IRVING, John.
3 By Irving: Setting Free the Bears; The Water-Method Man; The 158-Pound Marriage.
New York: Random House , 1980.
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Signed by John Irving
First edition of this compilation of the author's first three novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a closed tear.
John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story "Interior Space." In 1992, he 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. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
3 By Irving: Setting Free the Bears; The Water-Method Man; The 158-Pound Marriage.
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