Rabbit, Run
by Updike, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in original boards with slight sunning and very good dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear largely centered on the spine extremities. Previous owner's address laid on the front endpaper. First state of the dust jacket with the sixteen-line unattributed blurb on the front flap. Signed postcard from Updike at a later date laid in.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Clayton Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- b33276
- Title
- Rabbit, Run
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
Clayton Fine Books
All books are returnable for any reason within ten days of purchase. All items are offered subject to prior sale. Payment by PayPal, money order or check. Payment with order except for those customers known to us or who call us. In the latter case, we will ship the book when payment is received. Libraries and institutions may be invoiced with shipment. All shipments within the U.S. are made by USPS or Fed/Ex. Larger, heavier items may result in additional shipping charges. West Virginia residents must add 6% sales tax. For customers outside of the U.S., shipment will normally be made via priority mail.
About the Seller
Clayton Fine Books
Biblio member since 2007
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
About Clayton Fine Books
Clayton Fine Books is an online business only. The bulk of our stock is concentrated in literature, art history and Americana. Substantial quantities of back issues magazines and historical newspapers.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
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