(ASSOCIATION COPY) In the Beauty of the Lilies

by Updike, John

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First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - for Patience and Jim, me co-evals and class of 54 Best Wishes, John Updike . In 1954, John Updike graduated from Harvard and, with his first wife, Mary Pennington, moved to Oxford for a year. Laid in is a 4 page program for the event where Updike signed the book - Spirit Place, A Gathering of Voices, A Public Conversation with John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, and Dan Wakefield. November 17 18, 1996 at THE POLIS CENTER, IUPUI in Indianapolis. First Trade Edition stated. Light green cloth covered boards with silver and gold lettering and rules to the spine and silver lettering and rule to the front cover. Near Fine, page block edges foxed, in a Fine dust jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson. .

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Year: 1996
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: Hardcover

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