John Updike. Stayed first edition. 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 and 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).
