1976Best.-Nr. 404607Rio De Janeiro: Civilzacao Brasileira 1976. Softcover. Fine. First Brazilian edition. Volume Two only of Two. Printed wrappers. Just about fine. Civilzacao Brasileira unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 404547New York: The Vanguard Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some age-toning. Signed by the author. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. 404522New York: Dutton 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a small smudge. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin who published several limited editions by Oates at his Lord John Press. Basis for the 1996 film starring Hedy Burress Angelina Jolie and Jenny Lewis. Dutton hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 404539New York: The Vanguard Press 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a slightly age-toned else near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin who published several limited editions by Oates at his Lord John Press: "For Herb Yellin - with warm regards and thank you for your encouraging words. Joyce Carol Oates 2/2/77. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1986Best.-Nr. 251661New York: E.P. Dutton / William Abrahams 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First trade edition. Binding slightly cocked with spine slightly concave still very good or better in a near fine dust jacket with gengle edgewear. A psychological novel. E.P. Dutton / William Abrahams hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 112941New York: Harper & Brothers 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine with some rubbing to the boards in about very good dust jacket with some perimeter creases a few tears and tape reinforced to the interior of the jacket. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 245745New York: Viking 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Jacket illustration by Steve Macanga. Label shadow on front pastedown spine with a small scratch near fine in a lightly rubbed very good dust jacket with minor edgewear. The second in a series of New Orleans mysteries. Viking hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 114959New York: E. P. Dutton 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First trade edition. Light foxing near fine in a very good or better slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 152710New York: E.P. Dutton / William Abrahams 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First trade edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in faintly yellowed near fine dust jacket. A psychological novel. E.P. Dutton / William Abrahams hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 245478New York: Pocket Books 1989. Softcover. Good. First edition. Illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly cocked and creased covers modestly rubbed spine ends and corners lightly worn good only. Advance reading copy. Author's first book about a murder in a privileged Connecticut coastal town. Pocket Books unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 243162New York: E.P. Dutton 1982. Softcover. Good. Uncorrected. Paperback Good in wrappers. Very light staining on fine edges. Cover smude soil marks. Light readers crease. Corners bumped. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1917Best.-Nr. 256254New York: George H. Doran Company 1917. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Papercovered boards with publisher's cover and spine labels. Owner name and address endpapers with modest offsetting textblock edges slightly foxed covers lightly soiled labels with a few tiny chips good only. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 401973Boston: Little Brown and Company 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Near fine with a cocked spine and bumped spine ends and corners in a near fine dustwrapper with chips tears and rubbing. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1950Best.-Nr. 390759New York: Poetry Center 1950. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 4pp. Stapled into printed gray wrappers. Some offsetting and stains on the rear wrap very good. Uncommon. Poetry Center unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 387207New York: Simon and Schuster 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with a remainder mark on the bottom page edge and a mark on the front free endpaper in a near fine dustwrapper with some toning. Pseudonym of Joyce Carol Oates. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 387204New York: Simon and Schuster 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book club edition. Very slightly bowed else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning and edgewear. Pseudonym of Joyce Carol Oates. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
2002Best.-Nr. 387622New York: HarperCollins 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. HarperCollins hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. 387625New York: HarperCollins 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. HarperCollins hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. 387731New York: Dutton 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A remainder mark on the bottom page edge else about fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Basis for the 1996 film starring Hedy Burress Angelina Jolie and Jenny Lewis. Dutton hardcover books
1971Best.-Nr. 375099New York: The Vanguard Press 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Yellow cloth boards. About very good with inked owner name on front fly slightly cocked spine and slightly bowed boards faint stains along the page edges in a very good spine faded dust jacket with a few small stains along panels some rubbing a few tiny chips and tears along the edges. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 371519New York: Vanguard 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book club edition. Remainder spray bottom edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a little rubbing. Vanguard hardcover books
1979Best.-Nr. 365643Northridge California: Lord John Press 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Very slightly bowed with toning on the spine and board edges else about near fine. Copy 87 of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author. Lord John Press hardcover books
1975Best.-Nr. 365656Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine label toned else about fine in a fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper in a very good slip case with toning. Number 26 of 50 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray in slipcase and Signed by the author. Black Sparrow hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 367880New York: Dell 1976. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Curling on the rear wrapper and some toning else very good. Inscribed by the author. Dell unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 362554New York: Oxford University Press 1981. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. 187pp. Good only with some dampstaining in a very good dustwrapper with a small tear and an internal dampstain. Signed by the author. Oxford University Press hardcover books
