Couples
John Updike
Published by Alfred A.Knopf, 1968
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Hardcover
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1968. First Edition. 458 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed blue with water stains. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Seller Inventory # 1727772866ADA
Bibliographic Details
Title: Couples
Publisher: Alfred A.Knopf
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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Couples
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001349318
Quantity: 3 available
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Couples
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR001169835
Quantity: 3 available
Couples
Published by
Fawcett Crest, 1969
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Mass Market Paperback
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123522023
Quantity: 1 available
Couples
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Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123582590
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MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD / COUPLES
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Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copies. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD --- On the eve of a carefree summer, Bob and Sheila Beckwith find their loving marriage shattered by a single telephone call and the resurfacing of a truth which must be kept from their two daughters and the young boy visiting for the summer. --- COUPLES --- Couples is the book that has been assailed for its complete frankness and praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrait of love, marriage, and adultery in America. But be it damned or hailed, Couples drew back the curtain forever on sex in suburbia in the late twentieth century. A classic, it is one of those books that will be read -- and remembered -- for a long time to come. . . Seller Inventory # 2110
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Couples (Penguin Modern Classics)
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A few small stains. A tan to the pages. Seller Inventory # wbb0024830877
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COUPLES / THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
ISBN 10: 0449233693
ISBN 13: 9780449233696
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Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copies. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- COUPLES --- Couples is the book that has been assailed for its complete frankness and praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrait of love, marriage, and adultery in America. But be it damned or hailed, Couples drew back the curtain forever on sex in suburbia in the late twentieth century. A classic, it is one of those books that will be read -- and remembered -- for a long time to come. --- THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK --- In John Updike's hugely entertaining fantasy of sex and revenge, Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie are divorcées living in Eastwick, Rhode Island, a town that was a haven of witchcraft during the colonial years. After each is betrayed in her turn by Darryl Van Horne, a local womanizing cad, they come together to work out a curse against him. . . See photos for additional content. . . Seller Inventory # 38889
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MARRY ME / COUPLES
Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copies. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- MARRY ME --- This novel of love and denial tells the story of an unhappy love affair carried on between Jerry Conant and Sally Mathias, both already married, in Greenwood, Connecticut during the summer of 1962. --- COUPLES --- Couples is the book that has been assailed for its complete frankness and praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrait of love, marriage, and adultery in America. But be it damned or hailed, Couples drew back the curtain forever on sex in suburbia in the late twentieth century. A classic, it is one of those books that will be read -- and remembered -- for a long time to come. . .See photos for additional content. . . Seller Inventory # 38890
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Couples
Published by
Knopf, 1968
Used
Paperback
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123696909
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Couples
Published by
Fawcett, 1968
Used
Mass Market Paperback
Seller: Foxtrot Books, Yankton, SD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. All books are clean and unmarked unless stated. Seller Inventory # 021101
Quantity: 1 available