Author: MARKLE, Joyce B.
Title: Fighters and Lovers: Theme in the Novels of John Updike
Description: New York, New York University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 205pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome second printing of this surprisingly popular study (it went through at least three printings), inscribed and signed boldly by the author in black ballpoint on half-title page: "To Joe -- / when I become famous / and the book becomes / valuable, I'll re-inscribe / it to John. / Joyce." Recipient "Joe" is academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013) and "John" his son. .
Keywords: Literary Criticism
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Title: Fighters and Lovers: Theme in the Novels of John Updike
Description: New York, New York University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 205pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome second printing of this surprisingly popular study (it went through at least three printings), inscribed and signed boldly by the author in black ballpoint on half-title page: "To Joe -- / when I become famous / and the book becomes / valuable, I'll re-inscribe / it to John. / Joyce." Recipient "Joe" is academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013) and "John" his son. .
Keywords: Literary Criticism
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 39854
- Book number: 39854
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