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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
by IRVING, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0525237704
- ISBN 13
- 9780525237709
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, ( 1978 ). First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 437 pages, clothbacked yellow boards, bookplate, inked name on half-title page; unclipped dj has light shelfwear along the edges, and only a small "paper cut" midway up at the top flap fold.
Irving's 4th novel, and the first to make people sit up and take notice. Made into a notable film starring a young Robin Williams.
Irving's 4th novel, and the first to make people sit up and take notice. Made into a notable film starring a young Robin Williams.
Synopsis
John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times–winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. A Prayer for Owen Meany was published in 1989. In 1992, Mr. Irving 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Reviews
On Sep 26 2007, Shawnee said:
This is the best book I have ever read!! If you want a story about the 70's this is one, full of symoblism and underlying truths and tragedy. The "undertoad" You may not always see it but its always there, and we all have those "undertoads" in our life. This book is full complete, from beginning to end, the end will not leave you questioning "what was Irving thinking?" He completed this book and didn't shirk on the details, its phenomonal!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011761
- Title
- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
- Author
- IRVING, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525237704
- ISBN 13
- 9780525237709
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- ( 1978 )
- Keywords
- john irving modern fiction
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.