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UPDIKE, John.: Bech: A Book. London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. 1st ed. Fiction. ''Perhaps John Updike's best and most attractive book.'' Pp. 7/206. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has slight sunning to spine and is price-clipped. VG/G+. Price: 15.00 GBP
UPDIKE, John.: Buchanan Dying. A Play. London: Andre Deutsch, 1974. 1st ed. ''In a play meant to be read, Buchanan's political and private lives are represented as aspects of his spiritual life, whose crowning, condensing act is the act of dying.'' Pp. 9/262, illustrated endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has minor edge chips. VG/VG. Price: 22.00 GBP
UPDIKE, John.: Couples. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 1st U.S ed. Novel. Concerns the interactions of ten couples in an out-of-the-way New England community called Tarbox. Pp. 458. Blue cloth, d/w edges chipped with clear protective wrap, (details from William Blake's water colour drawing ''Adam & Eve'' reproduced on jacket). VG/G. Price: 14.00 GBP
UPDIKE, John.: Marry Me. A Romance. London: Andre Deutsch, 1977. 1st Andre Deutsch ed. Fiction. ''John Updike's gift for expressing a searching seriousness in a way that delights has never been more eloquently demonstrated.'' Pp. 303. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+. Price: 12.00 GBP
UPDIKE, John.: Museums and Women and other stories. London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. 1st ed. ''This is John Updike's largest and most various collection of short stories.'' Pp. 4/280, 24 b/w illustrations. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+. Price: 18.00 GBP
UPDIKE, John.: Telephone Poles and Other Poems. London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. 1st ed. 66 poems. Pp. 9/84, uneven toning to title page. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edges chipped and small closed tear. VG/G+. Price: 8.00 GBP
