Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
John Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989.
Price: US$12.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edgewear to jacket; rubbing to spine and some marking on covers; some spotting/staining to top edge of pages; 1989 gift inscription, in blue ink, on front endpaper.
Seller: Samson Books, Trenton, ON, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer For Owen Meany (UCP). Lester & Orpen Dennys, (Toronto), 1989.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pale blue wraps. Front cover with two heavy vertical creases (though cover lays flat) which are also on first two leaves, light wear to cover edges and spine folds, small brown irregular shaped stain on top edge of pages, and two lines of ink writing at top of half-title page by previous owner; text block is reasonably tight. The Canadian trade edition is said to precede the US edition by Morrow; this proof has Canadian cover and title page, but has the US copyright page.
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Trade Edition [1st Edition]. Very Good, mylar-wrapped dust jacket.
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1989.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in fine dustjacket. | NB: Price on inner front flap has been neatly blacked out. Canadian ed. reportedly simultaneous with the American. Probably Irving's most popular book.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1989.
Price: US$113.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Cassette of Irving reading from the novel, used as a promotional piece by the publisher and sent to booksellers in advance of publication. Enclosed in a box with same artwork as hardcover. Two sides of box have been mildly pushed out, otherwise very good.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1989.
Price: US$148.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: not price clipped
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer For Own Meany: A Novel. Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, Ontario, 1989.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Trade Edition stated on verso of title page; signed by John Irving on the title page with no inscription; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 544 pages
Seller: Hourglass Books, vancouver, BC, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany [Signed 1st Printing]. Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1989.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing of the 1st Canadian hardcover edition SIGNED by Irving on the title page with a blue ballpoint pen and a stroke through his printed name. Light blue paper boards with a darker blue cloth binding, silver titles and blue/gray end papers. Published simultaneously with the American edition and printed in the U.S., the Canadian edition would have been a fraction of the U.S. edition. The Canadian maintains the same jacket design. The narrator of the novel is an American expatriate living in Toronto, which is also Irving's adopted home. A tight copy with sharp corners. Ghost of a pencil erasure at the top edge of the half-title page, and the author's autograph made an impression on the following page. Light tanning to the page edges.The jacket is bright, crisp and price intact. No tears or creases. Light tanning of the white flaps. Also available from this bookseller is an American 1st printing of The Cider House Rules (NY: Morrow, 1985) with a bookplate signed by Irving laid in and the Canadian and true first edition of Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1993) signed by the author. Buyer will be asked to pay the actual cost of postage due to weight.
Seller: SIGNAL BOOKS & ART, Kitchener, ON, Canada
IRVING, John.. A Prayer For Owen Meany A Novel.. [Toronto]: Lester & Orpen Dennys, [1989]., 1989.
Price: US$333.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 543. quarter cloth. dw. Very good copy. Signed by the Author. First Trade Edition (published simultaneously in the US by William Morrow & Co.).
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
JOHN IRVING. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANEY. LESTER &ORPEN DENNYS, 1989.
Price: US$377.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION STATED,PAGE BLOCK OFF SQUARE CAUSING SPINE TO HAVE OUTWARD RIDGE,COPY FINE OTHERWISE,DJ CLEAN NO TEARS,TEXT FINE,OWNER NAME ON FRONT ENDPAPER,AUTHOR SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE,CLIPPED,NOT REMAINDERED
Seller: Mikes Book Market, North Lancaster, ON, Canada
John Irving. A Prayer For Owen Meany. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989.
Price: US$377.03 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by author in ink to title page. 1st Canadian edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. DJ price is unclipped. Book comes protected in mylar cover.
Seller: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
John Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1989.
Price: US$400.01 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first edition copy, inscribed by John Irving on the title page. Slight bumping to spine ends. Minor wear to top corners. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Near fine jacket. Minor wear to top of spine, top of flaps. Not price-clipped. No tears of any kind.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by the author. First Edition.
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
John Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany (Signed). Lester and Orpen Denny's, Canada, 1989.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first Canadian printing of this award winning book, signed by the author on the title page. Jacket is not price clipped and is housed in a brodart cover for shipping. Small bump to jacket at bottom of spine otherwise unmarked. A nice collectible copy signed by the author.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$748.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine and very collectible copy of this first Canadian edition and first printing. Stated First Trade Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Signing event provenance is included.
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada