The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1981. It was 467 pages long, and the original retail price was $13.95. The first edition can be identified by the following points: FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Binding is yellow cloth with gold and silver lettering and red top stain.
350 copies of the first edition signed and numbered on a special page, and specially bound in gray cloth. These special editions have a different (yellow) dust jacket and were issued in a slip case.
Rabbit is Rich won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award.
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 | Picture of the 1981 first edition dust jacket for Rabbit is Rich. |  | Picture of the first edition copyright page for Rabbit is Rich. |  | Picture of dust jacket where original $13.95 price is found for Rabbit is Rich. |  | Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of Rabbit is Rich. |  | |
Other first edition points for books by John Updike include: Rabbit at Rest, The Centaur, The Widows of Eastwick, The Early Stories: 1953-1975.
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