Trust Me. By John Updike. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Knopf. New York, 1987.

John Updike is one of the most celebrated American authors of all time. He captured middle class American life with narratives full of accessible characters and truthfully portrayed places.  He wrote with subtly brilliant sound and cadence. He published over two dozen novels and short story collections. He also published numerous letters and critical works. For all his achievements, Updike was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, two National Book Awards, several National Book Critics Circle Awards, and many other accolades. Trust Me is one of his most beloved short story collections. It contains nineteen stories that had previously been published in various literary magazines.

This first trade edition, first printing is in fine condition. In the original quarter cloth, fine. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, near-fine with only bumping to spine ends.

A fine first trade edition of Updike’s short stories.