The Widows of Eastwick

First Edition is stated on the copyright page with no references to subsequent printings. Boards are light blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Dust Jacket back has five reviews for the Witches of Eastwick - by Paul Gray, Margaret Atwood, Gail Godwin, Frederick Busch, and Rhoda Koenig. Back dust jacket flap has photo of the author. According to the Advance Reader's Edition, 200,000 first printings were produced.

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Picture of the 2008 first edition dust jacket for The Widows of Eastwick.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Widows of Eastwick.

Picture of dust jacket where original $24.95 price is found for The Widows of Eastwick.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Widows of Eastwick.

Picture of the first edition Alfred A. Knopf boards for The Widows of Eastwick.

Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of The Widows of Eastwick.

Picture of the first edition title page for The Widows of Eastwick.

The back of the Advance Reader's Edition (which also says Uncorrected Proof) states that a first printing of 200,000 was planned. It also list promotional items and events, including what was probably the author's last book tour.

Other first edition points for books by John Updike include: Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest, The Centaur, The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

    

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