NMLP P-042928 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Bech: A Book

John Updike · Alfred A. Knopf · 1970

The trade first printing states "First Edition" on the copyright page — Knopf's settled practice from about 1933–34 onward — and the statement is removed on subsequent printings

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-042928 for "Bech: A Book" by John Updike (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042928, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).