First Edition Points and Criteria for The Early Stories: 1953-1975
Year Published: 2003
Author Last Name: Updike
Author First Name: John
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $35.00
Pages: 838
First Edition is stated on the copyright page, and 2003 is stated on the title page. Binding is blue cloth with gold and silver lettering on spine, and red top stain. Dust jacket has photo of the author on the back panel with no reviews. Back dust jacket flap has three reviews (by New York Post, The Saturday Review, and The Nation) and biography of the author. Front dust jacket flap has a review by The Hudson Review.
The Early Stories: 1953-1975 won the PEN/Faulkner Award.

Picture of the 2003 first edition dust jacket for The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Picture of dust jacket where original $35.00 price is found for The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Picture of the first edition Alfred A. Knopf boards for The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Picture of the first edition title page for The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Other first edition points for books by John Updike include: Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest, The Centaur, The Widows of Eastwick, Rabbit, Run.
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Other first edition points for books by John Updike include: Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest, The Centaur, The Widows of Eastwick, Rabbit, Run.
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