Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, second printing paperback copy of The Water-Method Man by John Irving. Second Ballantine Books Trade Edition stated, September 2003 Ballantine Books. Eleventh Printing with partial number line, 15 14 13 12 11.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Fred “Bogus” Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s New York, Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness: His ex-wife has moved in with his childhood best friend, his life is the subject of a tell-all movie, and his chronic urinary tract infection requires surgery
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
