Trust Me Signed First Edition Reference

Trust Me (1987) is one of Updike’s mid-career short story collections, gathering twenty-two stories that appeared primarily in The New Yorker during the mid-1980s. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, the collection demonstrates Updike’s mastery of the domestic short story at its peak — precise, compassionate, and attentive to the textures of middle-class American life in ways that few other writers could match.

First Edition Identification

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York Publication date: 1987 Format: Hardcover, 302 pages First printing indicator: “First Edition” on the copyright page

Signed Copy Values

• Flat-signed: $75–$200
• Inscribed: $150–$400

Lower-tier pricing, consistent with the general market for Updike story collections outside of Pigeon Feathers. Available and affordable.

Collection Highlights

The collection includes several of Updike’s finest late short stories, demonstrating his continued command of the form even as his novels became more structurally ambitious. The stories engage with Updike’s characteristic themes — marriage, adultery, aging, the landscapes of New England and Pennsylvania — with the economy and precision that the short form demands.

Market Notes

Affordable completist acquisition. Story collections are systematically undervalued relative to novels in the collecting market, and Updike’s story collections are no exception. For readers who value the short story as a form, Trust Me offers substantial literary content at minimal collecting cost.