Description
For sale: an exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Centaur by John Updike. First Edition stated, 1963 Knopf. First Printing, with no subsequent printing and with 1963 on the title page.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with mild fading at edges and strong title gilt on a cloth spine and author’s name on front. Also, 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 Very Good condition with moderate surface wear, heavy edge wear. The front graphic design is mostly free of defects, which looks great in a Brodart archival wrap. Dust jacket is first state with the $4.00 price present.
In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his relationship to the Titan Prometheus, “The Centaur” is one of Updike’s most brilliant novels.
