[Rarebooks] FS: John Irving's First Book

[Charles Agvent]

IRVING, John. SETTING FREE THE BEARS. New York: Random House, (1968). 
First Edition. Irving's scarce first book, this the issue in full red 
cloth. There was also an issue with red cloth-backed boards with the 
text bulking slightly larger. No priority has been proven, though the 
number of cloth-backed copies seem to outnumber greatly the number in 
full cloth. With a generic bookplate SIGNED by the author laid loosely 
into the book. A very nice copy with very slight foxing to the endpapers 
from the price-clipped dustwrapper which has two vertical creases to the 
fore-edge of the front flap. About Fine in a Near Fine, beautifully 
bright dustwrapper. (#005487) $1,500.00

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