1958ref. 507990London: William Heinemann 1958. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 77pp. Printed wrappers. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped covers with light edgewear very good in publisher's wraparound band. Index to volume four laid in. Includes an essays on T.S. Eliot by John Wain and Joyce Cary by Andrew Wright; additional contributions by John Holloway Samuel Selvon Ruthven Todd Robert Nye Jack Carey and more. William Heinemann unknown books
1963ref. 44341Seattle: University of Washington Press 1963. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Very good hardback in a price clipped lightly rubbed jacket that has a few tiny closed tears. University of Washington Press hardcover books
1949ref. 44416London: Michael Joseph 1949. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Pages tanned else a very good hardback in a rubbed edgeworn and internally tape repaired price clipped jacket. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1996ref. 41694Scottdale: Herald Press 1996. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 300pp. Very good in publisher's wraps. Herald Press paperback books
1978ref. 83773NY:: Vanguard Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0814907938 . A novel. First edition. SIGNED and dated by the author in 1992. Foxing on edges else very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Vanguard Press, hardcover books
1996ref. 404439New York: Dutton 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin of the Lord John Press who published several limited editions by Oates. Dutton hardcover books
1972ref. 404569New York: Vanguard Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in heavily rubbed else very good dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin who published several limited editions by Oates at his Lord John Press. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1971ref. 154344New York: Vanguard 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. Very good hardcover with similar dust jacket. Small tear on top and bottom edge on front dust jacket. Vanguard hardcover books
2000ref. 006522New York: HarperCollins 2000 Pictorial boards faint foxing on title page else fine; matching dust jacket. Polie Olie and Mr. Snowie travel Chillsville to dance with Klanky Klaus. First Printing. Very Good/Fine. Square 4to. HarperCollins hardcover books
1979ref. 121210Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1979. Limited edition. Issued signed by Oates. "Special Message" by Oates for this edition. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Tissue insert for signature page as issued. Beginning toning of extremities of the moire endpages. Tight copy in Near Fine condition. Oates' third novel in her Wonderland Quartet. 1970 National Book Award winner for fiction. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franklin Library Hardcover books
1992ref. GK2233New York: Ecco 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Oates on the half-title page. Dust jacket lightly scuffed at spine tips and corners else fine. Ecco hardcover books
1986ref. 18808Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Joyce Carol Oates Unread Fine condition; Marya Knauer was not always having a secure and comfortable position in life. Her father's early death and abandonment by her mother have left her with a sense of dislocation and loss early in her childhood. After decades Marya becomes determined to find the mother who gave her away and changes her present life more than she ever imagined. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xviii 310 2 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover books
1984ref. 14565Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Joyce Carol Oates in unread Fine condition; A combination of three gothic mystery stories: "The Virgin of the Rose-Bower" "The Devil's Half Acre" and "The Blood-Stained Gown" - all starring detective Xavier Kilgarvan and said to be among the author's personal favorites. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xxiv 482 4 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover books
1974ref. 310519Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. One of 1000 hardcover copies. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1992ref. 314645New York: E.P. Dutton 1992. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proofs. Fine in in wrappers. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1976ref. 277162Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1976. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Small spot on front wrap else fine in stapled wrappers. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
ref. 2353683Princeton: Bollingen Series / Princeton University Press 1963. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. 1989 14th printing. Near fine in very good jacket. Lacks slipcase. Faint red smudge to rear jacket panel minimal wear to jacket corners. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1963 Hard Cover. xxv 1743 pp. This was at the time of its publication the only complete one-volume edition of Plato in English translation. Contents include: Editorial Note; Introduction; Socrates' Defense Apology; Crito; Phaedo; Charmides; Laches; Lysis; Euthyphro; Menexenus; Lesser Hippias; Ion; Gorgias; Protagoras; Meno; Euthydemus; Cratylus; Phaedrus; Symposium; Republic; Theaetetus; Parmenides; Sophist; Statesman; Philebus; Timaeus; Critias; Laws; Appendix: Epinomis; Greater Hippias; Letters; Index. Bollingen Series / Princeton University Press hardcover books
1962ref. 6353New York: Atheneum 1962. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Janet Halverson dust jacket design. 8vo. Pp. 2 3-176 1. Bound in purple half-cloth over gray paper-covered boards. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows old creases and a one-inch closed tear to lower fore-edge corner; light soiling to front panel. Price of $3.95 intact on front flap. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Signed by Glassman on the front free endpaper. The position of Glassman in the Beat movement is well documented especially her relationship with Kerouac. According to Douglas Brinkley in XXX "XXX" This copy was owned by Dorothy Lobrano Guth daughter of noted New Yorker literary editor Gus Lobrano and herself a longtime staffer at the magazine. A goddaughter of E. B. White she's perhaps best recognized as the editor of The Letters of E. B. White. Signed by her at the top of the FFEP "D. J. Lobrano" Dorothy Jean Lobrano. Atheneum hardcover books
2005ref. 412006New York: Ecco 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Ecco hardcover books
1983ref. 404483New York: E.P. Dutton 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1974ref. 576413Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine in an about fine original unprinted acetate dust jacket with slight rubbing. One of 1000 hardcover copies. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1996ref. 453623New York: E.P. Dutton 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Briefly Inscribed by the author. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1934ref. 140949980New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First authorized American edition first printing. xvii 768pp. Bound in publisher's cream-colored cloth lettered in black an red over beveled boards top edge stained red. Near Fine with light wear and toning to cloth two bookplates to front paste down. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with designer's name Reichl to bottom corner of front panel spine darkened and extremities toned a few closed tears archival tape to verso reinforcing the ends of the spine and flap folds and the entire front flap fold. Slocum 21. A nice copy of the novel that was sued in the Southern District of New York in 1933 in the famous trial named United States vs. One Book Called Ulysses. Random House publisher Bennett Cerf and attorney Morris Ernst arranged a deliberate legal challenge. The U.S. government brought an in rem action a lawsuit against the physical object to seize a copy of Ulysses under tariff and obscenity laws. Federal Judge John M. Woolsey ruled that the book was not obscene effectively lifting the ban and permitting its publication in the United States. Random House unknown books
1934ref. 12475New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- in Good DJ. First American Edition Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ designed by Ernst Reichl and shows Reichl's name at bottom right corner. Noted flaws notwithstanding a presentable copy of the first "legal" publication of this 20th century classic. Bookseller ticket on rear inside boards. Gift inscription on ffep to former owner. Bound by the Modern Library H.Wolff. Light shelf/edge wear spine shows even toning wrapping around to front and rear boards near hinges spotting at front board gutter darkening toned text block else tight bright and unmarred. DJ shows toning at spine moderate chipping at head and heel front and back shows even toning circular stain on cover else clean and bright. 8vo. 768pp. Beige cloth beveled boards black and red ink lettering printed advertisement on rear dj. Random House hardcover books
1992ref. 11879New York: Brunner/Mazel 1992. Reprint. Wraps. Very Good. Reprint. Wraps. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Inscription on ffep. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Creasing else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy paper wraps. 8vo. 491pp. Index. Annotation on rear. Brunner/Mazel unknown books
