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John Updike

35 copies for sale · $15–$2,500 · 20 first editions · 14 signed

Notable copies for sale

MITES & OTHER POEMS IN MINIATURE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$200
DUE CONSIDERATION: ESSAYS AND CRITICISM - INSCRIBED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$150
Bech: A Book (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$150
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories Signed (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$100
A Month of Sundays Inscribed (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$50
Broadside: Raining At Magens Bay (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
Verse (first edition) — Between the Covers$35
IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$30
THE AFTERLIFE AND OTHER STORIES - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$25
BRAZIL - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$20
THE RABBIT TETRALOGY: RABBIT, RUN; RABBIT REDUX; RABBIT IS RICH; RABBIT AT REST - INSCRIBE — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$2,500
WOLF KAHN'S AMERICA: AN ARTIST'S TRAVELS By John Updike - Hardcover *Excellent* — eBay$75

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Works on the market

THE RABBIT TETRALOGY: RABBIT, RUN; RABBIT REDUX; RABBIT IS RICH; RABBIT AT REST - INSCRIBE1 copy · $2,500
MITES & OTHER POEMS IN MINIATURE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED1 copy · $200
Bech: A Book1 copy · $150
DUE CONSIDERATION: ESSAYS AND CRITICISM - INSCRIBED1 copy · $150
COUPLES By John Updike - Hardcover *Excellent Condition*1 copy · $129
Broadside: Raining At Magens Bay1 copy · $125
IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILLIES By John Updike - Hardcover *Excellent Condition*1 copy · $111
Facing Nature by John Updike Hardcover1 copy · $103
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories Signed1 copy · $100
WOLF KAHN'S AMERICA: AN ARTIST'S TRAVELS By John Updike - Hardcover *Excellent*1 copy · $75
A Month of Sundays Inscribed1 copy · $50
Self Consciousness: Memoirs by John Updike | 1st Edition/Signed | Easton 19891 copy · $48
MIDPOINT AND OTHER POEMS1 copy · $45
RABBIT, RUN By John Updike - Hardcover *Excellent Condition*1 copy · $41
Verse1 copy · $35
IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY1 copy · $30
THE AFTERLIFE AND OTHER STORIES - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY1 copy · $25
BRAZIL - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY1 copy · $20

Market context

178 copies of John Updike's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $56 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):

Couples: A Short Story, first edition, one of 250 copies signed by the author, Cambridge, (forum, 2026-04-23)£130

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