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Updike, John. Rabbit At Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first trade edition bound in purple cloth with silver lettering. A signed first edition of this book had been previously published by The Franklin Library. A Near Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The book has a red remainder dot on the edges of the bottom page block. There is a tiny fray to the front cover's lower right corner.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First thus (first trade edition, following Franklin Library edition). Quarter inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel, minor tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel. Remainder mark on page base, top page ridge very lightly bumped. 1990 Hard Cover. 512 pp. 8vo. Updike's fourth and final Rabbit novel, which won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 - the second in the series to do so.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1990.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1990. A fine collectible copy of the first trade edition of the final full book in the Rabbit series, which won Updike his second Pulitzer Prize. First Trade Edition, First Printing, as designated by "First Trade Edition" printed on copyright page. (There was a signed, limited first edition published by Franklin Library Press.) A fine hardcover copy, dark blue covered boards, dark blue covered spine with silver and gold lettering. Book is solid, spine has very slight lean. Purple top stain slightly faded. Not ex-library, no previous owner markings, book plates, or remainder marks. Looks unread. Bright, unclipped dust jacket ($21.95 price intact). No fading on spine, but slight crinkling top spine, chipping bottom spine. Protected in Brodart Quik-Fold polyester acid-free dustjacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box.
Seller: Brothers' Fine and Collectible Books, IOBA, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
John Updike. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1990.
Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Description: Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Dust jacket is in very good condition. The front flap contains the original price of $21.95 on the top right corner. Some surface wear to the front and rear panels. The book is in very good plus to near fine condition. FIRST TRADE EDITION, is stated on the bottom of the copyright page, with reference to the Franklin printed edition as the first edition. The navy colored boards are very well preserved and the gold and silver lettering on the spine and front board remains bright and intact. The edges of the book are sharp and crisp. Slight sun fading to the bottom and top edges of the front and rear boards and spine. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. First trade edition with original first trade edition dust jacket.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
John Updike. Rabbit At Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Price: US$48.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1990. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Trade Edition, preceeded only by the Franklin Library limited edition. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt and silver lettering on spine, author's name and decoration, silver, on cover, t.e.g. (purple). This is the fourth and final novel in Updike's Rabbit tetra logy. This is an unread, unmarked copy in perfect condition. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest signs of shelf-wear.
Seller: Gambits Collectibles, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Rabbit at Rest. Knopf, NY, 1990.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The concluding volume in the Rabbit series. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. This is the first trade edition; the true first was issued by the Franklin Library. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Not uncommon, but perfect copies are harder to come by than one might think. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1990.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Trade Edition, preceded only by the Franklin Library limited edition. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt and silver lettering on spine, author's name and decoration, silver, on cover, t.e.g. (purple). The fourth and final novel in the "Rabbit" tetralogy. . Fore and bottom edges slightly speckled, otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is mildly sunned, along the top edge only, else fine. VERY GOOD+/NEAR FINE. . Rabbit tetralogy Series. Vol. 4. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 512, (3) pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
john updike. rabbit at rest (signed). franklin library, 1990.
Price: US$79.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: dj: none as issued. book: as new leather bound. signed by author
Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1990.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 512, [11]. Brown Leather, All Edges Gilt. Fine. Music Company's Artistic Bookplate On Verso Of First Free Endpaper. Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1990.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Trade Edition, preceeded only by the Franklin Library limited edition. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt and silver lettering on spine, author's name and decoration, silver, on cover, t.e.g. (purple). This is the fourth and final novel in Updike's Rabbit tetralogy. This is an unread, unmarked copy in perfect condition. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest signs of shelf-wear. FINE/NEAR FINE. . Rabbit tetralogy Series. Vol. 4. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 512, (4) pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. The Franklin Library, 1990.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full leather, decoratively gilt. Part of the "Signed First Edition" series.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Turow, Scott. Burden of Proof. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1990.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A handsome brown leather First Edition signed by popular lawyer-author, Scott Turow. In fine unread condition. Comes with all the Easton Press publication points: smyth sewn pages for decades of use, gold gilt page edges to protect from toning, gold inlay with hubbed spine and a sewn-in place marker. Easton Press books are bound in the United States. Includes a collector's certificate of authenticity. When describing himself as a child, Turow states that he was "dreamy with little inner discipline." His mother's writing aspirations inspired him from a young age and Turow pursued a fellowship in writing that brought him into the company of Raymond Carver, Richard Price, Alice Hoffman, Chuck Kinder, April Smith and Michael Rogers. As a lawyer, he worked for Dentons law firm, where he won the release of Alejandro Hernandez, who spent over a decade on death row for a murder he did not commit. He's stated that "Burden of Proof" was heavily influenced by the writer Saul Bellow and John Updike's "Rabbit Run". His most recent titles are "The Last Trial" and "Suspect"
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit At Rest. Franklin Library First Edition Society, 1990.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full leather Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society leaf laid in. Fine copy in all respects; 8.2 X 5.7 X 1.7 inches
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1990.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition after the much more common Franklin Library signed first edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Mylar-protected, unfaded, unclipped($21.95) dust wrapper has two small creases at top of rear panel and the minutest touch of wear at top of front panel beside the spine; otherwise very fine. Winner of 1991 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and included in the 1999 Callil/Toibin publication THE 200 BEST NOVELS IN ENGLISH SINCE 1950.
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Franklin Library, 1990.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited first edition signed by the author on first blank leaf, full leather with banded spine, decorated in gilt with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark, 8vo, 512,[5] pages, two page color illustration. Tiny white spot on spine under first band.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, New York, 1990.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first trade edition, preceded only by the Franklin Library limited edition. Signed by John Updike directly on the front-free-endpage. Book with a light bump to upper corner and a tiny ding to bottom page edge, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a few small nicks on the front cover, primarily under the title word "Rest," and minor crimping to spine ends, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
John Updike. Rabbit at Rest. Franklin Library, 1990.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. FIRST edition, SIGNED by the author. Full leather cover with gilt decoration and raised bands, decorative endpapers, all edges gilt, satin-ribbon bookmark. A copy in FINE condition.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
John Updike. Rabbit at Rest. The Franklin Library January 1990, 1990.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Excellent condition. Appears to have never been read. Leather binding with gilt decoration and lettering. Gilt on all edges. Accompanying editor's letter included with most volumes.
Seller: Bookends, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, JOHN. RABBIT AT REST. FRANKLIN LIBRARY, PENNSLYVANIA, 1990.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1990. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. NO JACKET. PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1990. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. NO JACKET. PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1990. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. NO JACKET. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1990. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine/Unread. First Edition. Bound in decorated full leather. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The true First Edition, limited and SIGNED, with a four-page preface by Updike not in the trade edition. Illustrated with a full color double-page frontispiece by Cary Henrie 1ST PRINTING
Seller: MySEAbooks, Harlingen, TX, U.S.A.
Updike, John. RABBIT AT REST. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1990.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed limited first edition. Bound in brown leather with hubbed spines, gilt page edges, gilt titles/decorations on spine and boards, marbled endpapers, and ribbon page marker. 512 pages. Acknowledgments. ANote About The Author. SIGNED by the author on second endpaper. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Fine unread copy.
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY JOHN UPDIKE ON THE FRONT BLANK END PAGE. PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS LAID IN. BROWN FULL LEATHER WITH GOLD GILT EDGING, LETTERING AND DECORATION. THREE RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINE. SILK RIBBON BOOKMARK, OCTAVO. PRISTINE CONDITION. NO FLAWS, NO EXCUSES.
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John.. Rabbit at Rest.. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania., 1990.
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 512. Double-page colour frontispiece by Cary Henrie. The introductory four-page ''special message'' does not appear in the trade edition. Original binding of full brown leather decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author for members of the Signed First Edition Society.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
UPDIKE, John. Rabbit At Rest [Limited Edition, Signed]. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1990.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; rust-colored leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and panels; all edges gilt; 512pp, [5]. Signed by Updike on a tipped-in page for members of the Signed First Edition Society, with publisher's promotional card laid in. A Fine copy. The concluding volume in the author's Rabbit Angstrom tetralogy, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
UPDIKE, John. Rabbit at Rest [Limited Edition, Signed]. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1990.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo (22cm.); original brown decorative gilt-tooled morocco, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [19],512pp.; color double-page frontispiece by Carie Henrie. Fine. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Promotional card issued by the Library laid in. The concluding volume in the author's Rabbit Angstrom tetralogy, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1990.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [16], 512, [6] pages. Publisher's information laid in. Decorative endpapers. This limited signed first edition of Rabbit at Rest has been privately printed, and personally signed by John Updike, exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Two page color illustration on half-title page. Decorated Binding. Spine states Signed First Edition. John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career. His most famous work is his "Rabbit" series. Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest were recognized with the Pulitzer Prize. Derived from a Kirkus review: Updike finishes up his Rabbit tetralogy here, with retired Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom in Florida half the year and then back in Pennsylvania-late in 1989: the last year of Rabbit's life, it turns out. His son Nelson has become a cocaine addict and has run the family Toyota dealership irretrievably to ground. Wife Janice is having late stirrings of independence, studying for a real-estate license. But Harry effectively is beyond the social net: his days are colored by rays of doom, melancholy, desuetude-a winding-down he fights mostly with the only appetite still strong in him, a taste for terrible junk food. The candy, salty snacks, and fried foods he stuffs into himself-Updike's prose about this orgy of junk-eating is unforgettably unjudging-bring on two heart attacks. Between them, Harry's other strongest life-force briefly and unexpectedly kicks in as well, involving a one-night mutual consolation, in bed, with Nelson's wife Pru. This central indiscretion is what powers the little plot there is in the book. It is the symbol of Rabbit-in-life, of accumulation and unearned grace. Sex, in Updike, is as much youth as anything, what always will be young. And Updike's style is eternally young too-as dour and down as Rabbit is feeling, the book is a grabbing gluttony of detail, about Florida and Pennsylvania and angiography and golf and modern car radios and motels and TV programs. This crazed, immoderately layered glare of specifics is, in some ways, unmet in a book of farewell. But it is absolutely true to the slightly amoral, excessive, hungry spirit of the Rabbit series. Updike knows it, tying up loose ends from the earlier books in little elegant cinches, making references and in-jokes; it is sometimes more a book about the other books than a wholly interesting thing in itself. But it ends the project very movingly and justly with the ebb-tide slackness of age and the body's treachery and the spirit's unwillingness to surrender youth. It caps a remarkable and unique achievement no other American writer has really pulled off. Balzac would have been impressed.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Updike, John. RABBIT AT REST. (AUTOGRAPHED). Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1990.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Autographed by John Updike on the second blank leaf. Illustrated with a full color double-page frontispiece by Cary Henrie. Full brown leather binding with all edges gilt and marbled end-papers. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The gilt on the fore edge has three small areas where it appears th gilt wasn't applied uniformily. Near fine condition. ; The Signed First Edition Society; Color Frontispiece; 8vo.; 512 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$349.99 + shipping
Description: NEW. Light Brown leather boards, full gilding decoration on both boards and 3-ribbed spine. Full gilding all edges. Decorated endpapers. Silk woven in bookmark FLAT SIGNED by AUTHOR John Updike - Pulitzer Prize winner - on blank front endpaper. In original SHRINKWRAP. [B221]
Seller: Sierra Rose Antiques, Minden, NV, U.S.A.
Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Franklin Library, 1990.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: LIMITED EDITION specially bound by the Franklin Library. This copy is SIGNED by John Updike. A beautiful copy. The book is in wonderful shape and appears unread. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy SIGNED by the author in collector's condition. Includes an acetate cover protecting the book.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.