Telephone Poles

John Updike. First edition stated. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclipped jacket with original price $4.00 on inside flap. Jacket designed by the great S. Niel Fujita.  IIn a mylar protective wrapper. Photo on rear jacket by Dennis Stock. Publication date 8/63 stamped on inside flap. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. No writing or markings in the book, 84 pp. 

This was Updike's 7th book & 2nd book of poetry, after "The Carpentered Hen." Contains 66 poems, 47 which have been previously published in the New Yorker. This is a great copy of Updike's early work (in poetry).