FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE READING COPY. John Irving's breakout fourth novel The World According to Garp was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979 and was adapted to film in 1982, starring Robin Williams, Glenn Close, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, and John Lithgow.

[With:] IRVING. The World According to Garp. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards (slight staining); publisher’s printed dust jacket (slight wear to the edges, a few short tears). Provenance: Michael Keith (signature, 1978 and stamps). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, in FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, with the front flap priced “$10.95,” the “0478” on the back panel, and the same height as the book.