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1983réf. 127924New York: E.P. Dutton 1983. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A book of essays and reviews. A near fine copy in yellow printed wrappers and with publisher information sheet laid in. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1994réf. 127919Concord NH: William B. Ewert 1994. First edition. Single sheet folded once to create 4 pages. A keepsake printed to accompany an exhibition of the Hannelore and William Heyen Collection of works by Joyce Carol Oates at the University of Rochester Library. Includes a brief statement by Heyen and Oates. A near fine copy. William B. Ewert unknown books
1992réf. 127914Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1992. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A collection of short stories. A close to near fine copy in red printed wrappers with some faint creasing to the top corner of the front panel. Uncommon in this format. The Ecco Press unknown books
1990réf. 127920Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1990. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 86 pages. A very near fine copy in blue printed wrappers. Uncommon. The Ecco Press unknown books
1992réf. 127909New York: Dutton 1992. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A tight very near fine copy in blue glossy wrappers. Dutton unknown books
1974réf. 127965Los Angeles CA: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First edition. Softcover. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1979réf. 127976Northridge CA: Lord John Press 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Copy 33 from a deluxe edition of only 50 numbered copies. A slim short story. A fine copy. Issued without dust jacket. Signed by Oates on the limitation page. Lord John Press unknown books
1973réf. 128057New York: Vanguard 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 561 pages. Oates sixth novel. A fine and tight copy in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket with some fading to the spine and some creases to the front and rear flaps. Vanguard unknown books
1979réf. 128028Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 227 pages. Copy 46 from the deluxe edition of only 50 that were handbound in boards by Earle Gray. A collection of short stories. A fine copy in a fine acetate jacket and in a near fine slipcase that is lightly faded around the edges. Signed by Oates on the limitation page. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1975réf. 128059New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1975. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 189 pages. A collection of short stories by Oates writing as Fernandes de Briao. A tight close to near fine copy with a sticker shadow to the front pastedown in a near fine dust jacket. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books
1978réf. 128064Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University Press 1978. First edition. Hardcover. A review copy with slip laid in. Oates fifth collection of poetry. Illustrated by Elizabeth Hansell. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket that has some very slight wear. Signed by Oates on the title page. Louisiana State University Press unknown books
1981réf. 129859New York: Davis Publications 1981. First Edition. First Edition. Digest size. Features stories by Hugh Pentecost Lawrence Treat Christianna Brand Roy Vickers and others. Light rubbing overall else Near Fine. An uncommon title. Davis Publications unknown books
1976réf. 125465New York: Vanguard 1976. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition Near Fine and unread in tall gold wrappers. Vanguard unknown books
1923réf. 53410New York: Macmillan 1923. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; published gilt-titled brown cloth; 321pp. A tight unmarked Near Fine copy in original cloth lacking the dustwrapper. Historical survey and critical analysis of Utopian thought from Plato's Republic through Hertzka's Freeland. Macmillan unknown books
1914réf. 53073New York: George H. Doran Company 1914. First Edition. First Printing "Cortez" on page 22 and the absence of "Printed in the United States of America" on the copyright page. Octavo 20 cm.; light brown cloth covered boards with paper title labels on cover and spine; light offsetting inside covers; dustjacket; 75pp. A few minor bumps to the board edges; spine ends gently pushed Near Fine. The dustjacket one dollar net on spine has light wear and nicks to the extremities mostly to spine ends; toning to the spine; Very Good with tiny bookseller's ticket inside rear cover Brentano's NY. BAL 11104; AHEARN p. 381. George H. Doran Company unknown books
1936réf. 52662London: Gollancz 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm.; black boards embossed in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp.; former owner's bookplate inside front cover; spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped with faint soil to front panel and light toning to the jacket spine; Near Fine. Set in post-war Nigeria Elizabeth Aladai the ju-ju Princess of Rimi reigns supreme. Feared and respected she dominates the lives of the villagers. Her decisions hold sway and she has the power of life and death over those accused of crimes and witchcraft - even when the accused is just a ten-year-old child. Gollancz unknown books
2000réf. Embry 197138TimeLife 2000. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. TimeLife, 2000. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1982réf. 52565Princeton NJ: Ontario Review Press 1982. First Edition. First Printing cloth issue. Octavo 23cm; red paper and gray cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; x993pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $12.95 with some gentle sunning to spine. A collection of Oates's earlier poems "exploring love bereavement the paradoxical nature of "invisibility" as well as other aspects of life." from front flap. Ontario Review Press unknown 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
1987réf. 52374Northridge: Lord John Press 1987. First Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.134. Octavo 23.5cm; green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; vi233pp. A Fine copy without dustjacket as issued. A fine press publication collecting six poems three of which first appeared in the pages of The Hudson Review The New York Times Magazine and Poetry. Lord John Press unknown books
1978réf. 52706New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x342pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Light wear to spine ends and lower corners previous owners name to upper front endpaper else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped with corresponding light wear to spine ends and corners; Near Fine. Oates's ninth novel chronicling the life of a boy-preacher conceived of rape who becomes the prosperous and charismatic leader of a church. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books
1985réf. 52708Athens OH: Croissant & Company 1985. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.22. Octavo 23.5cm; black paper and beige cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine and front cover; 89-564pp with errata slip tipped onto colophon. Three tiny foxed spots to backstrip else Fine lacking the original glassine dustjacket. Croissant & Company unknown books
1979réf. 52564Northridge: Lord John Press 1979. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.54. Octavo 24cm; patterned paper-covered boards and beige cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on spine; viii444pp. A Fine copy without dustjacket as issued. Handsome edition of this short story in which "a middle-aged woman whose husband divorces her after many years marries an emaciated young vagrant who sits around the house all day hitting one or two chords on the piano and getting stoned" New York Times January 4 1981. Lord John Press unknown books
1976réf. 52709Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1976. First Edition. First Printing cloth issue one of 1000 copies. Octavo 23.75cm; decorative paper-covered boards and sage green cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 1011-897pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. An early novella by Oates "a full-blown freak show of serial murder psychological self-torment and literal disintegration" Kirkus Review reissued in 2018 in the Hard Case Crime series. MORROW & COONEY 255b. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1963réf. 52268New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 1112-2533pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny wrinkle to spine ends else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $4.50 with gentle sunning to spine and some trivial wear to extremities. The author's first book and first collection of short fiction gathering 14 stories told "within a framework of realism in a world of sex and blood of poverty and poetry" from front flap. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books
