verse carpentered hen tame creatures de updike john (9 résultats)

Etat : VERY GOOD. Paperback original - first printing. The first combined appearance of these two early books of poetry - The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures and Telephone Poles and Other poems - in one volume with a new "foreword" (an 8 line poem) by Updike. 175 pp. Very good.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 175 pages. "This special Crest edition of VERSE represents the first appearance of his collected poetry in a single volume, and contains complete the two volumes originally published as The Carpentered Hen and Telephone Poles." Second Crest printing. Preceding the title page is Updike's eight-line verse foreword to the Crest edtion. Mass-market paperback, red-tinted edges faded and faintly foxed, light soil and tiny loss spots on back wrap, gentle vertical fold in front wrap about 1" from edge and extending through page 32. Pages clean and unmarked.

First edition, first printing Good reading copy wraps. Small snip from bottom front cover and inside first flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Excellent reading copy in good condition.

First edition Near fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. First printing.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Crest Book #t787, 1965. Stated first Crest printing. First collection of Updike's two poetry books. VG+ condition. Tiny bump to the upper front spine tip. Rubs to the corners and some rubbing to the spine edges. The pages are bright and white.

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Near fine with bottom corner creased. A Crest Book, T787.

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Paperback. Etat : Fine. First edition thus. A Fine copy in olive green glossy wrappers, a paperback original. Collects Updike's first two books of poetry. There was no hardcover equivalent edition. 175pp. Light verse, among the best.

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. First combined edition. Mass market paperback. Near fine with cover edges lightly worn.