1976réf. 404440New York: The Vanguard Press 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a spine-faded very good dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to publisher Brian Kirby. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1984réf. 573205Northridge California: Lord John Press 1984. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Wrappers. Fine. Copy number 115 of 125 copies Signed by the author. Lord John Press unknown books
1987réf. 573201Garden City: Dolphin/Doubleday 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition trade issue. Fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Acclaimed book on the subject. Dolphin/Doubleday hardcover books
1979réf. 582608Northridge California: Lord John Press 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition deluxe issue. Full morocco. Some wear along the bottom edges of the spine else near fine. One of 50 numbered copies bound in morocco and Signed by the author. Lord John Press hardcover books
1970réf. 577253Ontario: Orange Bear Reader 1970. Unbound. Near Fine. First edition. 10" x 13" broadside poem laid into printed paper folder. One of 500 copies printed. Very slight age-toning and slight bumped at the extremities slight splits at the fold of the folder else near fine. Orange Bear Reader unknown books
1975réf. 587269Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed very good or better acetate dust jacket with very small chips and tears at the folds. One of 350 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and Signed by Oates. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
2018réf. 202093University Park PA: Penn State University Press 2018. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black and color-illustrated wraps with tan and brown lettering. xiii 212 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Palmer Museum of Art University Park Pennsylvania September 25-December 9 2018./. Penn State University Press hardcover books
1954réf. 11572THE BACKGROUNDS OF ULYSSES Kenyon College 1954 first edition some light tanning and soiling to the covers else vg in wraps as issued. A scarce separate off-print from the Kenyon Review this copy INSCRIBED by the author to the former premier Walt Whitman collector bibliophile and philanthropist Charles Feinberg The Kenyon Review paperback books
1923réf. 05195CHAMBER MUSIC B.W.Huebsch 1923 slight wear to the gray boards else a vg copy. The authors first book published in the U.K. in 1907. Huebsch hardcover books
1942réf. 12363INTRODUCING JAMES JOYCE Faber 1942 first edition a bright vg copy in like dust-wrapper with some slight soiling to the dust-wrapper spine. Introduction by T.S. Eliot. Faber unknown books
1939réf. 46185NY: Schirmer 1939. First Edition without the stars in the upper right corner. 4to pp. 10. Self wraps a fine copy. SLOCUM & CAHOON F21 & F. The poems are "Rain has Fallen" "Sleep Now "and "I hear and Army. Schirmer unknown books
1969réf. 003112Pittsburgh PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company 1969. Near fine. First edition n. d. 1969; 14 square die-cut cards with text and illustrations to recto and 16 paint chips to verso 6 3/4 x 6 3/4; two-fold illustrated instruction booklet; nylon holder - transparent front patterned back resembling fabric; overall very minor wear mostly to holder; in near fine condition. An ingenious color-coordinating endeavour the kit was designed to help harmonize not only furniture carpeting and walls but also clothing jewelry cosmetics etc. The cards with a die-cut square apperture in the middle and various base colors were to be overlaid with several other cards with accent color chips - to find one's most pleasing combination. Uncommon with no other copies in the trade as of November 2021. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company hardcover books
1951réf. 300285New York Harper & Brothers 1951. 1951. First edition so stated; "H-A". 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 261 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of October 3 original price $3.00. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harper & Brothers [1951]. hardcover books
1968réf. 365054New York: The Viking Press 1968. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Gray papercovered boards with red cloth spine. Introduction and notes by Richard Ellman. About fine in very good slipcase with offsetting. Includes four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript and reduced reproductions of the other pages. The Viking Press hardcover books
1992réf. 1417919New York: Dutton 1992. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with gray and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "17.00." Mild general shelf wear. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Spine cocked. Text block clean. Signed flat by Oates on title page. Shelved in Hardcover Fiction. 1417919. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Dutton hardcover books
1993réf. 913681Franklin Center: Franklin Library. 1993. A limited edition signed by the author and with special introduction by her for this edition. Leatherbound all edges gilt and with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Franklin Library hardcover books
2016réf. 1405251New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2016. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 369 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering price uncut: "U.S.A. $27.99/CANADA $34.99". Quarter bound in light blue paper with dark blue paper boards. Flat signed by author on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405251. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1983réf. 017458Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Small tear at the bottom of the front cover; slight strip of sunning to the front edge. Near Fine and uncommon. Uncorrected Proof in tall 10-3/4" printed green wraps. First Prize went to Raymond Carver's "A Small Good Thing." Publication date and price in ink on the front cover. Doubleday & Company, Inc. paperback books
1958réf. 31276NY: Viking 1958. First edition. xxii 266 pp w/index. Topstain dull else near fine in full green buckram with some foxing to the one b&w plate and opposing leaves. No dust jacket as issued. Edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Ellmann. Preface by T.S. Eliot. One of 375 copies published in advance of the first edition as a Christmas remembrance for friends of the Press. NY: Viking, hardcover books
1967réf. 89690NY: New Directions 1967. First edition. 314 pp w/index. Light soiling to top and bottom edge else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edited and with Commentary by Forrest Read. NY: New Directions unknown books
1950réf. 5982New York: Gotham Book Mart 1950. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. A Proceeding of the James Joyce Society delivered at the Meeting of November 18 1948. Minor shelf/edge wear touch of sun at the spine booksellers stamp at the rear else tight bright and unmarred. Blue paper wraps black ink lettering. 8vo. 64pp. Illus. b/w plates. Gotham Book Mart unknown books
2003réf. 420208Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press 2003. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Glossy pictorial self-wrappers. Fine. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco by Irving Adler. University of the West Indies Press unknown books
1952réf. 160124London: Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film noir. A woman and her younger sister flee London after their father is murdered by a dictator. When she returns seven years later she comes across her old lover who is planning to kill that same dictator. Audrey Hepburn's first significant role. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and some minor creasing along the edges. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures unknown books
1993réf. 104226Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1993. First edition. Her first novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Barrett to Oprah Winfrey: "For Oprah Winfrey Thank you for all you do to help educate people to the realities of emotional illness. Sincerely Joyce Durham Barrett July 4 1994." A terrific association copy. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill unknown books
1981réf. 127468Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Bruce Dern a psychologically unstable tattoo artist becomes obsessed with a model at a photo shoot determined to use her body as a canvas for "his masterpiece." Shot on location in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with light creasing pinholes to the corners a cello-tape repair to the top center crease and a contemporary label obscuring the rating. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
