The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures by John Updike First edition, first printing, first state $ 500.00
Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1958. First state dust jacket with “two small children” on the rear flap. Author’s first book in very good condition with no owner’s signatures or bookplates or price clipping. The book itself is in near fine condition with a very good first state dust jacket with some wear to the tips of spine and a few small closed tears. A collectible first of Updike’s first book.
