Description
For sale: an exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Coup by John Updike in an archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1978 Knopf. First Printing, with no subsequent printing and 1978 on both title and copyright pages.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with and strong title ink on a convex spine and author’s name on front board. Also with a tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, a few marks on page blocks, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The dust jacket is In Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap. Dust jacket is first state with the $8.95 price present on the front flap and 11/78 on the rear flap.
A novel that charts the violent events in an imaginary African nation, as told by the colonel and leader of the country—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.
