The Carpentered Hen and other tame creatures
by UPDIKE, JOHN
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, publisher's ¼ cloth, spine foot bumped; dust jacket, folds rubbed, shallow chipping to head and foot of spine panel; faded inked inscription on front flyleaf. Updike's first book. Signed by him on the title page.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D18782
- Title
- The Carpentered Hen and other tame creatures
- Author
- UPDIKE, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
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