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Lot 246

Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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UPDIKE, John (1932-2009). A group of 17 limited edition pamphlets of Updike’s works, MANY SIGNED, comprising:


1) Six Poems. N.p.: Aloe Editions, 1973. 8vo. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, number 4 of 100 copies SIGNED BY UPDIKE.

2) Pigeon Feathers. Logan, IA: The Perfection Form Company, 1974. 12mo. Original wraps. SIGNED BY UPDIKE.

3) Query. New York: William Ferguson for Albondocani Press, 1974. 12mo. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 unnumbered copies.

4) Couples: A Short Story. Cambridge, MA: Halty Ferguson, 1976. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, number 27 of 250 copies SIGNED BY UPDIKE of a total edition of 276.

5) Sixteen Sonnets. Cambridge, MA: Halty Ferguson, 1979. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, number 232 of 250 copies SIGNED BY UPDIKE of a total edition of 276.

6) Chaste Planet. Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1980. 8vo. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, number 49 of 300 copies SIGNED BY UPDIKE of a total edition of 326.

7) On the Move. Cleveland: Bits Press, 1988. 8vo. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, one of 120 unnumbered copies SIGNED BY UPDIKE.

8) Thanatopses. Cleveland: Bits Press, 1991. 8vo. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, one of 237 unnumbered copies.

9) In the Cemetery High Above Shillington. Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1995. 8vo. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original wraps. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies SIGNED BY UPDIKE AND MOSER and printed on Molino paper and sewn in wrappers of a total edition of 150.

10-16) RUYLE, John. Literary Reflections. Three Philosophical Poems on the Works of John Updike. Berkeley, CA: The Pequod Press, 1985. Printed on a bifolium. LIMITED EDITION, number 2 of 25 copies SIGNED BY RUYLE. – [With:] 6 additional copies, numbers 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of 25 copies signed.

17) BOZEMAN, Pat. John Updike an Exhibition. Houston: University of Houston, 1985. Original wraps.

Together, 17 works in 17 volumes, condition generally fine.

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