signed first edition
1999 · [Concord, NH]
by UPDIKE, John
[Concord, NH]: William B. Ewert, Publisher / Firefly Press, 1999. First Separate Edition. Second (broadside) Printing, one of 50 copies on Rives Heavyweight paper. Broadside, with text and illustration letterpress printed in black, dark red, and green on white deckle-edged stock, measuring 9.5" x 12.25" (24cm x 31cm). A Fine copy of this poem, which first appeared in The New Republic in 1999. The illustration was reproduced from a wood engraving by Eric Gill. DE BELLIS & BROOMFIELD A174.b. (Inventory #: 53911)