Setting Free the Bears
by Irving, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Slight fading to head of spine, minor wear to extremities of jacket, about near fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313742
- Title
- Setting Free the Bears
- Author
- Irving, John
- Format/Binding
- 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Slight fading to head of spine, minor wear to extremities of jacket, about near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of the author's first book
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- First Book | American | Gift Ideas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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