9780394473321 - the Water-method Man by Irving, John (30 results)
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.Take Five Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Withdrawn library copy with stamps, markings and pocket. Spine tilt, tears to top spine. Dust jacket in brodart, tears, top 1/3" spine missing, torn, else good+.
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Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.Montclair Book Center
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Hardcover. Condition: USED Fair. Fair Jacket. First Edition. Stated first edition with Random House's number line starting with 2, per their bizarre method. Jacket brodarted and not price-clipped, though it does have tears and stains. The boards are also stained. Text clean, binding tight.
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Seller: Abound Book Company, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.Abound Book Company
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; Very Good Very good with the number line 98765432. Some play to spine and a couple of small soil spots to side edge. Former owner name and date penned on front pastedown. Dust jac…ket is price clipped, tiny portion of the bottom tip of $ remains. Modest rub and wear to DJ. Author's second book. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo.
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Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor wear, otherwise very good.
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Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.Frey Fine Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1972. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo., 365 pp., bound in publishers blue and yellow cloth with illustrated white dust jacket, $6.95. Very minor signs of shelf wear with some light rubbing at edges of jacket. Text edges dusty, text appears cle…an and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. The Water-Method Man is John Irving's second novel, published in 1972, about Fred "Bogus" Trumper, a perpetually failing graduate student in 1970s New York dealing with a chronic urinary tract infection, a messy divorce, and a new relationship, all while trying to change his life.
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Seller: Red Fox Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Red Fox Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, (1972). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 365 pp. Original half navy cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, stamped in blue, in original unclipped ($6.95) dust-jacket. Moderate edge wear with wrinkling - particular to spine, handling smudges and surface scrat…ches . Tiny vertical tear to top front panel edge. Light curling to spine ends. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm.Light forward lean. Light wear to edges. Light curling to spine ends. Interior clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket: Very Good Hardcover: Very Good "In a 1972 review, Kirkus acknowledged the book's "tremendous comic drive." Time greeted the novel with enthusiasm: "Brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. A rich, unified tapestry." Five of his novels have been adapted into films (Garp, Hotel, Meany, Cider, Widow). Several of Irving's books (Garp, Meany, Widow) and short stories have been set in and around Phillips Exeter Academy in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire.".
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Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Herrick Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Book is tight, square and clean and is a stated "First Edition" with the obligatory Random House number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 depicting a True First Printing. The page block has some age toning, not uncommon for the age of the book and a small clo…sed tear at the bottom of page 137. Boards a clean and bright. The mylar protected DJ is price-intact ($6.95) and has edge wear to the superior spine edge and slight darkening to the inferior spine edge. There are NO tears.
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Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.Gian Luigi Fine Books
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. 2 SMALL CLOSED TEARS TO DJ; NICE COLLECTABLE COPY. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE PAPERBACK EDITION.
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Seller: Old Algonquin Books, LONE TREE, CO, U.S.A.Old Algonquin Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very good +. First edition. First edition, first printing (stated first edition & number row starting with 2). Slight rubbing at top corners of yellow boards. Half-inch line marked at bottom of one page, and trace of erasure on front free endpaper. Dust jacket, with price intact, has a crease a…long folds.
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Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, CanadaRichard Peterson-Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright decorative yellow boards with a bright black spine & bright blue letters. There is very, very light wear on the spine tips. The contents are clean, bright & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "First Edition". The num…ber line goes to 2. The bright white dust has very, very light wear & slight darkening along the edges. No chips or tears, $6.95 on the flap.
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Seller: Books Again, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Books Again
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. near fine. First Edition. Hardcover, 365 pp. Very slight bump to heel of spine and bottom corners, still a tight near fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket (light creasing to heel of spine and very minor soiling to a a jacket that is plagued by soiling). A really nice copy of Irving'…s second book.
Language: English
Published by Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1972
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Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.Bookbid
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page with the number line 98765432. Moderate foxing along the top and foredge, as well as on the paste downs and front endpages. Slight fading along the top edge of the board…s. Dust jacket has original price of $6.95 printed on the front flap, but this has been marked over slightly. Jacket also shows some foxing and tanning, but is otherwise intact and uncreased.
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Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.Town's End Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. First Printing Fine in 1/2 black cloth and bright, yellow covered boards with metallic blue text stamped on the spine and with decorated embossing to the yellow paper on the front board. An octavo o 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with a stamped purple "H" on the first free end page. In a very nea…r fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear and 1/16 inch chip from the upper edge of the spine area and small minor marks on the front panel. 365 pages of text. The author's second book and rather uncommon in such nice condition.
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Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.ReREAD Books & Bindery
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. True First Edition / First Printing. A beautiful, collector-grade copy of John Irving's second novel. This 1972 Random House edition is a cornerstone for any serious collector of modern American fiction. The Story Behind the Book: A fascinating pie…ce of literary trivia—Irving originally intended to name this novel Love Among the Greths, based on an "Old Low Norse" poem titled Akthelt and Gunnel. He pivoted to the now-iconic title after discovering Walker Percy's Love Among the Ruins. Condition: The book is in Very Good condition—internally clean, tight, and square. There is slight, age-appropriate foxing to the top edge of the text block, but the pages remain crisp. Dust Jacket: Very Good; unclipped and vibrant. It shows a single crease to the front flap but is otherwise a sharp, well-preserved example of the original jacket art. Jacket design by Hal Seigal. Attributes: 365 pages. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. A crisp, well-preserved example of early Irving. [Store Location: 1.3]. Hal Seigal (illustrator).
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Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line (ending in a 2); A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, with only light rubbing to the panel spine ends and edges. An outstanding copy of this novel, the author's 2nd published work; uncommon in…this condition. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($6.95 intact), not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
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Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition/First printing.2nd book. Excellent Fresh Copy.
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Seller: The Lost Bookstore, Spartanburg, SC, U.S.A.The Lost Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A very good first edition in a good dust jacket with prior owners bookplate and stamp.
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Seller: Bob's Rare Books, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.Bob's Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine (very light foxing on top edge, spot on front board) in Fine dust jacket. A highl;y collectible copy of the author's 3rd book.
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Seller: Parrish Books, PNW, OR, U.S.A.Parrish Books
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Cloth & Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. A nice First Edition, First printing of John Irving's second book. With number line 98765432 and "First Edition" indicative of a Random House first printing. The book is in fine condition with navy blue cloth and bright yellow boards, but for touches… of soil on the top edge and a soiled spot on the bottom edge. 365 pp. The near fine dustjacket is clipped with "6/72" on the rear flap. There is overall light yellowing to the white panels and touches of wear at the spine ends but overall complete and quite attractive, quite clean as many of the dust jackets for this edition often present with pronounced soiling to the white paper. Irving went on to write "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meany." A nice copy of this early Irving book. Published in 1972, Irving's second novel, a non-linear, semi-autobiographical confession of Fred Trumper comedically recounting his various life failures, which the New York Times reviewed as "brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos." In the collection "Anything Can Happen: Interviews with Contemporary American Novelists," Irving spoke about inspiration during the publishing of "The Water-Method Man," stating, "All the things that happened to me are fair to be used in my fictionMost autobiographical fiction is tyrannized by how much our unhappiness means to us. The unhappiness becomes an indulgence in our fictionliterature should be a sign of life rather than a celebration of death; and if a novel doesn't address itself to something of human value, I don't see much worth in it." One of Irving's most recent publications is the title "The Last Chairlift," and he's referenced his daughter, Eva, as a heroic figure who inspired the novel, stating "we need more trans women heroes.".
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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. First edition, first printing. [viii], 365, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth and paper-covered boards, front stamped in orange, spine lettered in metallic blue. Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very clean, bright copy of the author's second novel.
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Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.Fireproof Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 365 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Honi Werner. His 2nd book and only 6906 copies printed. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.
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Seller: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.beat book shop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6906 copies printed.
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Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.Bookbid
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Published in New York by Random House in 1972. First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Book fine except for slight spotting, and slight fading along top and bottom edges. DJ fine except for slight fading and spotting on front and back cover, slight rubbing on corners, and crea…sing on top edge of spine. DJ price is crossed out with black pen however the price is still readable and reads "$6.95".
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Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Brooklyn Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the Author on the title page. First Printing. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 365 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Aged white spine with black and blue lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$6.95", has mild shelving wear, stains on the front and rear covers, indents on the front he…ad fore corner, dents on the spine head edge, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges, bending wear along the tail fore corners, a stain on the rear board, indents on the front head fore corner, and bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the edges, and stains on the head and tail edges. Signed flat by John Irving on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. 1390740. Special Collections.
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Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.Dallas Surplus Stacks
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good + Book, square and tight binding, no owner marks, Signed below name to title page, spine ends softening and tone to bottom edge of boards & Very Good Jacket, not clipped, toning creasing , edge wear to top edge, in protective cover. Signe…d by Author(s).
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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, 365pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with the Random House sequence to "2" as called for. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a bit of softness to the spine ends and a hint of toning to the top edge. Equally attractive…unclipped dust-jacket, ($6.95), has a touch of toning to the top edge that is so common with this white jacket but still bright and fresh with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. This is the binders copy with their stamps on the front end-paper. Comcom, was a well known typesetter who did a lot of work for Random House in the 1970's and '80s. They were ultimately acquired by the commercial printing giant, R.R. Donnelly. A very sharp and well-preserved collectable copy of the author's second book and uncommonly found signed. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.NUDEL BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Signed by Author. His scarce second book, VG with bottom tips showing wear in a VG lightly worn and soiled D.J., but with a full page INSCRIPTION: "To George George, John Irving" sic, and in large letters, Irving has been PYNCHONIZING of late and his signature… has become quite scarce, esp. on early books (H15-3). Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, CanadaSpafford Books (ABAC / ILAB)
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[0-394-47332-9] 1972, 1st edition, first printing. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 365pp. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Minscule and light spot of paper loss on the front cover of the jacket, undetectable in mylar. Scarce in fine / near fine condition. Jacket in loose protective mylar. Flawless.
