Author: UPDIKE, John
Title: Marry Me: A Romance
Description: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library, 1976. Hardcover. Illustrations by Barbara Fox. Small 4to. Full green calf with raised bands and elaborate gilt lettering and decorative rules and devices. 347pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, green moire silk endpapers, sewn-in green satin page marker. Fine. Pristine, tight limited (unspecified) first edition of this novel, slightly preceding the 1976 Knopf first trade edition. Tipped to the front flyleaf is an actual pristine library catalogue card for the first trade edition (Knopf) of this title, a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, single-hole-punched at bottom center as expected, signed boldly by Updike in blue ballpoint at center. Fine -- and more interesting than a signed bookplate. Book is housed in the Franklin Library's thin card stock slipcase and accompanied by "Notes from the Editors" leaflet. .

Keywords: American Literature


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