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1978réf. 56589New York: Pach Brothers 1978. Silver print mounted on studio's board signed on mount by the author in ink and stamp-signed by the studio. 9-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches image. Mount slightly chipped image fine. Silver print mounted on studio's board signed on mount by the author in ink and stamp-signed by the studio. 9-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches image. A fine early portrait of the young author -- one of America's most gifted writers of the latter half of the 20th century -- by the historic commercial New York photography studio the Pach Brothers. Oates won the National Book Award in 1970 for her novel THEM and the photograph was probably taken around the time of her emergence as a major literary figure. An unusual image of Oates in formal pose WITHOUT THE GLASSES and rarely seen. Pach Brothers unknown books
réf. 576250New York: Vanguard Press 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the spine-lettering modestly toned. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Oates' first book a collection of short stories. An attractive copy. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1963réf. 009060New York: Vanguard Press 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page. Fine in a very Near Fine dust jacket 2 small holes fore edge of front flap at fold. small paper loss at ends of same fold. Her first book uncommon in lovely condition. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
1963réf. 140937449New York: The Vanguard Press 1963. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page. Near Fine with light shelf wear and toned pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with toning to the spine panel and faint rubbing at the extremities with publisher's price intact. A sharp copy of the author's first book signed. The Vanguard Press unknown books
1963réf. 120384NY: Vanguard Press 1963. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Minimal board bottom edge shelfwear; dustjacket with minor soiling on front panel internal tape repair not visible on the exterior edgewear mostly at corners and spine ends and a faint circular dampstain on rear panel that has left a barely perceptable shadow on the rear board. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' first book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
1963réf. 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
1963réf. 52268New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 1112-2533pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny wrinkle to spine ends else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $4.50 with gentle sunning to spine and some trivial wear to extremities. The author's first book and first collection of short fiction gathering 14 stories told "within a framework of realism in a world of sex and blood of poverty and poetry" from front flap. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books
1984réf. 64462Rabun Gap: Foxfire Press 1984. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Tanned overall else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Inscribed and signed by Bynum on the verso of the front free endpaper. Foxfire Press paperback books
1959réf. UCARCAP00CTHarper and Brothers 1959. Very Good. Cary Joyce. Captive and the Free. NY: Harper and Brothers 1959. 369pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbing to edges. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
2014réf. 1405298New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2014. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 481 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial spine with white lettering. Dust jacket with mild shelf wear to back cover protected in mylar covering price uncut: "USA $26.99". Quarter bound with gray cloth and green cloth to boards with mild shelfwear on top and bottom edges of boards. Text block has mild age-toning to top and deckled fore edges. Flat signed by author on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405298. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1976réf. 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
1975réf. 100086London: Victoria and Albert Museum 1975. fabric tape spine with stiff paper wrappers. 4to. fabric tape spine with stiff paper wrappers. iii130; 7; 12 pages. 3 volumes. Some illustrations. Tape spine covering of primary volume torn. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front cover of each volume. Victoria and Albert Museum unknown books
1980réf. 587273Dallas: Pressworks 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. With tipped-in illustrations by Paula George. Slim octavo. Cover gilt with a small tarnished area else fine in fine unprinted acetate dust jacket. Published in an edition of 376 numbered and lettered copies Signed by Oates and the illustrator this copy is signed by both but unnumbered. Pressworks hardcover books
1998réf. 59728Maryknoll:: Orbis Books. Fine. 1998. Paperback. 1570751765 . First edition paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . Orbis Books, paperback books
1983réf. 506988Oakland Ca: Sea Urchin Press 1983. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing. Tall octavo. xiv 311pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. A few soil spots on page edges near fine in a very good dust jacket with nicks and short creased tears and modest foxing on the flaps. Contains plays by J.California Cooper Sandra L. Richards Cherry Jackson Dianne Houston and more. Sea Urchin Press unknown books
1981réf. 205326Oakland: Sea Urchin Press 1981. Paperback. xiii 309p. playwright photos bios first edition trade paperback limited to 1200 copies in black pictorial wraps; has a tiny bump and tear at the head otherwise very good copy. Possibly first appearance of Joan "California" Cooper predating her first separate book "A Piece of Mine" published in 1984. She is represented by the play "Loners Sea Urchin Press paperback books
1991réf. 255025Austin: University of Texas Press 1991. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Several Illus. 8vo red cloth d.w. Austin: University of Texas Press 1991. Very good University of Texas Press unknown books
1918réf. 43986New York: B. W. Huebsch 1918. Very Good. New York: B.W. Huebsch 1918. First Authorized American Edition. Small slim octavo 18cm; publisher's brown paper-covered boards upper cover printed in gilt top edge gilt; 46pp. Just a hint of shelf wear ghost of a sticker to upper cover hairline crack to front hinge else a Very Good and sound example much nice than often encountered. The first authorized American edition of Joyce's first book a small collection of poetry originally published in London in 1907. An unauthorized edition appeared in the United States in June of 1918 published by the Cornhill Company in Boston. This edition appeared three months later in September. Slocum A6. B. W. Huebsch unknown books
1918réf. 349039Boston: Cornhill Co 1918. 40p 4.5x6.25 inches slim hardcover bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles on the front cover ink note on front free endpaper light dampstain to several pages at upper corners mild shelf wear. True first unauthorized US edition published months before the authorized edition by B. W. Huebsch. Believed to be 1000 copies. Originally published in London in 1907 by Elkin Mathews. Slocum & Cahoon A5. Cornhill Co unknown books
1932réf. 15927New York: The Viking Press 1932. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Authorized Edition. Inscribed on the front endpaper by writer Jack Sanford. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket with some professional restoration. Cream cloth rubbed and toned at the edges. Square and firmly bound a stain at the top edge clean internally. A collection of thirty-six poems originally published by Elkin Matthews in 1907. Scarce in the dust jacket. The Viking Press hardcover books
1907réf. 140946996London: Elkin Mathews 1907. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition of James Joyce's first trade book and one of 509 copies originally printed. Second issue with thick wove endsheets. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spine cloth foxing to endsheets and preliminary matter contents tanned. A beautiful copy of this collection of poems with the title being derived from the sound of urine hitting a chamber pot. Slocum & Cahoon 3. Elkin Mathews unknown books
1918réf. 539152Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition issue with laid endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small tape shadows on endpapers where a previous owner probably tried to preserve the original unprinted glassine apparently without success else a very near fine copy lacking the tissue dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A5: issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1918réf. 508502Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. A fine copy with text partially unopened in about fine publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket with very slight wear. Slocum & Cahoon A5- issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1918réf. 506607Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small ink squiggle on front pastedown and very small chip at the corner of rear fly near fine lacking the publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A5: issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1907réf. 514413London: Elkin Mathews 1907. Hardcover. Fine. First edition first issue. 16mo. 40pp. Light green cloth gilt. Contemporary owner name in blue pencil on front fly faint soil mark on front board the lettering on the spine is still bright thus near fine in a fine example of the publisher's unprinted glassine dust jacket. The very scarce first issue of James Joyce's first trade book preceded by two broadsides. This is the first binding variant according to Smoot and Cahoon A3: "First variant: Thick laid end papers with horizontal chain lines. 16.2 x 11 cm. Poems in signature C well centered on page." Published in a total edition of 509 copies. According to booksellers Bernard Quaritch Bulletin 19 1984 only "fifty or a hundred" copies of the first variant were bound and issued in 1907. Contemporary presentation copies appear in the first binding and it certainly seems plausible that due to low demand only a small number of copies were bound in 1907. Elkin Mathews hardcover books
