The first British edition of his first book, a collection of poems, published in the U.S. as The Carpentered Hen the previous year. Fine in a dust jacket with a small, nearly imperceptible abrasion to the rear panel, else fine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. Bookseller Inventory # 912062
Title: Hoping for a Hoopoe
Publisher: Gollancz
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition.
Book Description Victor Gollancz. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Seller Inventory # 3021670741
Book Description Gollancz, 1959. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Some wear & tear to covers, Signs of age to pages. Wear/marking to binding. Tears/rips to dust jacket. USED BUT OTHERWISE OF GOOD QUALITY ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # mon0002773125
Book Description Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.K. Edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. 1st UK edition. Seller Inventory # 59588
Book Description Victor Gollancz, 1959. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very nice copy in near unread condition. Internally the book is tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 103520
Book Description Gollancz, London, 1959. Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Poems by John Updike. Endpaper with pencil pricing ffep. Unclipped, bright two-color dust jacket with small chips on corners, top edge. Sparkling collection of light verse by John Updike. Seller Inventory # 001042
Book Description London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK First edition of Updike's first book of poetry, published in the US as The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Some brown spotting of edges of page block, otherwise a lovely copy in a near fine jacket. Seller Inventory # X003
Book Description Victor Gollancz, London, 1959. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Tear in rear od dustjacket on inch long Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 003262
Book Description Victor Gollancz. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 0575012358 INSCRIBED/dated by Hoover. Boards lightly soiled and marked. 11th printing. No dj. Seller Inventory # 1117A918641
Book Description GOLLANCZ, London. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ. Book. Seller Inventory # FIR 8/16
Book Description Gollancz, London, 1959. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first English edition (first printing) of the author's first book, which was published in the US a year earlier under the title 'The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures'. Slim 8vo. 82pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. A virtually fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly dust soiled and with the merest hint of rubbing to one or two extremities. Fifty-four poems plus the twenty-six part verse 'A Cheerful Alphabet of Pleasant Objects'. Seller Inventory # BC14579