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1959Best.-Nr. 292932Paris: M.J. Minard/Lettres Modernes 1959. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Wrappers. Text in French. Near fine with top page edges uncut in very good dustwrapper with a tear on the bottom edge of the rear panel. Contributors: J. Prescott J. Joyce H. Levin M. Magalaner and more. M.J. Minard/Lettres Modernes unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 278564New York: The New American Library 1954. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Complete and Unabridged. Foxed with a few surface tears on covers else very good in edge worn wrappers. The New American Library unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 105392New York: Dutton 1990. Softcover. Fine. First edition Advance Reading Copy. Fine in wrappers. Dutton unknown books
1996Best.-Nr. 105621New York: Dutton 1996. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine with a sticker shadow on the front wrapper. Dutton unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 108761New York: E.P. Dutton 1989. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proofs. Fine in wrappers. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 576631New York: Dutton 1992. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine in printed glossy red wrappers. Basis for the Gus Van Sant film with Nicole Kidman Matt Dillon and Joaquin Phoenix. Dutton unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 352830New York: Dutton 1992. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. About fine in wrappers with very light wear. Basis for the Gus Van Sant film with Nicole Kidman Matt Dillon and Joaquin Phoenix. Dutton unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 97568New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a very attractive very good plus dust jacket with small nicks at the corners. Nicely Inscribed by the author to his daughter: "To Antonia Joyce Cowen My Toni – with love from Father Jan. 27 1936." Hardboiled novel about a man who learns to kill in World War I and utilizes his skills in civilian life. Vivid jacket art juxtaposing the protagonist as trench soldier and then as a Prohibition-era gangster. Basis for the 1937 gangster film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and featuring Spencer Tracy Gladys George and Franchot Tone. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover books
2007Best.-Nr. 586008New York: Ecco / HarperCollins 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. xiv 509pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pages lightly age-toned boards mildly bowed else a very good copy. Advance Review Copy with publisher letter laid in. Ecco / HarperCollins hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 586655New York: Picador 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 347pp. Tiny spots on topedge else fine in a fine dust jacket. Picador hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 587031New York: Viking 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 182pp. Small dampstains at the bottom corners of boards and pastedown endpapers very good in a very good dust jacket with faint corresponding dampstains. Viking hardcover books
2005Best.-Nr. 588394New York: Ecco / HarperCollinsPublishers 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Binding very slightly cocked near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. Author's ninth book of nonfiction compiling 38 diverse prose pieces. Ecco / HarperCollinsPublishers hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 570375New York: Times Books 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers. Small sticker shadow on front cover a few thin lines of toning on rear wrap near fine. Times Books unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 556753London: Michael Joseph 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Illustrated by the author. Foreword by Walter Allen. 169pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and modest soiling on the rear panel. Michael Joseph hardcover books
2002Best.-Nr. 436876Boston: Little Brown / Bulfinch 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 143pp. Illustrated from portrait photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A compilation of images of accomplished older women. Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes' copy with a packet of related ephemera including an invitation to the book launch party three Autographed Postcards Signed from Tenneson to Seldes an Autograph Letter Signed soliciting Seldes to be a subject she complied and is pictured on page 39 promotional material for the book an Autographed Note Signed to Seldes from another subject of the book actress Mimi Weddell pictured on page 107 and a couple of related photographs. Little, Brown / Bulfinch hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 100846Princeton: Ontario Review Press 1998. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Oates on the title page. "For _ Joyce Carol Oates 3/27/99." Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Among the least commonly available Oates titles especially signed/inscribed. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ontario Review Press hardcover books
1999Best.-Nr. 412615New York: Picador USA 1999. Softcover. Fine. First Picador paperback printing. Fine in glossy wrappers. Picador USA unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 404440New York: The Vanguard Press 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a spine-faded very good dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to publisher Brian Kirby. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 390214Athens: University of Georgia Press 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 241pp. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. University of Georgia Press hardcover books
1986Best.-Nr. 370423New York: Freundlich Books 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 163pp. Illustrated with color plates. Near fine with faint foxing on the page edges in a near fine dustwrapper with slight edgewear. Advance Review Copy with press release laid in. Freundlich Books hardcover books
2011Best.-Nr. 71112NY: Ecco 2011. First edition first prnt. Signed and dated "4/13/11" by Oates on the title page. Oates had written "3" and then wrote "4" as a correction for the date. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ecco hardcover books
1963Best.-Nr. 187969Australia: The Jacaranda Press 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good ex-library with a "Books Across the Sea" bookplate on the front fly along with a notation in a very good minus dust jacket with tears along the edges. The Jacaranda Press hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 30910Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1980. First edition. Association Copy. Precedes the Dutton trade edition. "Special Message" by Oates for this edition. Illustrated by Joseph Ciardiello. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Inscribed by Oates on the front free endpage. "for John R. Hawkins - with warm regards and very best wishes - Joyce Carol Oates Princeton 6/5/02." Hawkins was Oates' editor for her Franklin Library publications. Boards with a touch of shelfwear and few small rubs not immediately apparent. Unread copy in Near Fine condition. The first of Oates' Gothic Saga series of novel. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Franklin Library hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 2091Helsinki: Eurographica 1989. First edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed and dated "1989" by Oates on the title page. Copy #168. Perfect-bound stiff wraps with printed dustjacket. No.34 in the publisher's "Contemporary Authors" series. Edited by Rolando Pieraccini. Printed by Tipografia Nobili on special Michelangelo paper. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Eurographica paperback books
1993Best.-Nr. 103731New York: HarperCollinsPublishers 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with a small tear on the rear panel. HarperCollinsPublishers hardcover books
