first edition Hardcover
1998 · New York
by UPDIKE, John, edited by
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographic plates. 346pp. Red cloth gilt with applied labels. Front hinge split, covers with a few faint spots, near fine, without dust jacket as issued. The history of the National Institute of Arts & Letters and the American Academy of Arts & Letters as told by Updike and ten others. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice. (Inventory #: 558028)