Toronto author/poet. His signature and date of acquisition ffep. DEDICATION; " for Greg Gatenby this dear old book John Updike" SIGNED by AUTHOR Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 122916.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002916
- Title
- Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
- Author
- Updike, John (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- FON
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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