Marry Me: A Romance

Franklin Station: Franklin Library, 1976. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in full leather with gilt. One of an unspecified number of copies of a limited edition of the first edition, with a special message to subscribers from Updike that does not appear in the trade edition. Although not issued Signed this copy is Inscribed: "For Herb Yellin in person nice to meet you. John Updike." Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all shared the same first name, chief among them John Updike, his favorite. *Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu* became the press's first book in 1977 with 10 more to follow over the next 23 years. Yellin's friendship with Updike grew with each new limited edition benefitting his already enormous Updike collection, with Updike himself contributing copies of new editions of his books - often inscribed. In a 2010 interview with Yellin he noted that Updike "...liked that if anything ever happened to his own collection, he had my collection on the opposite side of the country." A notable association and an interesting, marking what would be the beginning of a very long collaboration and friendship.