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1988ref. 17623New York: Ecco Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0880012005 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Set in 1950s New York City this novel tells the story of Esther Greenwood a young woman who is handed over by her parents to their wealthy friend Ruth in order to protect her from a life of poverty. Esther is to be Ruth's personal assistant and live in her luxurious apartment while attending to her every need. However Esther quickly realizes that she is not content with this life and sets out to find her own path in the world.; 8vo . Ecco Press hardcover books
2005ref. 12472New York: Harcourt Inc. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151011796 . A very attractive first edition first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket SIGNED by author Joyce Carol Oates directly on the title page; Joyce Carol Oates' collection of nine stories demonstrates why the females of the species be they six-year-old girls seemingly devoted wives or aging mothers are by nature more deadly than the males; 8vo; Signed by Author . Harcourt, Inc. hardcover books
1997ref. 17618New York: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525942327 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; A novel following the life of an American family over forty years. The story centers around the author's mother who is a brilliant but unstable woman and her son who is a talented but troubled artist.; 8vo . Dutton hardcover books
1985ref. 17622New York: E. P. Dutton Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525242937 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket. Minor soiling on top edges. Overall a tight clean copy; In this riveting deeply personal novel Joyce Carol Oates brings to life the powerful dramatic experience of the winter solstice.This is the story of two people one young the other old who are both about to experience a solstice moment of their own. One is a mother trying to protect her young son from the dark powers that seem to be closing in on them; the other is a father estranged from his own children who is about to find a way to connect with them.As the sun descends below the horizon the two characters struggle to find a way to connect with one another and with the natural world around them. Oates masterfully weaves together the stories of these characters and the solstice itself into a powerful and evocative tale exploring the connections between life and death love and loss.; 8vo . E. P. Dutton, Inc. hardcover books
1979ref. 18371Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press. Fine. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0876853955 . A beautiful Limited edition in Very Fine condition signed and numbered by author Joyce Carol Oates directly on the limitation page. Numbered 278 of 300 copies printed in this special edition; The novel is about a mother and daughter who travel from Ohio to North Carolina to visit the daughter's father who has recently died. The daughter is married and has a child and the mother is widowed. They all go to visit the father's gravesite which is in a small town in North Carolina. The mother and daughter fall into a deep conversation about life death and the meaning of life. The daughter tells the mother that she doesn't know what the meaning of life is and the mother tells her that she doesn't either. The mother says that she is content with the life she has and the people she has left behind.; 8vo; Signed by Author . Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1992ref. 17615New York: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0333580265 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author Joyce Carol Oates directly on the title page; In the novel Black Water the protagonist 16-year-old Melody is the only survivor of a small group of people who are trapped on a small uninhabited island. The group is attacked by a group of mercenaries led by the ruthless and feared Captain. Melody manages to escape but is left alone on the island with her thoughts and memories of the people she was with. The island becomes her home and she relies on it to help her heal after the trauma of the attack.; 8vo; Signed by Author . Dutton hardcover books
1996ref. 20143Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0880014571 . A handsome stated first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket which shows a bit of sunning on spine and along edges. Beautifully bound in black stamped burgundy cloth; Eleven-year-old Josie and her self-indulgent mother Delia have come to live with great-aunt Esther Burkhardt in upstate New York. Here Josie meets her withdrawn 25-year-old cousin Jared Jr. on leave from seminary who draws Josie into some bizarre sexual rituals. A haunting novel about the pain and helplessness of sexually abused children abandoned by the adults in their lives. First published in the Ontario Review in 1966 ; Woodcuts; 16mo . Ecco Press hardcover books
1994ref. 17626New York: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525938362 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Joyce Carol Oates' latest novel tells the story of a woman who is forced to reckon with the choices she's made in her life. After a life of privilege and ease she is faced with the consequences of her choices as she battles cancer. What I Lived For is a compelling and thought-provoking book that will stay with you long after you finish it.; 8vo . Dutton hardcover books
1988ref. 318882New York: Harmony 1988. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Hockney David. Conversations with Paul Joyce. Illustrated throughout much in color. 192 pages. Large square 4to blue cloth d.w. New York: Harmony Books 1988. First American edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Harmony unknown books
1970ref. 521017Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Slight spotting on the page edges else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Louisiana State University Press hardcover books
1974ref. 365648Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper. Copy 159 of 350 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1980ref. 314537New York: E.P. Dutton 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. A very thin faded strip along the edges of the boards else fine in a fine dustwrapper. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1977ref. 55740Portage Indiana: The Compulsive Printer 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 50/75. Quarto. Unpaginated 32 leaves. Original burgundy velvet clamshell with gilt relief serigraph inset housed in red paper-covered clamshell box with black lettering on red label of spine. Signed and numbered in pencil by D'Ambrosio on all three block print title pages and colophon. Here also signed by the printer Elmore Mundell. The Mookse and the Gripes is Joyce's retelling of Aesop's fable of 'The Fox and the Grapes.' It was originally published in 1939. This edition is illustrated with numerous block prints and serigraphs in color and b/w. This edition of The Mookse and the Gripes limited to seventy-five copies and five artist proofs has been set in 18 point Bulmer and printed on Rives BFK paper by the Compulsive Printer Portage Indiana on a No. 3 Vandercook proof press. All serigraphs blockprints and binding by D'Ambrosio. Cover relief-serigraph gilded with 23 K gold. The story is taken from 'Two Tales of Shem and Shaun.' This edition published by Joseph J. D'Ambrosio 3824 Alta Vista Terrace Chicago Illinois 60613. This copy is number 50/75 and signed by the artist and printer. Outer clamshell box with light wear two small closed tear at head and tail of front edge of spine. The Compulsive Printer hardcover books
1970ref. 41276London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo. xiii 385 xi 387-821pp. Original illustrated dustjackets over blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. "The impact of Joyce's writing has provoked an overwhelming quantity of critical response. Professor Deming has selected for these two volumes as many divergent points of view as possible to provide a near-complete spectrum of the contemporary reaction to Joyce." Publisher. With contributions by George Russell Arthur Symons Italo Svevo Ezra Pound W. B. Yeats H.G. Wells among many others as well as numerous published reviews of Joyce's works. DJs with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Minor discoloration of bindings along edges. DJs and binding in overall good to good interiors in very good condition. Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover books
1977ref. 1392597New York: The Vanguard Press 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 370 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Tan spine with blue and black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Price uncut: "$10.00". Dust jacket with light plus bumping and wear to head and tail of spine edges and corners; minor damp staining to tail of jacket spine. Binding with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Text block with light staining to top edge of text block; small patch of damp staining to lower corner of text block. Signed flat by Oates on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1392597. Special Collections - Downstairs. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1968ref. 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
1989ref. 290816New York: Whitney Museum 1989. Limited. hardcover. fine. Gober. 2 vols. bound in crushed white leather with diary-style gilt clasps and enclosed side by side in the publishers 4to lavender silk box. New York: Whitney Museum 1989. Limited Edition. This beautifully conceived artist's book of a short story concerning a pair of twins was designed by Robert Gober along with the hand-written text & lithographed end-papers. One of 140 copies signed by Oates and Gober. As new in a very lightly stained box. Whitney Museum unknown books
1993ref. 1100125NY: Dutton 1993. Advance Reader's Copy ARC for the first edition. Glossy printed wraps. Signed by Oates on the title page. Unread copy with two corners just touched. Near Fine condition. Basis for the 2012 Laurent Cantet directed film with Raven Adamson Katie Coseni and Madeleine Bisson. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Copy. Dutton Paperback books
1992ref. 626530Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 304pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "June 1996 Graham - All best wishes to a fellow venturer in New York history Joyce Goodfriend". Recipient is Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1966ref. M4002Reprinted from:: Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society Vol. 3 No. 5/6 November/December 1966. 1966. 229 x 152 mm. 8vo. 486-504 pp. 6 figs. 6 tables. Self-wraps. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOYCE SUNG. Fine. Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society, Vol. 3, No. 5/6, (November/December, 1966). paperback books
1980ref. 49014Iowa City IA: Happy Press 1980. Very Good . Iowa City IA: Happy Press 1980. Slim quarto 28cm; staple-bound illustrated wraps; 19pp; illustrated. Wraps faded. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean with a few pencil annotations. Very Good or better anthology of poetry "cartoonized" by Dave Morice. Laid-in at front is a brief signed letter from the editor. Happy Press unknown books
1978ref. 018332G.P.Putnam's Sons 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation & Association. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$8.95 On Flap.First Edition.Rare Presentation Copy & Association To Great Bookseller Burt Britton.Johnson Was Jack Kerouac Girlfriend. Excellent Copy. G.P.Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
2001ref. 92973New York: Basic/Perseus 2001. Hardcover. vii 582p. introduction appendix note on sources selected bibliograpy index illustrated with 8 pages of glossy b&w photos very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. "The first in-depth look at the evolution of th U.S. Supreme Court's decisions on gay and lesbian rights -" inner flap. Basic/Perseus hardcover books
1929ref. 2621Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1929. First edition. 194 pp. Original printed wrappers with cover design by Sylvia Beach. Top edge uncut and unopened. Some slight overall soiling to the wrappers slight chipping to the lower edge of the spine. Chemised in a custom slipcase. One of 96 numbered copies on Verge d'Arches the numbered copies are twice as thick as the ordinary edition due to the paper used. Various tributes and studies of Joyce's Work in Progress which was published ten years later as Finnegans Wake. As Beach wrote "these were writers who had been watching Work in Progress from the beginning each seeing it from his own angle but interested in Joyce's experiment and friendly towards it." Beckett's first appearance in book form with texts by Marcel Brion Frank Budgen Stuart Gilbert Eugene Jolas Victor Llona Robert McAlmon Thomas McGreevy Elliot Paul John Rodker Robert Sage and William Carlos Williams. With letters of protest by G.V.L. Slingsby and Vladimir Dixon reputed to have been written by Joyce himself. Slocum & Cahoon B10. Federman & Fletcher 1. Wallace B11. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1975ref. 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
