signed first edition
1963 [but ca. 1979] · Princeton
by UPDIKE, John
Princeton: Ontario Review, 1963 [but ca. 1979]. First Edition. One of 100 copies published, this part of the second issue with "God blesses him" on third stanza, first line. Original postcard (15.25x10.25cm.) printed on orange stock. Fine. Reproduces the text of Updike's poem "Earthworm," originally published in his collection "Telephone Poles and Other Poems" (1963). Inscribed and signed by Updike at bottom of poem. Forms part of the series Ontario Review Poetry Postcard. (Inventory #: 37310)