The Water-Method Man (Signed First Edition - Binder's Copy)

Irving, John

ISBN 10: 0394473329 / ISBN 13: 9780394473321

Published by Random House, New York, 1972

About this Item

8vo, 365pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with the Random House sequence to "2" as called for. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a bit of softness to the spine ends and a hint of toning to the top edge. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($6.95), has a touch of toning to the top edge that is so common with this white jacket but still bright and fresh with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. This is the binders copy with their stamps on the front end-paper. Comcom, was a well known typesetter who did a lot of work for Random House in the 1970's and '80s. They were ultimately acquired by the commercial printing giant, R.R. Donnelly. A very sharp and well-preserved collectable copy of the author's second book and uncommonly found signed.

Seller Inventory # 015211

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Water-Method Man (Signed First Edition - Binder's Copy)
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394473329
• ISBN 13: 9780394473321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Modern Literature

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Synopsis

The main character of John Irving's second novel, written when the author was twenty-nine, is a perpetual graduate student with a birth defect in his urinary tract--and a man on the threshold of committing himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first....
"Three or four times as funny as most novels."
THE NEW YORKER

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