Hoping For A Hoopoe [The Carpentered Hen] - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
by Updike, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1959. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first UK edition/first printing with little foxing at top of textblock, else Fine in alike dust-jacket with slight soiling and a small closed tear at top front. Signed and inscribed author John Updike directly on front free endpaper. First published in the US as The Carpentered Hen; "This is one of the most sparking collections of light verse for many a long day, and it may well come to rank among the classics of the genre. John Updike is an original: his humor is fresh and sponaneous, and the most improbable subjects can tickle his fancy." (from the dust-jacket) ; 8vo; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18168
- Title
- Hoping For A Hoopoe [The Carpentered Hen] - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legendary Authors / Updike, John;
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