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FIRST EDITION OF A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY; INSCRIBED BY JOHN IRVING TO FELLOW WRITERS MICHAEL ONDAATJE AND LINDA SPALDING
IRVING, JOHN [MICHAEL ONDAATJE].
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
Toronto: Lestern & Orpen Dennys Publishers 1989.
First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Michael & Linda with my affection – John Irving.” The recipients novelist Michael Ondaatje, whose many works include the modern classic the English Patient, and his wife, Linda Spalding, herself a noted Canadian author, editor, and literary figure. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. From the library of Michael Ondaatje. An exceptional association, linking two of the finest novelists of the last quarter of the twentieth century.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 132904
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Signed Limited Edition of The Lanthorn Book; Signed by Stephen Crane
CRANE, STEPHEN. IRVING BACHELLER POST WHEELER JOHN LANGDON HEATON.
The Lanthorn Book: Being a Small Collection of Tales and Verses Read at The Sign o’ the Lanthorn.
New York: 126 William Street 1898.
Signed limited edition, this is number 47. Quarter, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen Crane at the conclusion of his contribution, The Wise Men. Also signed by the other contributors. While it was the intention of the club to have each contributor sign his piece, Crane did not sign all 125 examples, as he died at age 28 in the year 1900. In near fine condition, rebacked, charming illustration to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 141808
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First Edition of the Author's Rare First Book Setting Free The Bears; Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, JOHN.
Setting Free the Bears.
New York: Random House 1968.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Tony, with my appreciation John Irving.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 144314
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First Edition of John Irving's Rare First Book Setting Free The Bears; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
IRVING, JOHN.
Setting Free the Bears.
New York: Random House 1968.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed [5 line inscription] by John Irving on the half- title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 1351
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John Nash's Copy of the April 1959 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society; with his ownership signature
NASH, JOHN. EDITED BY R. P. BOAS IRVING KAPLANSKY P. R. HALMOS AND HANS SAMELSON.
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society: April, 1959.
Menasha, Wisconsin and Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society 1959.
Rare April 1959 American Mathematical Society journal from the collection of Nobel Prize-winning economist John Nash with his ownership signature. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Nash in green ink on the front panel, “J. Nash.” Nash was known to always carry a variety of colored pens and use many colors of chalk to differentiate mathematical problems before his students. The journal was published in the very month and year that Nash was committed to McLean Hospital after his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia manifested itself during a highly anticipated proof of the Reimann hypothesis in front of the American Mathematical Society at Columbia University. Nash was hospitalized several times after this initial diagnosis, but improved and returned to academic work in 1970. In near fine condition. Laid in is a postcard addressed to Nash at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, inviting him to Arnold Shapiro’s seminars on “Symplectic Manifolds” at Brandeis University, beginning on June 2, 1959. Symplectic Manifolds was one of Nash’s areas of expertise. Rare and highly desirable signed by Nash at such a pivotal point in his career.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95239
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"IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, WE ARE ALL TERMINAL CASES": FIRST EDITION OF JOHN IRVINGS CLASSIC WORK THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP; LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY HIM
IRVING, JOHN.
The World According to Garp.
New York: E.P. Dutton 1978.
First edition of Irving’s fourth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page in a contemporary hand, “For John another world according to a water-method man, John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo Manso. A warm inscription linking Irving’s second and fourth novel, the latter proving to be his breakthrough work.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 15003
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"I am a Christian Because of Owen Meany": First Edition of A Prayer For Owen Meany; Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, JOHN.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
New York: William Morrow and Company 1989.
First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Merry Christmas John Irving.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145910
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"Happy Birthday, 1985, to a young writer from a moderately-old one; here is the first and-as of your birthday-only British copy of this book in America!": First Edition of The Cider House Rules; With a Full Page Inscription by John Irving
IRVING, JOHN.
The Cider House Rules.
London: Jonathan Cape 1985.
First British edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Dear Kaylie, Happy Birthday, 1985, to a young writer from a moderately-old one; here is the first and-as of your birthday-only British copy of this book in America! John Irving.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144200
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“He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored": First Edition of A Prayer For Owen Meany; Warmly Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, JOHN.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
New York: William Morrow and Company 1989.
First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For James with my appreciation. John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 109344
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN IRVINGS CLASSIC WORK THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP; SIGNED BY HIM
IRVING, JOHN.
The World According to Garp.
New York: E.P. Dutton 1978.
First edition of Irving’s fourth and breakthrough novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary hand on the half-title page, Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Leo Manso. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136457