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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

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

"A reissue of his first collection of poems-- with a foreword by the author"

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982. Hardcover. 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. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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.

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.

Fawcett World Library, 1965. First edition. Near fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. First printing

Fawcett / A Crest Book, 1965. First edition. "A Crest Reprint". 1st printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Angular front cover crease. Moderate cover wear. Inside clean, no age-toning.. 1 175 p. Red page edges. Olive green paper covers. Bright white good quality paper. The first appearance of Updike's collected poetry in a single volume. Two separate volumes had appeared as listed in this title.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. F. 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Knopf Edition, a reprint of the author's first book bound in maroon cloth with gold lettering. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacke t. .

Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. A reissue of his first collection of poems - with a foreword by the author. Near fine plum boards with gilt lettering in with dust jacket tucked into book, four leaves of original dust jacket

New York:: Fawcett Crest,, (1965). First edition -. Very good.. Paperback original - first printing. The first combined appearance of these two early books of poetry - The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures and Telephone Poles and Other poems - in one volume with a new "foreword" (an 8 line poem) by Updike. 175 pp.

Fawcett World Library. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Bookplate inside. Spine and front hinge cracked. (Poetry, Poems)

Alfred A Knopf, 1982 A reissue of Updike's first collection of poems, with a foreward by the author. 84 pages. Sliight shelfwear to dust jacket.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1982. First Printing of this reissue of Updike's first book which was originally published in 1958 by Harper & Bros. With a new foreword, written specially for this edition, by the author. 84 clean, unmarked ; dj w/closed tears, unclipped price, in mylar . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 Vo.