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2002réf. 568991New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Briefly Inscribed by the author. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1994réf. 569338Concord: William B. Ewert 1994. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers lettered in gilt. One of 100 copies Signed by Oates this is copy 21 of 75 copies bound in wrappers there were also 25 bound in boards. Printed as a keepsake commemorating an exhibit at the University of Rochester Library. William B. Ewert unknown books
1941réf. 570719London: Secker & Warburg / Searchlight Books 1941. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by George Orwell. Small octavo. 127 1pp. Printed wrappers. Small neat owner name on first leaf stains mostly confined on front wrap very good. Secker & Warburg / Searchlight Books unknown books
1970réf. 574169New York: The American Place Theatre 1970. Softcover. Fine. Theater program. Play directed by Curt Dempster. Two small quarto sheets folded and stapled to make eight octavo pages. Illustrated with two portraits of Oates. Bottom corner very slightly curled else fine. The final page prints a full-page advertisement for Oates' The Wheel of Love. A very uncommon Oates item perhaps because it appears that the play was universally panned by critics. OCLC locates four copies of this program NYU SUNY Buffalo U Rochester U Alberta and three copies of what appear to be a mimeographed or spirit-duplicated script and we note another possible copy of this program and a few more manuscript versions in her papers at Syracuse. The American Place Theatre unknown books
1974réf. 576426Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Blue Cloth. Fine in an about fine publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket with slight rubbing. Autographed edition limited to 50 copies. Black Sparrow supplements 13 to 24 bound together and Signed by the authors at their contributions. Work by Larry Eigner Robert Creeley Bobbie Louise Hawkins Michael McClure Tom Clark Clayton Eshleman Joyce Carol Oates Robert Kelly Diane Wakoski Gerard Malanga Antonin Artaud Jerome Rothenberg. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1991réf. 574144New York: Dutton 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine mildly cocked else fine in fine dust jacket. Dutton hardcover books
1939réf. 6104London: Faber and Faber 1939. First trade edition. Near Fine/Very Good . A Near Fine copy of the book in Very Good dust jacket. Contemporary owner's name and bookplate on the front endpapers some foxing to the closed text-block and to the early and late leaves. Price-clipped dust jacket with the yellow titling faded minor chips and tears mostly a the extremities and some smudges to the jacket panels. Among the most influential and complex Modernist works Finnegans Wake "blends the reality of life with a dream world. The motive of the novel inspired by the 18th century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico is that history is cyclical.the novel's plot is nearly as complex as the linguistic tactics deployed by Joyce who combined a number of languages and utilized complex sonic implications to create an atmosphere of wordplay and hidden meaning throughout the entirety of Finnegans Wake" Britannica. A natural progression from his earlier masterpiece Ulysses Finnegans Wake shows Joyce pressing his ability to weave together numerous languages cultural mythologies and national literatures to defy boundaries and binaries we so often lean on to understand the world. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Faber and Faber unknown books
1994réf. 579405Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert / Firefly Press 1994. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Measuring 8¼" x 10¾". Fine. One 50 copies printed at Firefly Press and Signed by Oates. William B. Ewert / Firefly Press unknown books
1976réf. 579535Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press 1976. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Measuring 11" x 17". Tips of corners a bit creased else fine. Copy 48 of 65 numbered copies Signed by Oates. Slow Loris Press unknown books
1970réf. 555349Lexington Virginia: Shenandoah 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume XXI Spring 1970 No. 3. Printed wrappers. Near fine with some bumping to the crown of the spine. Features "I was in Love" by Joyce Carol Oats "I Teach Out of Love" by Theodore Roethke two poems by Gunnar Ekelof translated by W.H. Auden as well as poetry by Daniel Hoffman Howard Nemerov J.V. Cunningham and more. Shenandoah unknown books
1985réf. 555368New York: Basic Books Inc 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 301pp. Tiny owner name on front fly and binding very slightly cocked near fine in a very good or better dust jacket with modest creasing along the topedge. Basic Books, Inc hardcover books
1988réf. 555906New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Later printing. Very good or better with some foxing on the cloth spine as well as a sporadic minor foxing throughout the interior in a lightly worn near fine dust jacket with a bit of interior toning. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
1868réf. 554278Bridgeton N.J.: Joyce Photographer 1868. Unbound. Fair. Carte d'visite. Albumen image with watercolor highlights provided by hand to the stockings belts shirts and caps. 2.5" x 3.75" on slightly larger thick card mount. Image of two seated baseball players; one with the letters "BS" on the bib front of his shirt; the other with an Old English "C" on his. Uncaptioned. Photographer name and address on verso. Only fair condition with the albumen image badly faded and the players' faces visible only with effort. Of most interest are the very early uniforms likely the carte is post-Civil War because of lack of a Civil War-era tax stamp; but almost certainly pre-1870. Joyce, Photographer unknown books
1997réf. 557500Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third edition. Quarto. 956pp. Tiny owner name on front fly and cover just a bit splayed very near fine. Williams & Wilkins hardcover books
1969réf. 560820Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Foreword by A. Philip Randolph. 591pp. Some toning and a few creased pages else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear. The University of Michigan Press hardcover books
1989réf. 551765Eugene: University of Oregon 1989. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 150pp. Foxing on topedge wrappers rubbed near fine. Interview with Margaret Mead by Frank Anthony. Oral History: Ekoneskaka transcribed by James Salvator. Poetry by Kathleen Atkins Gigi Marks Elizabeth Rees Walter Pavlich Larry Beckett John de Stefano and Dana Sonnenschein. Fiction by Jerry Bumpus Susan Stark Sharon Lynn Pugh and Joyce Carol Oates. Letters stories essays and reviews by many others. University of Oregon unknown books
1996réf. vas719Portland Oregon: Timber Press 1996. Sponsored by The Kenya ORchid Trust and The Kenya Orchid Society. Octavo black boards hardcover gilt letters map illus. endpapers xv 176 pp. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine. From dust jacket: Situated astride the Equator Kenya is one of the most beautiful countries in Africa. From the idylic white beaches of coral sand facing the Indian Ocean to the snowfields at the top of Mt. Kenya more than 5000 metres above sea level it is a land of great diversity wild landscapes and abundant wildlife. The flora too is very varied. Among the trees and shrubs of the forests and bush and in the extensive grasslands nearly three hundred different kinds of orchids can be found. This is the first book devoted to the orchids of Kenya. It deals with all the epiphytic species the lianes in the genus Vanilla and finally the terrestrial kinds. They are all described in a logical and comparable way. Approximately two-thirds of the species are illustrated in colour many of them in close-up. An important chapter describing the work on orchid conservation at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi is also included. The text describes each species where it grows in Kenya and when it flowers. Other countries in Africa where each can be found are also mentioned. For each of the 50 genera and species are provided. In conjunction with the photographs and descriptions these keys will enable everyone with an interest in these fascinating plants to identify those they find in Kenya today. The book will also be useful to orchid enthusiast living in or visiting other parts of Africa because many of the species are widespread in the continent. Growers of African orchids in many other parts of the world will find the wealth of information it contains invaluable. Timber Press, 1996. Sponsored by The Kenya ORchid Trust and The Kenya Orchid Society. hardcover books
1970réf. 529325New Brunswick New Jersey: Partisan Review 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. 471-585pp. Subtle impressions from someone using it as a writing surface on the front cover else fine. Poetry short stoires art by Joyce Carol Oates Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Philip Guston Michael Harrington Howard Zinne Irving Weinman Russell Banks George Levine et al. Books reviews of The Lives and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger by Cecil Brown: Maureen Howard; Local Anaesthetic by Gunter Grass: Richard Howard"; and more. Partisan Review unknown books
1997réf. 532808Philadelphia: Banshee Press 1997. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 47pp. Fine. Poems by Jared Carter Michael Waters Denise Duhamel Alan Britt Karen Blomain Joyce Odam David Kirby Joseph Farley Art Beck Ann Menebroker Kent Taylor Tom Devaney and Robert Peters. Banshee Press unknown books
1973réf. 535114San Jose: Firesign Press 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine with ink owner name on first page in very good toned dust jacket with moderate edgewear and a few tiny internal tape repairs. Inscribed by the author: "For Fred Warren a wonderful Black man. Always Joyce Carol Thomas. 4-9-75." African-American poet's scarce first book published by an obscure press. Firesign Press hardcover books
1986réf. 537669New York: New York University 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Guest edited by Howard Norman. Perfectbound wrappers. 130pp. Spine lightly sunned else fine. Poetry short stories and more by David St. John Carol Snow Raymond Queneau Charles Bernstein Boris Pasternak Daniel Hoffman Jennifer Clarvoe Herbert Morris Suzanne Gardinier Lydia Davis Paul Lake Richard Jones Lisa Lewis Martin Greenberg Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Norman Finkelstein Clark Coolidge Jane Mead Christopher Benfey Russell Banks Sven Birkerts Wendy Lesser and John Berger. New York University) unknown books
1923réf. 468121New York: Shapiro Bernstein & Co 1923. Softcover. Good. Sheet music. Pictorial wrappers with Frances Arms. Quarto. 6pp. Owner name on front wrapper pages and wrapper rebound with cloth tape on spine extremities chipped and torn a good only copy. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co unknown books
1991réf. 438712Boston: Little Brown and Company 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 333pp. Illustrated from black and white photographic plates. Published simultaneously in Canada. Remainder mark with light soiling on the boards near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1970réf. 506649Brighton: Clifton Books 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by John Ryan. Octavo. 259pp. Bottom corners lightly bumped else fine in near fine dust jacket with price clipped British price intact. Prints a poem about Joyce by John Montague and contributions by Edna O'Brien Patrick Kavanagh S. Joyce Denis Johnston Thomas McGreevey Benedict Kiely et al. Also reprints Samuel Beckett's "Dante.Bruno.Vico.Joyce. Clifton Books hardcover books
1962réf. 508209No Place: The Georgia Review 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Offprint. Reprinted from The Georgia Review Volume XVI Number 4 Winter 1962. Large octavo. 4pp. Stapled white printed wrappers. Prints the text of a letter from James Joyce to his maid Mary Kirn written on August 30 1911. A near fine copy. The Georgia Review unknown books
