The Texas Arts Journal, Number One: The Manuscript Edition
by Updike, John
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- Paperback
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- first
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About This Item
Texas Arts Journal, 1977. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 109 pages. 8-3/8 by 10-7/8 inches. Contains Updike's libretto for a Grimm-inspired children's opera, The Fisherman and His Wife. Limited to 22 copies, with a page of the original typescript signed by Updike laid-in to a folder labeled with limitation details. The opera premiered at the Opera Company of Boston in 1970, with score by Gunther Schuller. First edition (first printing). Small snag to cover edge, thus a near fine copy; labeled folder and signed typescript page fine (page 28). A photocopied letter from Updike laid-in explains: 'I talked Knopf into letting me make it a children's book in format like other opera plots...But when I settled to the task it appeared to me I should spare bookbuyer[s] and booksellers one more volume to deal with.' Enclosed in publisher's slipcase with paper label stating edition details. [JSP01].
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- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191182
- Title
- The Texas Arts Journal, Number One: The Manuscript Edition
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Texas Arts Journal
- Date Published
- 1977
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