JOHN UPDIKE. — Bech: A Book.

Andre Deutsch, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 206pp. Green boards lettered in gold at the spine with the publisher's green top edge stain. The head of the backstrip gently bruised, else a fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, very lightly toned at the spine panel. The first of the author's Bech books, Updike's alter-ego, comprising seven stories (it was followed by 'Bech is Back' and 'Bech at Bay')., Near Fine, Very Good