Rabbit Redux | Signed First Edition | John Updike | Alfred A. Knopf 1971 | Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

A signed first edition of John Updike's Rabbit Redux, the second novel in the acclaimed Rabbit Angstrom series. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1971, this copy is a true first edition, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page, and is signed by John Updike on the half-title page. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering and housed in the original unclipped dust jacket priced $7.95. The book is in Near Fine condition with a tight, square binding, bright cloth, clean pages, and no ownership markings aside from the author's signature. The dust jacket is also Near Fine, retaining bright colors with only light shelf wear and minimal rubbing at the extremities. It is protected in a removable archival Mylar sleeve. An exceptionally attractive signed copy of one of the defining American novels of the 1970s and an important title in Updike's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit series.