About this title: The 47th book by John Updike is a collection of short pieces on a classic game. A golfer for almost 40 years, Updike has written frequently about his "impassioned but imperfect devotion" to the game. Now he brings together his writings culled from a variety of sources--The New Yorker, Golf Digest, his own fiction--that knowingly cover everything from the peculiar charms of bad golf and the satisfactions of an essentially losing struggle to the camaraderie of good golf and the perils of its present boom.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996-08-20
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Very Good. Excellent clean condition. All pages and cover are clean. Dust jacket has some wear. Has a dedication written on the front end page/title page. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Szep, Paul. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Clean boards. Tight binding. Library stamp on liner & closed pages. No makings on text. DJ is clean & encased in plastic. Traces of sticker on front DJ plastic. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679442561ISBN:0679442561
Description: Good. Reliable large print edition in a full dust jacket. The front cover has some stickers removed from the bookstore. Some scuff and shelf wear to the dust jacket on the cover. All in all, a clean read. read more
Description: Good. 1996-Hardcover----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Pub by Knopf, 1996. Hardcover with DJ. Name inside front cover otherwise clean and tight. Fine book in Fine DJ. ISBN: 0-679-45058-0. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good hardcover copy, lightly used. The binding is solid and square. The covering of mustard yellow cloth on the spine and matching paper on the boards shows almost no wear. The text of the book is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is almost as good, but is moderately rubbed on the front and has some mild edgewear; also it is price-clipped-------------------------------------------------------------Updike has won many awards for his ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Szep, Paul. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Now in Brodart cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996-08-20
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf 1996 first edition. This is in fine++ condition except for minor discoloration on jacket. Otherwise jacket flawless, interior clean. Great book for the golfer or his/her spouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Date Published: 1996-08-20
ISBN-13:9780679442561ISBN:0679442561
Description: Very Good in Very Good- jacket. Very Good Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Cover whole and smooth, but scuffed in places, with wear to edges and corners. Nice copy! read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardback 5 1/4" x 8"
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Paul Szep drawings. Fine. DJ VG-205pp. DJ corners/spine ends a little worn, rubbed some. blindstamp on front free endpaper & title page, ISBN 0-679-45058-0. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Fine. About Fine Dust Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. (16)201pp. Drawings. Clean unread condition but dj rubbed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Paul Szep. First printing. Fine in a very good dustjacket A small remainder dot on top edge. Drawings by Paul Szep. Among his many virtues, Updike is a golf fanatic, as these 30 short pieces (both fiction and non-fiction) amply prove. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Szep, Paul. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition, So Stated
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York, NY, U. S. A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679450580ISBN:0679450580
Description: Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0679450580 A handsome copy bound in brown cloth covers. 201 pages. A bare hint of rubbing. DJ is complete and has light edge rubbing. A very nice copy! read more
"John Updike is a great author and I enjoyed his take on the game of golf. Golf Dreams is a collection of pieces he has written through the years. There are pieces from magazine articles he has written for publications like Golf Diagest; a piece from three of his "Rabbit" series; even a speech he gave at the US Golf Associations 100 year anniversary. I enjoyed reading such a great author and how he shared his thought and experiences on golf. There were times, however, that he strayed a bit off of golf and into ramblings philosophical and otherwise. It was difficult at times to plow through sections and get to the next piece. Overall, I give the book 3/5 stars."
"Other than the short story "A&P", which I also love, this is only Updike material I've ever read. Having been raised in an environment rife with terrible golf, courtesy of my father and my high-school self, I greatly enjoyed this collection. The essays accounting Updike's ongoing (and largely unsuccessful, to hear him tell it) attempts to master the links are far more entertaining than the few short works of golf-based fiction included, which aren't bad enough to lose the book any stars but do feel like padding.
I will now read whatever Updike I can get my hands on and we'll see how it goes."
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