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Rabbit, Run (Franklin Library signed, limited edition series)
by UPDIKE, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. Full-Leather. A deluxe, signed Franklin Library edition of John Updike's 1960 novel, the first in his series featuring his Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom character. Signed by the author on a leaf near the front of the book. With a special introductory note by the author and illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Issued as part of the publisher's signed, limited edition series. One of an unspecified number. --- Bound in full red bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Text presented on quality papers. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Gold silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about Fine copy: bright, newish and most likely unread.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (14), 342 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Rabbit, Run , written by John Updike and first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1960, follows a 26-year-old former high school basketball player nicknamed “Rabbit.” Imprisoned in a tedious job and a loveless marriage, Rabbit attempts to find freedom from his constrained middle-class lifestyle. The novel was republished in a 1963 Penguin Edition, which was the first to include more sexually risque passages cut by Knopf in the first edition. The first of the 'Rabbit Tetralogy', Rabbit, Run is perhaps the most sought-after title written by Updike.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86947
- Title
- Rabbit, Run (Franklin Library signed, limited edition series)
- Author
- UPDIKE, John
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1977
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Raised Band(s)
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