The Water-Method Man
John Irving
Sold by Red Fox Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketSold by Red Fox Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 15 January 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketNew 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 scratches . 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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