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Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Trade Edition/1st Printing (complete number line). SIGNED by Irving on a bookplate affixed to half-title page (signature only). $19.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. 543 pages with some concaving to spine and rubbing of boards. Inspiration for the movie 'Simon Birch'. Attached to front end page is card SIGNED by ASHLEY JUDD (played 'Rebecca Wentworth'). Also attached to front end page is a small B&W photo SIGNED by OLIVER PLATT (played 'Ben Goodrich'). Laid-in (not attached) is a color photo SIGNED by DANA IVEY (plated Grandmother Wenteworth'); and a photo-card SIGNED by MARK STEVEN JOHNSON (films director). Unique copy for the Irving--Owen Meany--Simon Birch fan or collector. Note: No international orders for this book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. William Morrow, New York, 1989.
Price: US$489.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT a remainder. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY IN GIFT GIVING CONDITION.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. William Morrow & Co, New York, 1989.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Price clipped. ; Laid in signature by John Irving. Full number line. ; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.50 inches; 543 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Time Traveler Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer For Owen Meaney. William Morrow, New York, New York, 1989.
Price: US$594.55 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Jacket, Signed with event provenance, First Edition First Print in protective cover, no flaws of any kind
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$615.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book is tight, square and clean with a complete number line including "1". It is also a Stated "First Trade Edition". There is slight bumping to inferior corner of the back board. Quite insignificant. The head and tail of the spine are very crisp, especially considering the age of the book. It was Signed for me and inscribed to me by Mr. Irving, on the title-page, when he was in Minneapolis for a Talking Volumes event in 2015. It states "To Jim". The signature was obtained by the author escort who was with Mr. Irving for the event. The mylar protected Dj is lovely with very slight wrinkling to the head and tail of the spine. You need to look carefully to see it. The DJ is price-intact ($19.95)
Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer For Owen Meany.. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1989.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Carole John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. A Prayer for Owen Meany won high praise on publication for âIrvingâs powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional powerâ (Chronology of American Literature). "Irving's powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional power stimulated critics to compare him to Charles Dickens" (Chronology of American Literature). "A rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late 20th-century fiction-it is an amazingly brave piece of work" (Stephen King).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer For Owen Meany.. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1989.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with my appreciation. John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. A Prayer for Owen Meany won high praise on publication for âIrvingâs powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional powerâ (Chronology of American Literature). "Irving's powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional power stimulated critics to compare him to Charles Dickens" (Chronology of American Literature). "A rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late 20th-century fiction-it is an amazingly brave piece of work" (Stephen King).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany (Signed Limited Edition). William Morrow & Co, New York, 1989.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Tall 8vo., 497pp. Beautiful Unread First Limited Edition, #15 of only 250 copies published. Bound in brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Clear acetate dust-jacket. Housed in publisher's cloth slipcase. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Sill in publishers shrink-wrap, still with price and ISBN sticker, and slit open at the top just to remove for photo of limitation page. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Made into the 1998 film "Simon Birch" starring Ashley Judd. A simply gorgeous, As New, collectable copy and quite scarce in the marketplace.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Irving, John. A Prayer For Owen Meany.. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1989.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Merry Christmas John Irving." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. A Prayer for Owen Meany won high praise on publication for âIrvingâs powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional powerâ (Chronology of American Literature). "Irving's powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional power stimulated critics to compare him to Charles Dickens" (Chronology of American Literature). "A rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late 20th-century fiction-it is an amazingly brave piece of work" (Stephen King).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.