Confessions of a Wild Bore

Title: Confessions of a Wild Bore

Author: Updike, John

Publication: Newton, Iowa: Tamazunchale Press, 1984.

Description: Miniature book containing John Updike's analysis of a boring person's behavior, told from the perspective of the bore. No. 113 of 250 copies. Printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen of Haarlem, Netherlands. Bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre of Limoges, France in full brown calfskin with gilt lettering, Cockerell marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. 2.5 x 1.75 inches; 34, [6] pages (first and last leaf blank and adhered to endpapers as issued). A clean, crisp, collectible copy. Fine. "Confessions of a Wild Bore" first appeared in "The New Yorker." The Dutch printer Joh. Enschedé en Zonen also printed Achille St. Onge miniature books, in addition to Dutch stamps and paper currency. Tamazunchale Press, established in Iowa by miniature book collector Charlotte Smith and her husband Tom, published 20 miniature books between 1983 and 1988.