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Moscow / Leningrad: Ekonomicheskaia zhizn, 1924. Paperback. Very Good+. Original illustrated wraps printed in yellow, black, and white, depicting Stinnes as German spider; pp. 169, unopened. A few small chips along edges of covers and at spine tips.

Paris: Garner Hermanos, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Blue cloth over boards with lettering and detail stamped in gilt on upper board and spine. Inscribed by Ugarte on the half-title page. Boards faintly rubbed; gilt faded along spine; corners and edges of boards lightly bumped. Attractive.

New York: Grove Press, 1966. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A superb copy in DJ.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cloth, lettering stamped in silver on upper board and spine; illustrated dust jacket. A nice association copy, with a typed, signed postcard from Updike to Louis Auchincloss adhered to the FFEP. It opens "Dear Louis: This new novel has attracted more suicide bombers than the magnificent Michiko [Kakutani], so your kind and cheerful card was very welcome..."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Trade Edition. Nice copy in DJ. Briefly inscribed by John Updike.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. The limited issue, this being copy 165 of 350 copies numbered and signed by Updike. Housed in publisher's slipcase, this copy is as new, unopened in shrink wrap.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nice copy in DJ. Signed by John Updike.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The limited issue, this being copy 157 of 250 copies numbered and signed by Updike. Lovely copy in DJ and housed in publisher's slipcase. The author's second collection of non-fiction.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A fine copy in full brown leather, signed by the author. Previous owner's blindstamp to front endpaper, otherwise fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nice copy in DJ or the first trade edition. Signed by John Updike.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, publisher's ¼ cloth, spine foot bumped; dust jacket, folds rubbed, shallow chipping to head and foot of spine panel; faded inked inscription on front flyleaf. Updike's first book. Signed by him on the title page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The limited issue, one of 300 copies numbered and signed by Updike. A lovely copy in DJ and publisher's slipcase.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The limited issue, this being copy 44 of 350 copies numbered and signed by Updike. A solid copy in DJ with a few nicks along the edges; housed in publisher's slipcase.

Stevenson, Ct: Country Squires Books, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. An out of series unsigned copy of Updike's first limited edition, a single poem, for which 125 numbered copies were signed by the author. This is copy no.135, numbered as such, with an inscription from H. B. White at the limitation, which reads "135, But, alas, it is imperfect & unsigned except by yr humble subt H. B. White October 21, 1968. Single leaf, folded twice and hand-sewn into stiff card wrappers; printed title brown label applied to front cover.

Moscow: Sablin, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good+. Half cloth and marbled paper; 12mo; pp. [10], 377, ix. Binding a bit rubbed; contents somewhat tanned, but clean and unmarked. Memoirs of an Ex-Governor of Bessarabia.

Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1927. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps, floral motif printed in red, lettering in black; pp. 64. Spine and corners just a little chipped; marginal soiling from rear cover forward to p. 23. Still, pretty.

Paris: A. Quantin, 1885. Paperback. Very Good+. Plain paper wraps with full-color illustrated jacket, in glassine. Illustrated throughout, with vignettes and tissue-guarded full-color plates. Includes a nice band of placeholder ribbons. Some light browning along edges of text block; glassine just a little chipped at spine tips and corners; first four pages starting. Nice.