[Rarebooks] FS: Updike, Sex

[Gerard Gormley]

ABSTRACTS


Updike, John~.  HUGGING THE SHORE: Essays & Criticism~.  Knopf,
1983.  Signed copies hard to find -- Essays & Criticism -- Signed
by Updike.  Second printing before publication.

Bayley, Stephen (Editor)~.  SEX: The Erotic Review~.  London, UK:
Cassell & Co., 2001.  Hard to find --- Illustrated (explicit) --
Sex down through the ages in all cultures -- English language.
First Printing.



DETAILS


Updike, John~.  HUGGING THE SHORE: Essays & Criticism~.  NY NY,
USA: Knopf, 1983.  Keywords: signed copies hard to find -- Essays
& Criticism -- Literature -- Signed by Updike on front free end
paper (matches exactly signatures on 2 books I had signed by
Updike, who lives in town adjoining mine) -- English language.
Second printing before publication (so stated on copyright-page).
Signed.  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present, price intact.  919
pages.  Hardcover.  Height: 8-5/8".  Full cloth, silver/gold-
stamping, top leaf-edges tinted.  Book Very Good: spine slightly
faded, top & bottom edges sunned, light bumping to spine-bottom.
Dust jacket Very Good: 1/4" (not quite closed) tear to spine-top,
lightest scoring to front (light to back), full-height crease to
front inside.  Dust jacket pluses: absolutely no rubbing or
scratching to front, spine or back.  Signed copies of this title
Hard to find.  ISBN:0394531795.  [Shipping weight: 3.25 lb.].
[Digital JPEG image available on request].  2081~.  US$60-


Bayley, Stephen (Editor)~.  SEX: The Erotic Review~.  London, UK:
Cassell & Co., 2001.  Keywords: hard to find -- Art -- Erotica --
History -- Illustrated (explicit) -- Literature -- Sex down
through the ages in all cultures -- The Erotic Review is a
periodical published by the Erotic Print Society (EPS) -- this
beautiful book published in conjunction with EPS -- English
language.  First Printing ("First Published in UK in 2001 by
Cassell & Co.").  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present, no price ever
printed (original trade edition, though -- no club blind-stamp,
gutter code or jacket mention).  383 pages: Index, color (& a few
black & white) photographs, art reproductions & illustrations
throughout.  Binding height: 10".  Full cloth, title etc. gold-
stamped, a gorgeous book inside & out.  Book Near Fine: lightest
bumping to spine-top/bottom.  Binding strong & tight, insides
Fine.  Dust jacket Near Fine: lightest wrinkle to spine-
top/bottom.  Dust jacket pluses: absolutely no rubbing,
scratching or scoring to front, spine or back.   ISBN:0304359467.
[Shipping weight: 3.75 lb.].  [Digital JPEG image available on
request].  2082~.  US$60-


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