2.568 Ergebnisse
1980Best.-Nr. 170591Franklin Center: Franklin 1980. First. hardcover. fine. Illus. 8vo full leather gilt. Franklin Library 1980. Limited First Edition. Fine. Privately printed exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society. Franklin unknown books
1999Best.-Nr. 70113NY: Dutton 1999. First edition first prnt. Signed & dated "7/02/01" by Oates on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Dutton hardcover books
1999Best.-Nr. 85542Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Fine. 1999. Hardcover. B000IBS3XC . Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Publisher's subscriber message card laid in. Octavo fully bound in purple leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt marbled endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine. ; 369 pages . Franklin Library, hardcover books
2014Best.-Nr. 1405298New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2014. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 481 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial spine with white lettering. Dust jacket with mild shelf wear to back cover protected in mylar covering price uncut: "USA $26.99". Quarter bound with gray cloth and green cloth to boards with mild shelfwear on top and bottom edges of boards. Text block has mild age-toning to top and deckled fore edges. Flat signed by author on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405298. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 587273Dallas: Pressworks 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. With tipped-in illustrations by Paula George. Slim octavo. Cover gilt with a small tarnished area else fine in fine unprinted acetate dust jacket. Published in an edition of 376 numbered and lettered copies Signed by Oates and the illustrator this copy is signed by both but unnumbered. Pressworks hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 578214New York: Vanguard Press 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine with faint spotting on top edge and boards in a toned very good dust jacket with a crease on the front flap and a tiny tear on the front cover. A psychological novel about a man in his forties falling in love with a fourteen year old girl. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1981Best.-Nr. 585420New York: Oxford University Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Advance Review Copy. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with slight toning. Publisher's slip laid in. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1981Best.-Nr. 55082New York: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0195028848 . A Nearly Fine edition that is slightly shelfworn and is housed in a Fine dust-jacket ; In this collection of essays Joyce Carol Oates explores the contraries in life--joy and sorrow love and hate good and evil. She examines these opposites through the lens of literature history and personal experience and offers readers a unique perspective on the complexities of human existence.; 8vo; 187 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1979Best.-Nr. 583034Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First trade edition. Decorative papercovered boards red cloth spine with paper spine label. Spine slightly cocked near fine in near fine unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 1000 copies printed. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. 567013New York: HarperCollins 2009. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Slight edgewear else fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 57765New York: The Vanguard Press Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Second Printing. Cloth. 0814907504 . A Second Printing in Fine condition in a price-clipped Near Fine dust-jacket ; Joyce Carol Oates' latest novel tells the story of a young woman newlywed to a man she barely knows who is sent to a mental hospital after a nervous breakdown. There she meets a cast of eccentric and colorful characters among them a psychotic nun a cantankerous nurse and a lovelorn doctor. With the help of her new friends she begins to rebuild her life.; 8vo; 561 pages . The Vanguard Press, Inc. hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 55255New York: The Vanguard Press Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0814907504 . A Fine first edition/first printing with bumped corners and some wear from age to the pink cloth boards housed in a price-clipped and shelfworn dust-jacket in Nearly Fine condition; This novel is about a girl named Kay who has a very strict upbringing and is not allowed to have a boyfriend. She is sent to a boarding school in Vermont and is paired up with a boy named Ethan. They quickly become best friends and Kay starts to loosen up. When she returns home for summer break she meets a new boy and starts to feel out of place. She decides to go back to Ethan and the two of them continue to date.; 8vo; 561 pages . The Vanguard Press, Inc. hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 55254New York: The Vanguard Press Inc. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0814907504 . A Near Fine first edition/first printing with bumped corners and some wear from age to the pink cloth boards housed in a price-clipped and edgeworn alike dust-jacket; Oates's magnum opus is a novel of great power and beauty exploring the primal attraction between a young woman and an older man and the destructive power of desire.; 8vo; 561 pages . The Vanguard Press, Inc. hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 20143Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0880014571 . A handsome stated first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket which shows a bit of sunning on spine and along edges. Beautifully bound in black stamped burgundy cloth; Eleven-year-old Josie and her self-indulgent mother Delia have come to live with great-aunt Esther Burkhardt in upstate New York. Here Josie meets her withdrawn 25-year-old cousin Jared Jr. on leave from seminary who draws Josie into some bizarre sexual rituals. A haunting novel about the pain and helplessness of sexually abused children abandoned by the adults in their lives. First published in the Ontario Review in 1966 ; Woodcuts; 16mo . Ecco Press hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. 142403New York: Dutton 1993. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth backed boars; d.w. N.Y.: Dutton 1933. First Edition. Fine. Presentation copy August 1993. Dutton unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 535178New York: Dutton 1993. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Glossy yellow wrappers. Fine. Basis for the 1996 film starring Angelina Jolie Jenny Lewis and Hedy Burress. Dutton unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 512815Denmark: Centurm 1993. Softcover. Fine. First Danish edition. Illustrated self-wrappers. Text in Danish. Translated by Ulla Warren. Fine. Basis for the 1996 film starring Angelina Jolie Jenny Lewis and Hedy Burress. Centurm unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 76349Hopewell New Jersey: The Ecco Press. Very Good. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in yellow paper covered boards with a gilt stamped white cloth spine in a dust jacket with light soiling. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with nice color illustrations. This book is signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the half title-page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Author . The Ecco Press hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 514109New York: A William Abrahams Book/ Dutton 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Slight toning on the spine and a tiny tear on the rear wrapper else about near fine. A William Abrahams Book/ Dutton unknown books
2006Best.-Nr. 516840New York: Ecco an imprint of HarperCollins 2006. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Slight toning and a short tear on the front wrapper else near fine with publisher's material laid in. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 574263New York: Ecco 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher materials laid in. Ecco hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 17617New York: Ecco Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0880012609 . A nice first edition/first printing in Good condition in Very Good dust-jacket. Discolored sticky areas on front and read endpapers and dustjacket. Cocked spine. Clean unread copy; This book tells the story of a woman who has retreated into herself and her own life. She has built a solid wall around herself and has little contact with the outside world. Her only connection to the world is through her door which she constantly locks.; 8vo; FSA . Ecco Press hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 404418Princeton New Jersey: Ontario Review Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine publisher's unprinted acetate dustwrapper in a bumped very good slipcase. Number 144 of 300 copies Signed and numbered by the author. Ontario Review Press hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 55175New York: E. P. Dutton Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 0525242481 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket; The book tells the story of a family during the end of the world. The mother father and their young son are trying to stay alive as the world around them crumbles.; 8vo; 241 pages . E. P. Dutton, Inc. hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 124647New York: E. P. Dutton Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth spine. 0525242481 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing in an alike dust-jacket; Oates' latest book of short stories follows a group of people as they approach the end of their lives. Some are content with their lives others are not. The stories are dark and heartbreaking depicting the finality of death and the ways in which it can impact those who are left behind.; 8vo; 241 pages . E. P. Dutton, Inc. hardcover books
