UPDIKE, John. The Carpentered Hen and other tame creatures. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. 8o. Original quarter-cloth and boards; dust jacket (price clipped). FIRST EDITION of author's first book in first state dust jacket, with "two small children" in biographical blurb on rear flap. -- The Poorhouse Fair. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 8o. Original quarter-cloth and boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of author's first novel. (2)