signed first edition
1989 · New York
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 350 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.164. Square quarto; 3/4 marbled paper over black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's black cloth slipcase; 210,[2]pp; illus. Fine in a Fine slipcase, without dustjacket, as issued. A handsome volume, collecting 23 of the author's essays on art, supplemented by 193 plates of illustrations throughout the text. (Inventory #: 23193)