Setting Free the Bears
by Irving, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 .
Synopsis
This is about the novel; for the organization, see Free the Bears Fund. Setting Free the Bears is the first novel by American author John Irving, published in 1968 by Random House. Irving studied at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna in 1963 and Bears was written between 1965 and 1967 based largely on Irving’s understanding of the city and its rebellious youth of the sixties.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17220
- Title
- Setting Free the Bears
- Author
- Irving, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
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