Verse by Updike, John - 1965

Verse by John Updike
The Carpentered Hen and other tame creatures; Telephone Poles and other poems
Crest Book 1st printing Feb 1965
Paperback
4.25 x 7.1 inches, 175 pages

Updike published eight volumes of poetry over his career, including his first book The Carpentered Hen (1958), and one of his last, the posthumous Endpoint (2009). The New Yorker published excerpts of Endpoint in its March 16, 2009 issue. Much of Updike's poetical output was recollected in Knopf's Collected Poems (1993). He wrote that "I began as a writer of light verse, and have tried to carry over into my serious or lyric verse something of the strictness and liveliness of the lesser form." The poet Thomas M. Disch noted that because Updike was such a well-known novelist, his poetry "could be mistaken as a hobby or a foible"; Disch saw Updike's light verse instead as a poetry of "epigrammatical lucidity". His poetry has been praised for its engagement with "a variety of forms and topics", its "wit and precision", and for its… Read More

Crest Books/Fawcett World Library, 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Fawcett Publications, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crest, Fawcett Publications Inc., 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Used Good. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

Crest Books/Fawcett World Library. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. (poetry) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1965. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 175 pages. Stated Second Crest Printing: June, 1965. Crest Book t787 $.75 on front cover. Back cover states: "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 Telepone Poles." With a new poetic Foreword by the author for this edition. Covers slightly chipped; red page edges mottled as though they'd gotten wet at some point. The pages are remarkably white and clean, no marks to text..

Crerst Book, 1965. Soft cover. 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.

Crest Books. New York: Fawcett Publications. , 1965 first edition . 787 very good , store stamps inside PBO. paperback,

Fawcett, 1965. 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

Fawcett Crest, 1965. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.