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Two Signed First Editions, One Signed by 19 Writers, including: Jill Krementz. The Writer's Desk. Inscribed to previous owner by Krementz. Also signed by Updike and 17 other writers (see website for complete list). [and:] John Updike. In the Beauty of the Lilies. First trade edition. Inscribed to by Updike. Both fine.

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This lot: Jill Krementz. The Writer's Desk. Introduction by John Updike. New York: Random House, [1996]. First edition. Inscribed to previous owner on title page by Krementz. Also signed by Updike on the title page. Signatures of the following authors throughout the book on the pages of their profiles:

Amy Tan

Susan Sontag

Edwidge Danticat

Toni Morrison (a signed bookplate, laid in)

Kurt Vonnegut

Nikki Giovanni

Russell Banks

Peter Matthiessen

Joan Didion

Joseph Heller

Rita Dove

Mona Simpson

William Styron

Joyce Carol Oates

Richard Ford

Edmund White

George Plimpton

Octavo. 114 pages. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] John Updike. In the Beauty of the Lilies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First trade edition. Inscribed to a previous owner and signed by Updike on the title page. Octavo. 491 pages. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Fine condition.



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