The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. Poems

by John Updike

$850 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition of author's first book. xii, 82pp. 8vo. Cloth spine, paper-covered boards. Endpapers have browning along gutters from publisher's binding glue , binding a bit shaken, else a very good copy in first printing unclipped dust jacket stating with a wife and two small children on rear flap of jacket . Jacket is dull, with moderate edge wear and light surface soiling. Roberts A1a. Item #327044

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