Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
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, 1989.
Price: US$295.00 + 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 Meany. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989.
Price: US$376.71 + 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
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
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