New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
First edition of Updike's eighth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Updike on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
"Marry Me is superb, sharp, witty, perceptive, honest. . . . With keen intelligence, Updike has cut a slice of life the width of one town, the height of one feverish summer, the depth of four people trying to understand why their center does not hold—and turned it into a mirror of our modern popular wisdom" (Chicago Daily News). It was well received by critics. In The Atlantic, Richard Todd enthusiastically welcomed the book: "'Marry Me,' for all its playfulness, is Updike's most mature work. His writing has deepened, grown wiser and funnier, like a face that is aging well." In Newsweek, Peter S. Prescott called the novel Updike's most affecting. "This understatement, this unwavering vision fixed on only four characters, is a part of what makes the story so effective. Updike's best fiction has always been his most narrowly focused; in this novel the plot is direct—complex without becoming complicated by symbols thrashing obstrusively just behind the canvas—and refreshingly free from the portentousness that has marred several of his most ambitious novels. 'Mary Me' is the best written and least self-conscious of Updike's longer fiction; it contains his most sophisticated and sympathetic portraits of women. It is quite simply, Updike's best novel yet. I can't believe that anyone married or divorced could read it without being moved."
First edition of Updike's third novel in his acclaimed Rabbit series, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
First edition of Updike's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some wear to the spine and some chips to the rear panel. Jacket design by Harry Ford.
Hoping For A Hoopoe (The Carpentered Hen).
First British edition of the author's first book, a book of poetry. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light wear to the extremities.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to a friend, who aided Updike in researching witch publications, "For ___ ______ with many thanks for sharing his witchlore [witchlore printed out in Updike's hand] with me all best, John Updike." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice association.
First edition of Updike's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page with a transcription from Luke 23:31, which reads, "If they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when the wood is dry?" -Luke 23:31 John Updike." The verse appears on the next page of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Harry Ford.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to journalist David Hepworth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Memories of the Ford Administration.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Updike, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep (Jack Nicklaus).
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Updike and signed by the illustrator Paul Szep on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Jack Nicklaus to the same recipient on the front pastedown. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to his neighbors Ken and Jane Field. A very sharp copy of Updike's seventh novel.
More Matter: Essays and Criticism.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his friend and golfing partner in the year of publication, "For Peter Vermilze matters to be consumed in small tasty bites Merry Christmas John Updike 12/25/99." Updike has also drawn a nice drawing of Santa Claus. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
First edition of the author's second collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by John Updike. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
First edition of Updike's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To R.F. Garnett Best wishes John Updike 2/12/68." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear to the spine crown. Jacket design by Harry Ford.
Updike, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Additionally signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.
First edition of "one of Updike's boldest and most imaginative performances" (Newsweek). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by S. Neil Fujita.