Estate / Collection: The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows

UPDIKE, JOHN
A group of nine books inscribed to Erica Jong, including: Bech at Bay. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First trade edition, with a 1-page T.L.S. to Jong asking her to clarify: "who is 'a certain Pulitzer-prize winning woman who hates woman more than any of her venerable male predecessors ever did'... Oh do drop me a hint on the enclosed card" and with Updike's musings on the question, "Do men hate women?", with a postcard bearing Updike's address with two holograph annotations on verso, with a 1-page A.L.S. postcard thanking Jong for being a reader and complaining about book promotion tours, and with an envelope addressed by Updike to Jong, all laid in. 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (20.25 x 11.75 cm). Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Fine; together with: The Afterlife. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition, inscribed: "For Erika J. These stories are more Jungian than Jongian, but then I'm older than you. Best, John U." Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Fine; and: Rabbit at Rest. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First trade edition, inscribed, "For Erica Jong, one more trip to the intersection of id and superego. All best, John. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Fine; and: Brazil. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First trade edition, inscribed by Updike to Jong, Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Fine; and: Three more first editions. All in publisher's cloth with dust jackets. Fine, or very nearly so, with some minor shelfware to jackets; and: Impressions. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1985. Limited edition, copy # 75 of 330, signed by the author on the limitation page, inscribed by Updike to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows on the front free end paper. Original cloth, gilt, publisher's slipcase. Fine; and with: Marry Me. A Romance. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. Signed limited first edition, additionally inscribed by the author to Erika Jong and Ken Burrows. Publisher's green calf, gilt. Nearly pristine, but for some discoloration of the watered silk endpapers.