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New York: Warner Books, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original red paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Boards lightly splayed and pages have a gentle wave to them, still Near Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. The second title in the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy.

Adulthood Rites, the second book in Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis series, explores themes of identity, transformation, and human-alien coexistence.