The first edition of this classic John Irving book was published by Dutton in 1978. The original retail price was $10.95 . The first edition can be identified by the following points: FIRST EDITION is stated with the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. The dust jacket carries a price of $10.95 and 0478 on the back panel The author
The World According to Garp won the National Book Award.
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 | Picture of the 1978 first edition dust jacket for The World According to Garp. |  | |  | |  | |  | Caution: Later printings of the first edition were about and eight of an inch shorter than the first printing. Consequently when a later printing dust jacket is married to a first printing book, the dust jacket appears slightly shorter than the book. Also, notice that later printing dust jackets have 0478 on the back. This is sometimes, and incorrectly, thought to be a first edition point of issue. |
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