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Hodder and Stoughton, London., 1895. First edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 480, [2] adverts. Tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravure; photographs. Original gilt decorated cloth.Edges spotted. Covers a little marked and slightly rubbed at corners. Endpapers and prelims spotted. Very good.

Hutchinson, London., 1902. First edition. Octavo. Two volumes: pp xx, 1-470; xiv, 471-1018. 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author and others; 48 full-page coloured plates by the author; 9 map by J.G. Bartholomew and the author. Original black cloth with an embossed gilt image of a tribesman. Top edge gilt. 1902 gift inscription, the recipient's name crossed through, on verso of frontispiece plate of Vol. I. Cloth snagged at heads and tails of spines and at the lower end of the spine of Vol. I. Inner hinges cracked. A good set.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York., 1975. First U.S. edition. Translated by Helen R. Lane. Octavo. pp [viii], 184. A novel.Head and tail of spine slightly bumped, otherwise fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges.

The Joash Woodrow Collection in association with 108 Fine Art, Harrogate., 2004. First edition. Quarto. 239 pages, almost all of which are devoted to colour illustrations. Card wrappers with flaps. Very near fine.

Victor Gollancz, London., 1970. First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. The author's third novel.Signed by the author on the title-page.Small ink blot to margin of page 44 (production fault). Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Very good indeed in near-fine, slightly nicked dustwrapper.

Hutchinson, London., 1966. First edition. Issued in the series New Authors Limited. Octavo. pp 222 [2] adverts. The author's first book.Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in near-fine dustwrapper a bit creased at top edge.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1982. First edition. Octavo. pp [xii], 195.Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Lord John Press, Northridge, California., 1979. First edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 63. Cloth-backed marbled boards.Number 26 of 75 de luxe specially bound copies copies signed by the author.Fine in original acetate dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1972. First edition. Octavo. pp x, 282. Twenty-nine stories. Number 76 of 350 copies signed by the author, printed on special paper and specially bound.Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine pictorial card slipcase.

The Literary Renaissance, Louisville, Kentucky., 1994. First edition. Octavo. pp [12].Out of a total edition of 130 copies this is number 64 of 100 in grey wrappers, signed by the author.Fine.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1997. First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 334. Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Eurographica, Helsinki., 1992. First edition. Octavo. pp 82. [10]. Stiff wrappers. At the end two of the poems are presented in facsimile of the original manuscript. Printed in Italy on special Michaelangelo paper. One of 350 copies signed by the author and numbered in the press.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

James Cahill, Huntington Beach., 1993. First edition. Octavo. 22 pages. Cloth decorated in gilt. A story which first appeared in The New Yorker.Number 73 of 100 copies copies signed by the author.Fine in original shrinkwrap.

André Deutsch, London., 1969. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 99 pages.Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

André Deutsch, London., 1987. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 249. Short stories. Publisher's review slip laid in.Signed by the author on the title-page.Tail of spine a bit bumped, otherwise fine in near-fine, slightly faded dustwrapper. Signed copies of the U.K. edition are scarce.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1975. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 228. Number 179 of 450 copies signed by the author, printed on special paper and specially bound. Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine pictorial card slipcase.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1984. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 307. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.Fine in very near fine dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1992. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 371. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: ''for David Blow my very well-informed and painless interviewer with my regards, John Updike''.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1971. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 407.Number 82 of 350 copies copies signed by the author, printed on special paper and specially bound.Fine in fine acetate dustwrapper and fine card slipcase.

The New York Quarterly Poetry Review Foundation, New York. Summer,, 1973. Octavo. 220 pages. Wrappers. Poems by Updike, Bukowski, Ferlinghetti and many others. Photographs.Number 384 of a special edition of 457 copies signed by John Updike at his contribution, a three-page poem with a title which is still capable of causing offence.Fine.