RABBIT ANGSTROM: THE FOUR NOVELS: RABBIT, RUN, RABBIT REDUX, RABBIT IS RICH, RABBIT AT REST

New York City, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1995. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 1519 pages. Omnibus Edition of the author's tetralogy. One of the greatest literary achievements of the so-called American Century. The First Everyman's Library Edition in its First Printing. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several, improbably so, given the volume's 1519-page heft. Published in a regular first print run by Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Books as a hardcover original only. Although designed as an affordable volume, the production values are nevertheless superior in every respect. Presents, in a collectible Omnibus Format, John Updike's "Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels". The Four R's. "An imagination possessed of the ability to lay bare, with seemingly effortless animal grace, the enchantments and disenchantments of life. In prose that is one of the glories of contemporary literature, Updike chronicled the frustrations and triumphs, the loves and frenzies, the betrayals and reconciliations of our era. He has given us our American Story" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the front free endpaper by John Updike. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. These titles are great books. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Everyman's Library Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. A writer all his adult life, John Updike was probably the most-honored American writer of our time: Winner of numerous awards, among them the Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), Rosenthal Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1959), National Book Award for Fiction (1964), O. Henry Prize (1967-68), American Book Award (1982), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982, 1990), Union League Club Abraham Lincoln Award (1982), National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1984), and the National Medal of the Arts (1989), the highest award the U. S. Government bestows on its artists and writers. In 1976, he became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2003, Updike received the National Medal for Humanities, joining a very small group of great living Americans who have been honored with both the National Medal of the Arts and the National Medal for the Humanities. Updike's greatest novels, "Rabbit Is Rich" and "Rabbit At Rest", won Pulitzer Prizes. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN UPDIKE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679444599.