John Updike. Stated first edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Both unclipped dust jacket (in a mylar wrapper) and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. No writing or markings found in this well-preserved book, 210 pp. Dust jacket design by one of the all-time greats, Chip Kidd.
A stated first edition of John Updike's essays on art, with a dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd, one of the most influential book designers of his generation.
In Just Looking, Updike brings his sharp eye and elegant prose to painters and exhibitions from Vermeer to Vuillard, showing why he was as gifted a critic of art as he was a novelist.
