Lot Details
Lot 252
UPDIKE, JOHN The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures.
New York: Harpers, [1958]. First edition of Updike's first book, signed by him on the front blank and further inscribed on the title to a collector, also with a signed review slip laid-in. Publisher's cloth backed boards, in first issue jacket with price present and with the last line on rear jacket flap reading "a wife and two small children." 8 x 5 inches; 82 pp. A very fine copy.
A very bright copy, signed thrice, of John Updike's first book.
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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)
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