NMLP P-044464 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures

John Updike · Harper & Brothers, New York · 1958

The first-issue jacket is the sharper point: the rear-flap biography states the author has "two small children", corrected to "four" in the second-issue jacket (Roberts A1a); price present at the front flap

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-044464 for "The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures" by John Updike (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044464, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).