Three Modern First Editions, One Signed, including: Peter Benchley. Jaws. Very good. [and:] John Irving. ... (Total: 3 Items)

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This lot includes: Peter Benchley. Jaws. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974. First edition. Octavo. 311 pages. Publisher's silver-stamped black cloth. Blue endpapers. Minor wear to extremities. A couple of small spots to top page edges. Some paper loss to front pastedown. Some rubbing to dust jacket along edges and folds. Very good. [and:] John Irving. The World According to Garp. New York: E. P. Dutton, [1978]. First edition. Octavo. 437 pages. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue cloth over mustard paper boards. Light burgundy endpapers. Very minor wear to head of spine of dust jacket. Fine. Finalist for the American Book Award (now the National Book Award). [and:] Amy Tan. The Joy Luck Club. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1989]. First edition. Signed by Tan on the title page. Octavo. 288 pages. Publisher's gilt-stamped turquoise paper over gray-green paper boards. Blue endpapers. Fine in dust jacket. Author's first book and a nominee for the National Book Award. Three bestsellers which were all adapted into successful films.