UPDIKE, JOHN. Nine signed books, including three first eds.: The Centaur; Couples; and The Carpentered Hen. New York: Alfred Knopf.
A group of nine signed books. Three first editions, including The Centaur, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963; Couples, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968; and The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Each signed on the title page.[Together with:] Six later printings including The Centaur, fifth printing, April 1963; Rabbit Redux, third printing, November 1971; The Afterlife and Other Stories, fifth printing, January 1995; Museums and Women and Other Stories, sixth printing, May 1993; In the Beauty of the Lilies, second printing, January 1996, signed on the f.f.e.p.; and Bech: a Book, fifth printing, August 1970. All signed on title page unless otherwise stated.
