John Updike / BECH IS BACK Signed 1st Edition 1982

Signed limited first edition of Updike's second compilation of stories about Henry Bech, a middle-aged writer with more than a hint of self-portraiture beneath his Bellovian, Rothlike exterior. Read more: Adam Kirsch, "The Imaginary Jew, " The New Republic. Original copper-lettered textured black cloth.

In original pictorial dust jacket and slipcase. Endpapers, jacket, and slipcase illustrations by Arnold Roth. Edition of 500 specially bound and printed copies, this copy no. Signed by Updike on limitation page.

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