Description: John Updike warmly inscribed this copy of his award-winning novel Rabbit Is Rich, to two of his former teachers, as follows: “For John and Florence Schrack who taught me English and Latin in that order, and who gave me the Pennsylvania Dutch found on page 249. (You don’t have to read the rest of the book.) All best, John” As Updike famously once said: “I remember one English teacher in the eighth grade, Florence Schrack, whose husband also taught at the high school. I thought what she said made sense, and she parsed sentences on the blackboard and gave me, I'd like to think, some sense of English grammar and that there is a grammar, that those commas serve a purpose and that a sentence has a logic, that you can break it down. I've tried not to forget those lessons, and to treat the English language with respect as a kind of intricate tool.” Rabbit Is Rich swept the literary awards for fiction: it won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Mr. Updike’s warm inscription of his award-winning book to his two former teachers—who, by Mr. Updike’s own account, obviously made a significant impact on his education—makes this association copy uniquely special. The book is in very good- condition but for bumping and wrinkling to the spine, shelfwear and edgewear, and slight soiling to the boards. The pages are clean, bright and, aside from Mr. Updike’s inscription, unmarked. Please see photographs as to condition. The dust jacket—which is price-clipped—is in very good- or better condition but for the price-clipping and some small scuffs, tears, and chips. Please see photos as to condition. The jacket’s color remains bright and unfaded. The jacket is now protected in a removable archival mylar jacket protector. This one-of-a-kind association copy is not ex-library, not remaindered, and not a book club edition. It will be shipped bubble-wrapped in a box.
Price: 195 USD
Location: Oak Park, Illinois
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Shipping Cost: 6.13 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: Inscribed, Dust Jacket, Great Inscription To His Teachers!
Signed: Yes
Author: John Updike
Personalized: Yes
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1981
