World Garp, Signed (37 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A FINE copy of the Black Swan, reprint, soft cover. Signed to the title page by Mr. Irving. The book is unread. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED 1998 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION The World According To Garp by John Irving. SIGNED FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1998, first printing with full number line on copyright page. FLAT SIGNED by John Irving on the title page, ISBN 0679603069. NEW INTRODUCTION by John Irving. The book is bound in grey cloth boards, ML binding style 17 with modern library running torchbearer end papers and a beautiful photographic dust jacket. I personally won these signed copies through a Modern Library website contest in 1998, the year of publication. Book is FINE - FLAT SIGNED on the title page by John Irving, gilt bright and nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS and FLAWLESS!! The dust jacket is FINE. Basically in new bookstore condition. $18.50 price on inside front flap. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. The lines/imperfections in the photo are from the dust jacket protector and NOT the dust jacket itself. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on his bookplate laid into the book. The jacket has a few sorts of rubbing to the edges and panels with light creasing to the top of the spine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 437 pages. In Good condition with a Good Plus condition dust jacket. Navy blue spine with gild and red lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, is price clipped, has moderate shelving wear, and fraying along the head fore corners and spine head corners. Boards have light bumping along the rear fore corners, mild wear along the edges, stains on the front fore corners, and bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock is lightly cocked, has bending wear along the head fore corners of some pages, stains from a paper cip on the head edges of pages 280-283, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. Inscription on the half-title page reading "For Susan", signed by John Irving. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. John Irving was born March 2, 1942 in Exeter, NH. "The World According to Garp" would be John Irving's breakout novel, earning him international acclaim, being a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979 and seeing a successful movie adaptation in 1982 starring Robin Williams. This edition of "The World According to Garp" is signed to Susan Stamberg, known best for being one of the founding members of NPR, co-hosting it's flagship program "All Things Considered" from 1972-1986. 1390744. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New - purchased new and unread. This copy is a signed first edition/printing of the 40th anniversary release, signed on the title page by Mr. Irving. Signing event provenance is laid in. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A handsome copy of this seminal novel by the critically acclaimed and highly popular Irving; basis for the Robin Williams movie. This copy is in very good condition with light rubbing to the spine and board edges, faint foxing to the page edges, a couple of small soiled areas to the text block and boards, and one bumped top front corner. Housed in a crisp and clean very good or better dust jacket that shows only some light rubbing to the spine ends and edges, a mild general age-toning, and a vertical crease to the front flap. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 437pp, Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Mild spine lean. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($10.95), has a tiny chips at the top tip and heel. Miniscule closed tear and a bit of wear at the crown. Still fresh and bright. Signed by the author on the title page. A very pretty collectable copy of this winner of the National Book Award and basis for the film Glenn Close and Robin Williams. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. SIGNED ON A PROGRAM LAID IN WITH TWO TICKETS TO AUTHOR EVENT. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine hardcover/dust jacket, price clipped, unread copy. Has a laid in signed bookplate (from Alfred Knopf Canada). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; light edgewear to otherwise bright unclipped dust jacket; NF/NF; bookplate signed by author adhered to front free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Irving, John. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP. E.P. Dutton NY (1978). First edition. Advance Reading Copy in printed wrappers. Irving's fourth and best-known novel. Signed by Irving on title page. The white wrappers are clean; the red lettering is unfaded; very near fine. Scarce as such. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing of the first American hardcover edition SIGNED by Irving on the title page in black ink (NY: Dutton, 1978). No inscription or markings by a previous owner. No remainder mark. The jacket is price intact. LAID-IN is a four-color card promoting the author's participation in a reading series and a ticket to the event which celebrated "40 Years with Garp" and launched the publication of the 40th Anniversary Edition of the novel (Toronto: Knopf, 2018). 1st printing of the Dutton first hardcover edition with mustard boards, burgundy endpapers and navy blue cloth binding. It is tight and sits squarely. The top corner of the front board is bruised (not bumped). The top and bottom corners of the back board are rubbed. There is tanning to the page edges and a short, closed tear in the bottom edge of the title page. The navy blue dust jacket is bright, crisp and price intact. There is no evidence of sunning to the panels or spine. Minor wear to the tips of both panels at the hinges. The back panel of the jacket bears the pub date of 0478 and a small patch of scratches. Please search our inventory for multiple signed first printings of books by John Irving. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Author(s): John Irving Title: The World According to Garp Publication: New York: Dutton, 1078 Edition: First Edition Description: Octavo, 437pp., Publisher's tan boards, bound in navy blue cloth with gold gilt details. Full numberline to "1". Original first state jacket, with $10.95 price present to front flap. First Edition and first impression, signed by author on half title page in green marker. Book NF approaching fine. There is a smudge on the top board edge but other than that, it's internally clean, the corners are sharp and the binding is straight and solid. Jacket shows some rubbing to the shiny panels as per usual. There is very little, if any fading on this example and that is certainly uncommon. Not Price Clipped. There are no creases or tears. Quite nice. A wonderful example, a collectors copy really, of an iconic book which was turned into a film starring Robin Williams. This is Irving s 4th novel and perhaps the one for which he is best known. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete numberline on copyright page). SIGNED by John Irving on a bookplate affixed to half-ttle page (signature only). DJ lightly rubbed with light shelf edge wear. $10.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar Bro-Dart protected. From the 1982 film version of the novel: Attached to front end page is a bookplate SIGNED by ROBIN WILLIAMS (played 'T.S. Garp'); and a card SIGNED by GLENN CLOSE (played 'Jenny Fields'). Laid-in (not attached) is color photo SIGNED and inscribed by SWOOZIE KURTZ (played 'The Hooker'); a card SIGNED by PETER MICHAEL GOETZ (played 'John Wolfe'); a color photo-card SIGNED by JOHN LITHGOW (played 'Roberta Muldoon'); a cut-signature card SIGNED by HUME CRONYN (played 'Mr. Fields'); and a color photo SIGNED by JESSICA TANDY (played 'Mrs. Fields')). Winner of the National Book Award. A unique signed copy with signed movie tie-ins for the Irving--Garp fan or collector. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Condition: Fine in about-fine jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. Inscribed first edition of this epic and intimate, humorous and tragic story of writer T. S. Garp's life - adapted into a 1984 Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close. The National Book Award-winning THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP established John Irving's writing career. Though the concept of the story sounds relatively straightforward - the life of a writer - THE LOS ANGELES TIMES notes the book "should not, indeed cannot, be summarized. it is a book of incredible energy, a rollercoaster ride that leaves one breathless, exhausted, elated and tearful" (16). A wonderful copy with warm inscription. 9.5'' x 6.25''. Original blue cloth-backed yellow boards with gilt spine lettering. Original unclipped ($10.95) color and gilt dust jacket designed by Leo Manso. Fore-edge machine deckle, red endpapers. 438 pages. Inscribed by Irving to half-title page "For___ / ___, whose / kind appreciation / of [THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP] is / very gratifying / to me. Thank / you!" Jacket with only mild edgewear, a couple tiny scuff spots. Bright. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Jacket, First Edition First Print, Signed, in a protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st EditionFine Book & Jackey. Fine Book & Jacket, Signed ,First UK Edition First Print, in protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Near Fine Jacket, closed tear to rear panel, light edge wear,First Edition First Print, no clips, chips or owner marks, Inscribed on the 1/2 title page, in protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Dutton, (1978). First Edition Presentation copy to theater critic Howard Kissel. "For Howard whose fondness for this book- and understanding thereof - naturally warms my heart". His breakthrough book, with a lovely inscription. Near fine, with some light spotting on top edge.

SIGNED. Fine and bright slate gray boards in like pictorial dustjacket. Interesting design with the author as a young writer in photograph on the front cover by his first wife Shyla Irving. Very close to fine dustjacket. Fully signed by John Irving on the title page, inscribed; and likewise inscribed to the recipient from another. A fine association piece. Gift quality.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author on title page; gray cloth covers with titles on spine; covers slightly faded at edges; unclipped DJ slightly crumpled along upper and lower edges. Signed by Author.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 437pp. Very good copy. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Modern Library issue signed by Irving on the title page. Price clipped jacket. Probably unread. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. SIGNED COPY. Publisher's orange boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. ISBN: 0 575 02534 4. SIGNED without dedication to title page. The Author's first book to be published in the UK. Inexplicably uncommon, signed. Adapted into a 1984 Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close. NB: At the time of listing we can find no other SIGNED UK first editions on the web. Further photographs available upon request. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A reprint edition from Henry Robbins Book inscribed by the author directly on the title page. About very good condition with the original price of $10.95 on the jacket's flap. Copies of this book signed by Irving in an early hand are uncommon. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. Just signed by author with no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. STATED FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING. Contains full number line 10-1. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT price clipped. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY. Signed by Author.

Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. INSCRIBED BY JOHN IRVING (to no one in particular) on the half-title. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1978 stated 1st edition (with the correct #1-10 number bar as well). Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one very thin crease running vertically along the spine. Thick octavo, the 1979 National Book Award winner. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. EP Dutton, 1978. 437 pages. 8vo. NY. VG-/VG Signed 1st edition, first printing as stated on copyright page with numberline beginning with 1. Signed without inscription directly to the title page by John Irving. DJ is wrapped in an acid free protector. Photo of John Irving on rear. DJ shows minor wear and minor rub around edges. Minor faint snowflaking to DJ front right edge. this is a large book. 9.5 inches tall. Front panel has scuffs and soiling. Tight and clean otherwise. Corners lack sharpness. $10.95 price is not intact on flap as it has been clipped. Basically, a nice tight SIGNED 1st printing with a dirty front panel. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Author(s): John Irving Title: The World According to Garp Publication: New York: Dutton, 1979 Edition: Signed First Edition Description: Octavo, 437pp., publisher's tan boards, bound in blue cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. First edition stated below numberline to "1" on the copyright page. First state dust jacket with $10.95 price intact and 0478 jacket code. Signed by Irving on the half title page in black ballpoint pen. Irvings 4th novel and winner of the national book award when it was released in paperback. The one that put Irving on the map so to speak. A film would eventually be made based on the novel that would feature Robin Williams & Glen Close and even a cameo by John Irving. The book is in VG+ with a really nice clean internal composition with no writing or book plates. Sharp corners and tautly bound. Boards in very nice shape, gilt lettering to the spine. Jacket in about fine condition not price clipped, very little if any toning to front panel or spine lettering. The price remains on the jacket and it s not clipped. Rare signed in first printing. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. SIGNED first edition, as stated on copyright page and with number line from 10-1. Book near fine, small dent at bottom of front cover and bumped lower corner, former owner's name and date on half-title page. Dust jacket very good, very minor wear, a couple of small tears.