NMLP P-016441 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Witches of Eastwick (Franklin Library Signed First Edition)

John Updike · The Franklin Library (Franklin Center, PA) · 1984

The Knopf trade edition is the true textual first. The Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society copy is genuinely hand-signed by Updike on a bound-in limitation page (the Society series, 1983-2000, used hand signatures, not facsimiles), and was issued as a simultaneous deluxe. It is collectible as a genuinely signed deluxe issue, but the Knopf printing carries textual precedence.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016441 for "The Witches of Eastwick (Franklin Library Signed First Edition)" by John Updike (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016441, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).