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1986rif. 200459New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1986. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 310 pages. A novel from this acclaimed and prolific writer. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Oates on the title page. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1916rif. 200929New York: Laurence J. Gomme 1916. First edition. Small hardcover. 79 pages. Measures 4.5" wide by 6.75" high. The second issue with the Kennerly label on the front pastedown. A close to near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with a large bookplate to the front pastedown and some slight residue from where the dust jacket flap stuck to it and in a very good plus dust jacket with some small chips and some slight loss to the verso of the front flap. A very pleasing copy in the somewhat uncommon dust jacket. Laurence J. Gomme unknown books
2004rif. 90316332004: ecco/HarperCollins 2004. 1st. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Bound in publisher's original white paper wrappers. 6 1/8 x 9 inches. 291 pages. ecco/HarperCollins paperback books
1950rif. 81802London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed in ink on front endpaper: "For Louise Thomas with affectionate regards from the Author" dated May 1950. 12mo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled else a clean tight copy Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced 8/6 net at base of front flap toned with a small loss at crown of spine panel just into titling; Very Good. A novel of village life in contemporary West Africa written by a white author well-meaning but nonetheless embarrassingly paternalistic in a way that is neatly embodied in Joyce Cary's introduction: "I wish Africans who read it may be inspired to explore and record the religious life of old Africa before it is utterly lost and forgotten." "Denys Craig" was the pseudonym apparently used for this book only of British novelist and composer Dennis Gray Stoll 1912-1987. Victor Gollancz Ltd unknown books
2008rif. 202352New York: Bulfinch Press 2008. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 159 pages. Retrospective monograph on American photographer Joyce Tenneson. Features an introduction by Vicki Goldberg. Includes 106 duotone and 4 color images. A clean very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards with a small remainder mark to the bottom edge of the pages right near the spine and in a very near fine dust jacket. Bulfinch Press unknown books
2004rif. 202623New York: Blind Spot 2004. First edition. Softcover. Features a poem by Joyce Carol Oates in memory of Kim Zorn Caputo and a text contribution by Samantha Hunt. Includes images by Robert Adams Darren Almond Adam Bartos Katy Greannan Richard Misrach and others. A fine copy in wrappers. Blind Spot unknown books
1989rif. 67259New York: E.P. Dutton 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. Octavo 24cm 1/8 white cloth over blue paper boards. Spots of soiling around edges of boards. Foxing on top edge of price clipped dust jacket. Signed on the front end papers. "Finally returned to print in a beautiful new trade paperback edition American Appetites is classic Joyce Carol Oates—a suspenseful thriller in which the happy facade of an affluent suburban couple crumbles under the weight of tragedy and scandal. For twenty-six years Ian McCullough a demographics researcher at a social science think tank has been happily married to Glynnis a successful cookbook writer and a brilliant hostess. When a drunken argument about a suspected infidelity turns physical Ian accidentally pushes Glynnis through a plate glass window—or did she fall Now Glynnis is dead Ian is charged with murder and their American dream is shattered. And soon in a courtroom where guilt and responsibility become two very separate issues Ian will stand trial fighting for his life. A sophisticated witty and chilling novel from the incomparable Joyce Carol Oates American Appetites explores our insatiable hunger for power love and success and how comfortable privileged lives—and the course of fate—can be dramatically transformed in an instant." From the Publisher. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1981rif. 196654New York: Oxford University Press 1981. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 187 pages. A collection of essays from this prolific author. A very near fine in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Oxford University Press unknown books
1981rif. 149805N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee which debuted at the Morosco Theatre directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 17 1981 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984rif. 197351Tucson AZ: Center for Creative Photography - University of Arizona 1984. First edition. Softcover. 23 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran September 23 through November 1 1984. Foreword by James Enyeart. Features text by Sarah J. Moore. Includes a 16 color images chronology list of previous exhibitions and checklist. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by both Neimanas and Moore on the title page. Uncommon as such. Center for Creative Photography - University of Arizona unknown books
1992rif. 161314N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage oversize portrait photograph of author Joyce Carol Oates. Dated October 24 1992 in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto with Oates' name and a credit for photographer Geraint Lewis. Layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. In 1992 Lewis released her novella "Black Water" based on the real-life 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving US senator Ted Kennedy. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980rif. 198869New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1980. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 558 pages. Review copy with laid in author publicity sheet and a laid in letter from publisher representative Lois E. Shapiro to legendary literary critic John Leonoard. A thick novel from the author of the National Book Award winning "Them." A fair copy that has been extensively dog eared by Leonard and with some marks by him and in a fair dust jacket that has a good deal of wear. An interesting copy with a great provenance. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1982rif. 192392London: Creative Camera 1982. First edition. Softcover. The highlight of this issue is an article on New Topographics photographer Joe Deal with 9 of his black and white images. Also includes Gerry Badger's article on Joyce Baronio's "42nd Street Studio" that includes with the covers 7 black and white images. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very minor wear. Creative Camera unknown books
1988rif. 193391New York: Ecco 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. A collection of short stories. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. Ecco unknown books
1984rif. 63066Northridge: Lord John Press 1984. First Limited Edition. One of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.12. Slim octavo 23.75cm; letterpress printed sheets string-tied into publisher's original unprinted white card wrappers; folded decorative paper dustjacket with title label mounted to upper front cover; 20pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. An attractive fine press production by the northern California publisher collecting six poems by Oates. Lord John Press unknown books
1975rif. 159968N.p.: Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of actors Joyce Ebert Joseph Maher and Geraldine Fitzgerald from the 1975 broadcast of the 1971 stage play. With mimeo snipe on the recto identifying Long Wharf Theatre of New Haven as the theatre company the names of the actors and promoting the play's broadcast on March 26 1975 on Channel 24. Also with provenance stamp on the verso. A forty-something-year-old man looks back on his childhood in England during World War II often literally walking as a grown man next to his younger self his parents and his wife when they first met. Set in England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown books
2017rif. 194550New York: Ecco Press 2017. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Another thick novel from this prolific and acclaimed writer. A clean near fine copy in French style wrappers. Ecco Press unknown books
1952rif. 160124London: Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film noir. A woman and her younger sister flee London after their father is murdered by a dictator. When she returns seven years later she comes across her old lover who is planning to kill that same dictator. Audrey Hepburn's first significant role. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and some minor creasing along the edges. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures unknown books
1992rif. 195023New York: Dutton 1992. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 154 pages. A novel. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Dutton unknown books
1985rif. 195620New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1985. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 243 pages. Oates sixteenth novel. A very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a very near fine dust jacket. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1979rif. 195619New York: Vanguard Press 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 335 pages. A novel from the prolific and acclaimed author of "Them" and numerous other books. A near fine copy in purple cloth boards with very slight foxing to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Vanguard Press unknown books
1993rif. 9029630New York: Dutton 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter cloth with spine stamped in red. 5 7/8 x 9 inches. 328 pages. Dutton hardcover books
1993rif. 158312New York: Harper Harper's 1993. Limited Edition one of 250 numbered copies this being No. 39 SIGNED by the author. A charming and inventive story about a group of three children who travel north to Toyland at the invitation of Santa and Mrs. Claus to help save Christmas. Fine and unread in a Fine example of the publisher's red cloth slipcase. In publisher's shrink-wrap. Harper [Harper's] unknown books
1977rif. 191027Norwlk CT: Easton Press 1977. Hardcover. Limited edition. 253 pages. Part of the 100 Greatest Book Series. Features an introduction by Hugh Kenner. Illustrations by Brian Keogh. A fine copy in a decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and a bound in silk bookmarker. An attractive edition of this classic novel from the author of "Dubliners" and "Ulysses. Easton Press unknown books
1963rif. 157813New York: Vanguard 1963. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Richard / Joyce Carol Oates." The author's first book. Jacket spine lightly faded and rubbed else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Vanguard unknown books
