IRVING, John.
Setting Free the Bears.
New York: Random House , 1968.
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Item Number: RRB-1351
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First Edition of John Irving's Rare First Book Setting Free The Bears; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
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.
With the publication of Setting Free the Bears, the Saturday Review prophetically called Irving "astonishing A writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading." "Setting Free the Bears is the most nourishing, satisfying comedy I have read in years. I admire the hell out of it" (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.).
Setting Free the Bears.
$3,500.00
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