The Sixties Catalogue

71 J u l y 2 0 2 0 Each Volume Inscribed By John Updike 69. UPDIKE, John. Rabbit, Run. WITH: Rabbit Redux. WITH: Rabbit is Rich. WITH: Rabbit at Rest. New York, 1960-1990. Four volumes. Octavo, original cloth, dust jackets. $4800. Click for more info First trade editions of all four novels in Updike’s critically acclaimed series, each volume inscribed by Updike and one volume additionally signed by him. John Updike’s Rabbit tetralogy of four novels chronicles the life of ex-basketball player Rabbit Angstrom—a choice that “was inspired, one of those happy, instinctive accidents that so often shape a literary career” ( Books of the Century , 450). A nearly fine set, scarce with all volumes inscribed. “You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue.”