NMLP P-015492 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The World According to Garp

John Irving · E.P. Dutton · 1978

The US E.P. Dutton edition (Henry Robbins, editor) is the true first; the UK Gollancz edition (1978) follows. This was Irving's fourth novel and his breakthrough, and it is scarce in fine first-state jacket.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015492 for "The World According to Garp" by John Irving (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015492, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).