Updike, John [1932 - 2009] — The POORHOUSE FAIR. A Novel
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st edition. Orange cloth spine over grey colored paper-wrapped boards with silver stamping. Orange topstain. Multi-color vertically striped dust jacket, designed by Harry Ford. [6], 185, [1] pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Average wear & soiling, age-toning. A VG book in a VG jacket. Updike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, this is the author's first novel.