{"id":4568,"date":"2009-05-28T05:57:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2009-05-29T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T22:40:31","slug":"john-irving-the-water-method-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/john-irving-the-water-method-man\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN IRVING: THE WATER METHOD MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatR size-medium wp-image-4572\" title=\"c446_1\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/c446_1-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"146\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Hard bound with dust jacket. FIRST GERMAN EDITION of <em>The Water Method Man<\/em> by John Irving (<em> Die Wilde Geschichte Vom Wassertrinker <\/em>).  INSCRIBED BY JOHN IRVING on the titlepage &#8220;For a German Reader&#8221;. A HAND SIGNED LETTER by John Irving composed on his original letterhead chastising the recipient about the cost of stamps, and long lines at the post office, etc.  Dust jacket cover illustration by Edward Gorey. Text in German. Minor damp staining to upper edge of blue cloth boards. Some minor edge wear, otherwise very good.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; \"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 18410<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4571\" title=\"c34c_1\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/c34c_1-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/c34c_1-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/c34c_1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"buyNow\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The Water Method Man<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong> <span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Irving, John<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; \"><strong>ISBN:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-isbn\">3257018312<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-publisher\">Diogenes<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-pubdate\">1989<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Binding:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-binding\">Hard Bound<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Book Condition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-bookcondition\">Very Good<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dust Jacket Condition:<\/strong><span id=\"biblio-dustjacketcondition\">Very Good<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Signed:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-signed\">Inscribed by Author<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Edition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-edition\">First German Edition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/d9e8_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4574\" title=\"d9e8_11\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/d9e8_11-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/d9e8_11-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/d9e8_11.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: Hard bound with dust jacket. FIRST GERMAN EDITION of The Water Method Man by John Irving ( Die Wilde Geschichte Vom Wassertrinker ). INSCRIBED BY JOHN IRVING on the titlepage &#8220;For a German Reader&#8221;. A HAND SIGNED LETTER by John Irving composed on his original letterhead chastising the recipient about the cost of stamps, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[108,109],"class_list":["post-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recently-sold","tag-literary-first-editions","tag-signed-inscribed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6942,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions\/6942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}