Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Free Shipping
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed [5 line inscription] by John Irving on the half- title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale. Housed in a custom halfÂmorocco clamshell box. With the publication of Setting Free the Bears, the Saturday Review prophetically called Irving "astonishing A writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading." "Setting Free the Bears is the most nourishing, satisfying comedy I have read in years. I admire the hell out of it" (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.).
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Tony, with my appreciation John Irving." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale. Uncommon signed and inscribed. With the publication of Setting Free the Bears, the Saturday Review prophetically called Irving "astonishing A writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading." "Setting Free the Bears is the most nourishing, satisfying comedy I have read in years. I admire the hell out of it" (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.).
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine copy of the author's first book. Red cloth backed boards, gilt to spine, red topstain. Inscribed by Irving to title page. Spine ends/corners slightly softened, touch of shelfwear to board edges. Unmarked, tight and square. The unclipped jacket in mylar has some creasing to flaps and edges and tiny closed tear to back panel. This lovely book is housed in a fine custom clamshell case. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, stated first printing. Signed by John Irving on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Very Good or better, with light sunning along top and bottom edges, bumped corner, light edge wear, and a faint pink remainder mark to the bottom edge of the page block; front hinge slightly pulled. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, with some chipping and edge wear. The author's first book, signed.
Published by Random House [1968], New York, 1968
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. The author's first book. Mild fade along top edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with light shelf wear to head of spine panel with a small nick at the right corner fold. (15142).
Published by Random House (1968), New York, 1968
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of his first book. Decorative bookplate SIGNED BY IRVING laid in. Fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with touch of minor wear and few light creases to corner of front flap. Housed in custom, molded clamshell case lettered in gilt on spine and with partial image from dust jacket embossed on front.
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Red cloth/boards, gilt to spine and red topstain. Stated first printing. Spine ends/topstain slightly toned. Faint offset to endpages. The unclipped jacket in mylar has a crease to flap corner. Unmarked, square copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Random House, N.Y., 1968
Seller: Bob's Rare Books, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Fine (one corner pushed, light rubbing at base of spine) in like dust jacket (crease on front flap). A highly collectible copy of this acclaimed author's 1st book!.
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Random House. New York. 1968 335 pages. First Edition, first printing; stated. Signed by John Irving on a laid-in publisher's bookplate (different title) Original DJ with $5.95 price and 1/69. DJ is bright and attractive and about near fine with flaws limited to small piece of non-discolored tape on flaps; and tiny stain at base of DJ spine. As for book; red quarter bound cloth with pink-red paper boards. Gilt titles on backstrip are bright. Endpapers are clean. Binding and hinges are strong. Faded top stain shows minor soiling. Faint sunning along edges. Scant foxing to page edges. John Irving's first book; first printing; hand-signed on a loosely laid-in publisher's bookplate. A fine first Pocket Books reading copy will be included as well. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Random House (1968), New York, 1968
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. First Edition. Irving's scarce first book, this the issue in red cloth-backed boards. There was also an issue in full red cloth with the text bulking slightly smaller. No priority has been proven, though the number of cloth-backed copies seems to outnumber greatly the number in full cloth. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper.
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. First book. Original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Slight fading to head of spine, minor wear to extremities of jacket, about near fine First edition of the author's first book.
Published by Random House, New York, 1980
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of this compilation of the author's first three novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribedÂby the author on the title page to his editor David Kent, "For David Kent John Irving with my admiration and affection." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Introduction by Terrence Des Pres. John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story "Interior Space." In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Published by Random House, New York, 1980
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition of this collection. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by John Irving.
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The author's first book, concerning a plan to liberate all the animals from the Vienna Zoo, as happened just after the conclusion of World War II. Octavo. Original red paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with gilt titles. Small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed, with some light, isolated foxing to the flaps and a minor crease to the rear flap. Better than very good.
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. First edition. 335 pp. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Clean text and sturdy binding. Gift inscription on ffep. Rubbing and soiling to head and tail cloth; jacket chipped l. Small faint stain to top edge. Some nicks and at head, scrapes along spine panel edges. Old Doubleday bookstore sticker on back panel (can be removed easily). Front panel creased. Price intact ($5.95). The author's rare first book.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), bumped at the edges, a tear and some creases at the bottom edge. Quarter red cloth with salmon paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Irving's debut novel, advertised on the jacket as containing two narrators that represent "a contemporary Don Quixote and his Sancho Panza.".
Published by Random House, New York, 1968
Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First printing. Irving's debut novel, whose plot revolves around a pair of motorcycle-riding youths and their plan to free the animals in Vienna's Heitzinger Zoo. Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding shows a few tiny extremity bumps. Jacket has a closed 1 1/4" edge tear at bottom of rear panel, with a bit of associated wrinkling. This tear was taped from backside by prior owner. Clean, sound, and attractive copy overall. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 335 pages.
Published by Random House
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Buckram binding now in place of the original binding. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.25.
Published by Random House, New York, 1980
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with publisher's slip, promotional photograph of Irving, and two pages of publicity material laid in. Octavo (24cm); black cloth and paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xvi, 718pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $15.95), with mild shelfwear and a short tear to lower front flap fold. Volume collecting Irving's first three novels, uncommon as an advance.
Published by Random House, 1968
Seller: Kota Books, Watertown, SD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. an ex-Library book in acceptable condition, has usual stamps and stickers on the inside and outside of the book; the original dust jacket is included; stated first edition;
Published by Random House, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394509838ISBN 13: 9780394509839
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. a fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Light wear at the extremities. Price of $15.95 is present on the front flap. The first edition thus that includes Irving's first three books: Setting Free the Bears The Water-Method Man and the 158-Pound Marriage. A nice copy of a book that is not often found in collectable condition.
Published by Wings, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0517146541ISBN 13: 9780517146545
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.4 X 7.3 X 2.3 inches; 718 pages.
Published by Random House, New York, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394509838ISBN 13: 9780394509839
Seller: Kenneth A. Himber, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Almost Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. (First Edition) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Random House stamp on bottom page edges.
Published by Random House (1980), New York, 1980
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. A reissue of Irving's first three novels, all of which were out of print at the time. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper.
Published by Pocket Books, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0671822551ISBN 13: 9780671822552
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Mass market paperback. Wrappers faintly toned, near fine. Author's first novel.
Published by Avon, (New York), 1974
ISBN 10: 0671822551ISBN 13: 9780671822552
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Avon edition. Mass market paperback. A couple faint creases on the cover, tiny nick at the foot of the spine, near fine. Author's first novel. Avon 17780.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1979
Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Wraps, fine copy of the first paperback edition of the author's first book. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 340 pp.
Published by Ballantine Books, 1970
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Paperback Printing (stated), January 1970. Ballantine Books #01812. Tightly bound mass market with unmarked contents. Light creasing and edge wear, remains Very Good. The interior shows very slight shelf wear only.
Published by Random House, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394509838ISBN 13: 9780394509839
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition of the 3-in-1 compilation of Irving's first three novels. Red remainder stamp to upper page edges, else a clean, tight copy. Quarter cloth binding. 718pp. Unclipped jacket is lightly rubbed at spine heel and in a protective mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Published by Ballantine, 1970
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Paperback Printing. Good to Very Good condition.