1978réf. 13327VANGUARD. NY 1978. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Very good copy in plain gold printed wrappers. Traces of light foxing & shelf-wear to covers & edges. Mild corner crease at base of front cover. Faint spots of soiling to covers. . VANGUARD. NY 1978 paperback
1974réf. 577013Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in slightly toned about fine slipcase. One of 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with special cloth spine slipcase and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1974réf. 404451Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in fine slipcase. Copy number 50 of 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with special cloth spine and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1986réf. 565758Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Small quarto. Fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine dust jacket with just a bit of wear. Number 41 of 100 copies Signed by Oates and Azarian. William B. Ewert unknown
1975réf. 6931New York: Vanguard 1975. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers as issued. Signed by the author. Vanguard unknown
réf. 0876852290New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
1994réf. 404519Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing 1994. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards. Fine. Copy P of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. James Cahill Publishing hardcover
1979réf. 577108Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine original unprinted glassine dustwrapper and slightly toned else near fine slipcase. One of 50 deluxe handbound copies numbered and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1979réf. 307133Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow 1979. Number 5 of 50 copies signed and handbound. 8vo. Cloth and boards in slipcase. Fine. Number 5 of 50 copies signed and handbound. 8vo. Black Sparrow unknown books
1987réf. 36715Concord: William B. Ewert 1987. Advance reading copy. Ten leaves laid loose into a near fine printed folder that has a few small spots to front cover. Text calligraphed and illustrated by R.P. Hale. "Publisher's Advance Issue" one of eight copies. Concord: William B. Ewert, unknown books
1983réf. 578949Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1983. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Illustration by Mary Ann Hayden. Measuring approximately 11½" x 19½". Tips of corners a trifle creased still easily fine. One of 100 numbered copies Signed by Oates and Hayden. Nicely printed at the Meadow Press. William B. Ewert unknown books
1979réf. 583197Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine mildly cocked else fine in a fine unprinted mylar dust jacket in a near fine lightly soiled slipcase. Copy number 11 of 50 deluxe numbered copies Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1979réf. 404517Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in fine slipcase. Copy number 30 of 50 deluxe numbered copies Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1979réf. 365658Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Slightly bowed else near fine in a fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in a near fine slipcase with some toning. Copy 39 of 50 deluxe numbered copies Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1968réf. 1392826New York NY: The Vanguard Press 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 308 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black and red spine with tanned white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price uncut "$5.95" has small closed tears along the head edges mild foxing along the flaps mild chipping along the fore corners and rear fore edge creasing along the spine and light stains. Boards are slightly cocked has mild bending along the spine head and tail edges front fore edge and fore corners and mild discoloration along the head and tail edges. Textblock has mild age toning front free end-page has paper torn from the second free end-page along the hinge and mild creasing along the rear end-page. Signed flat by Joyce Carol Oats on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. Presumed First Printing. However cannot confirm because The Vanguard Press sometimes failed to note subsequent printings. 1392826. Special Collections - Downstairs. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1974réf. 404461Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in fine original acetate dustwrapper with a little scuff. One of 1000 hardbound copies. Warmly Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin of the Lord John Press who published several limited editions by Oates. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1974réf. 10904New York: Vanguard 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Bumped and split at tail end of spine else fine in wrappers. Publisher's information slip taped to front free endpaper. Scarce proof of one of the author's less common critical volumes. Vanguard unknown books
1981réf. 127727Concord: William Ewart 1981. First. hardcover. fine. Nine Poems. Thin 8vo cloth backed marbled boards. Concord: William Ewert 1981. Limited First Edition. Fine. Copy C of only 26 lettered copies signed by the author. William Ewart unknown books
1990réf. 593815Toronto: Exile Editions 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Exile Editions hardcover books
1979réf. 307110Northbridge Calif: Lord John Press 1979. Copy number 19 of 50 numbered copies bound in morocco and Signed by the author. 44 2pp. 8vo. Bound in full red pebbled morocco. Copy number 19 of 50 numbered copies bound in morocco and Signed by the author. 44 2pp. 8vo. Lord John Press unknown books
1979réf. 100720Northridge: Lord John Press 1979. First edition. Of a total edition of 350 copies this is one of the 50 specially bound deluxe copies signed by Oates on the limitation page. Copy #9. Red leatherette-covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Aldus type on Sonata paper.Issued without dustjacket. Designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom. Unread copy in Fine condition. Hardcovers. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Lord John Press hardcover books
1977réf. 52275Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.121. Quarto 26cm; pictorial paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 1011-244pp. Tiny indentation to upper rear board edge else very Near Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. A slim attractive volume collecting 12 poems several of which first appeared in the pages of The Hudson Review the Nation The New Republic and Poetry Northwest. One of the few volumes of Oates's work published by Black Sparrow for which there was no simultaneous wrappered issue. MORROW & COONEY 284a. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1974réf. 577013Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in slightly toned about fine slipcase. One of 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with special cloth spine slipcase and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1974réf. 404451Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in fine slipcase. Copy number 50 of 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with special cloth spine and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1986réf. 565758Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Small quarto. Fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine dust jacket with just a bit of wear. Number 41 of 100 copies Signed by Oates and Azarian. William B. Ewert unknown books