first edition Cloth
1998 · London
by Irving, John
London: Bloomsbury. As New. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A special first UK edition, limited to 1,000 copies, the true first edition, preceding all other editions. A wonderful scarce book in unread As New condition, bound in tan cloth with inset paper title; black edged pages and black lettering. In original shrink-wrap. An impeccable collectible; John Irving's deeply affecting novel about a family marked with tragedy, centering around the complex, often self-contradictory character of celebrated writer Ruth Cole. The portrait begins with Ruth being four years old and closes in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. Basis for the major motion picture "The Door in the Floor" starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger; 8vo . (Inventory #: 15099)