1975rif. 579668Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight toning at spine ends else about fine in a near fine unprinted mylar dust jacket with light rubbing in a very good slipcase with toning. Number 5 of 50 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray in slipcase and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow hardcover books
1977rif. 579587New York: The Vanguard Press 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Light foxing and soiling on topedge moderate soiling on boards very good in a very good dust jacket with toning a short tear and a small crease. Advance Reading Copy with publisher's material and author photo laid in. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1978rif. 576887Northridge California: Lord John Press 1978. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Full pebble-grain morocco gilt. Fine. Copy letter E of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. Lord John Press hardcover books
1974rif. 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
1978rif. 577106Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Beige patterned cloth. Fine in fine original acetate dustwrapper. One of of 300 numbered copies of a total edition of 330 specially bound and Signed by the author. Sylvester & Orphanos hardcover books
1970rif. 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
1974rif. 577552Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper and fine slipcase. One of 50 copies specially bound and Signed by Oates. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1989rif. 580878New York: E.P. Dutton 1989. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1967rif. 578685London: Universal Edition 1967. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. Stapled printed wrappers. Fine. Prints musical settings by Hugh Woods for three separate chorus: The Hawk in the Rain by Ted Hughes; Sirens by James Joyce from Ulysses and All We by Edwin Muir. Universal Edition unknown books
1975rif. 580645Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First hardcover edition. Light dampstain on rear board pages with faint wrinkling about very good in a very good unprinted mylar dust jacket with light toning. One of 1500 copies printed. Black Sparrow hardcover books
1974rif. 580639Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in an about very good unprinted mylar dust jacket with two large tears on front panel. Copy 5 of 350 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1975rif. 580766Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1975. Softcover. Very Good. First simultaneous paperback edition. Page edges lightly soiled spine age-toned very good. Black Sparrow unknown books
1979rif. 582950New York: The Vanguard Press 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Fading on the spine else near fine. The Vanguard Press unknown books
2004rif. 583096New York: Ecco / Harper Collins Publishers 2004. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled with faint toning bottom corner creased very good. Publisher's material laid in. Ecco / Harper Collins Publishers unknown books
1974rif. 583285Cambridge Massachusetts: The Pomegranate Press 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Karyl Klopp. Spine toned and cracking with small chips affecting text very good. Number 45 of 300 copies Signed by the author and artist; Numbers 1 - 50 are specially bound by Arno Werner. The Pomegranate Press hardcover books
1974rif. 583280Cambridge: The Pomegranate Press 1974. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated with six color linoleum blocks by Karyl Klopp. Toning on the spine with uneven toning on front wrapper near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a toned spine. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by Oates and Klopp. The Pomegranate Press unknown books
1983rif. 555462Princeton New Jersey: Ontario Review Press 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. 280pp. Slightly bowed boards thus near fine in a fine dust jacket. Contributors include John Updike Saul Bellow Gail Godwin Eudora Welty Hortense Calisher Ned Rorem Adrienne Rich Howard Nemerov Mary Gordon Reynolds Price Anne Tyler Dave Smith William Stafford Daniel Halpern E. L. Doctorow Alice Adams Grace Schulman and others. Ontario Review Press hardcover books
1944rif. 556449New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. Black cloth gilt spine. Faint spotting on endpapers light foxing on topedge near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and creased tears and a chip on the cover affecting text. Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1946rif. 556714London: Michael Joseph 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Black cloth gilt spine. Faint crease on the spine with slight bumping at the crown near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and a creased tear on the cover. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1963rif. 559295New York: Signet Books 1963. Softcover. Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Creasing on the wrappers and down the spine a few chips and small tears along the edges sound but good only. Signet Books unknown books
1958rif. 557657New York: The Viking Press 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First trade edition. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Ellmann. Preface by T.S. Eliot. Octavo. xxii 266pp. Quarter green cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Topedge of boards very lightly sunned bottom corner on front board lightly bumped near fine in a near fine dust jacket with faint age-toning along the spine and edges else quite fresh and clean. Contains the first appearance of the T.S. Eliot preface. "Quoted in the text are several unpublished or uncollected pieces of early Joyce writings. The Viking Press hardcover books
1944rif. 561348New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later printing. Gift inscription on front fly referencing the novel "To my own Sara From her eternal Gulley". A very good or better copy save for a 1¼" tear in the cloth at the foredge of the front cover running nearly parallel to it thus about very good in a soiled and worn good only dust jacket with small chips and tears and a corresponding tear at the foredge of the front cover. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
2004rif. 561591New York: Ecco / HarperCollinsPublishers 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second printing. Tall octavo. 481pp. Topedge modestly foxed else fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Oates on the title page. Ecco / HarperCollinsPublishers hardcover books
2003rif. 562071New York: HarperTempest 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Foxing on the page edges else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Novel for young adults. HarperTempest hardcover books
1969rif. 564812New York: Perennial Library/Harper & Row 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First Perennial edition. Introduction by Charles R. Larson. Mass market paperback. Wraps lightly rubbed and edgeworn faint creases on spine very good. The basis for a play by Norman Rosten and a 1990 film by Bruce Beresford. Perennial Library/Harper & Row unknown books
