Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Couples by John Updike in an archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1968 Knopf. First Printing, with no subsequent printing and 1968 on both title and copyright pages.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright, blue cloth 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, lightly rolled spine ends, a small smudge on the dyed top page block, while the deckled side and bottom edges are surprising clean and bright. Also with mild edge wear, and lightly rounded 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 bright.
The dust jacket is In Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. Dust jacket is first state without a price, as issued, and 4/68 date on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
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.
