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1993rif. 103058New York: Center for Book Arts 1993. card stock covers. Center for Book Arts. 5.75 x 5.75 x 8.25 inches. card stock covers. accodion folded into 14 pages. Edition is limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. The text is typeset first in the Alphabet of Bones an original calligraphy based on the hollow bones of birds then in Malibu italic on alternating pages. The paper is 100% cotton fiber Clearprint. Paper engineering was done by Allwyn Bookbinder with silhouettes of a bird skeleton and of a cage as front and back endpages. Center for Book Arts unknown books
1959rif. 90057311959. Paperback. Fine Condition. Signed by Mary E. Black on the title page. Bound in the publisher's original stiff red wrappers with a cloth spine and with the front cover stamped in black. Ten cards for samples of fibers bound in. Forty six numbered pages plus three pages of advertisments at the rear. Previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. paperback books
2003rif. 244736New York: Times Books 2003. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Frontis. xviii 184 pages 8vo two-toned boards d.w. New York: Times Books 2003. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Times Books unknown books
2003rif. 245538New York: Times Books 2003. hardcover. fine/fine. Frontis. 8vo black boards d.w. New York: Times Books 2003. Book Club Edition Times Books unknown books
1936rif. 2352401New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas / Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Anderson Harry. Appears to be an original edition married to the movie tie-in jacket Harrison Smith and Robert Haas listed on title page and spine Grosset & Dunlap on jacket but it's possible Grosset purchased unsold copies from Smith & Haas and added their own jacket so we are calling this a reissue rather than a first edition married to a reissue jacket. Board edges slightly faded jacket edges rubbed with some loss from corners. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1936 Hard Cover. Harry Anderson jacket art depicting a World War I soldier in a trench shown in a similar pose as a Prohibition-era gangster. Rear jacket flap advertises Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. This novel inspired the 1937 film starring Spencer Tracy as the protagonist who struggles to return to his old life after the war and ends up turning to a life of crime informed by the skills he learned as a soldier. An interesting juxtaposition of the military novel and noir crime fiction which also examines the disconnection many veterans feel upon returning home. Cowen served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I for which he was awarded the Military Cross. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas / Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1936rif. 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
1979rif. 10795Franklin Center Penn: Franklin Library 1979. Limited ed. Hardcover. vg. Steven H. Stroud. 8vo. 602 pp. Gilt decorated dark brown leather binding with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands silk ribbon marker and silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Signed by the Author. Minor shelf rubbing. Else a very tight copy in near fine condition. Franklin Library hardcover books
1979rif. 14784Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. Steven H. Stroud. 8vo. 601pp. Gold decorated maroon leather and spine. Raised bands. All gilt edges. Ribbon marker. Silk endpaper. Double-page frontispiece by Steven H. Stroud. Signed by author on second blank page in front. A "disturbing story of a young woman's struggle to rise above poverty and trauma of life with an alcoholic father and a murderous young brother." Near fine condition. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1969rif. 596823New York: Vanguard Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. The author's fourth book and breakthrough novel published in a small print run when the publisher had given up on Oates as a commercially successful author. A superior copy of this National Book Award-winning novel. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1969rif. 321628Norwalk: Easton 1969. Limited. hardcover. fine. 8vo brick red leather gilt all edges gilt. Norwalk: Eastern Press 2002. Lmited signed edition. Autographed by the author and with a signed certificate of authenticity Easton unknown books
1979rif. 51800Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. Fine. Lavish signed limited edition of Oates's "charnel house of Gothic paraphernalia" Wolff drawn in part from her observation of the 1967 Detroit riots while an English professor at the University of Detroit. Includes a new introduction by Oates a "special message to subscribers" gently clarifying her original 1969 author's note: "If Jules and Maureen and Loretta are to be located anywhere it is in my imagination: just as the ghostly 'Joyce Carol Oates' who appears indirectly obliquely in the narrative is a fictional character in no significant way like myself." 8.5'' x 6''. Original gilt-tooled burgundy morocco. All edges gilt. Grey silk endpapers and bookmark. 601 1 pages. Signed by Oates on second blank leaf. Illustrated by Steven Stroud. Minimal edgewear. The Franklin Library unknown books
1979rif. 571338Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize edition. Fine in full leather as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition Signed by the author with a special message to subscribers from the author not included in any other edition. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1979rif. 568976Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize edition. Fine in full leather as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition Signed by the author with a special message to subscribers from the author not included in any other edition. Franklin Library hardcover books
1969rif. 576248New York: Vanguard Press 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Thick octavo. Green printed wrappers. One corner a little creases a little toning and a short tear on the spine very good or better. The author's fourth book and breakthrough novel published in a small print run when the publisher had given up on Oates's as a commercially successful proposition. National Book Award-winning novel. Very scarce in this format. Vanguard Press unknown books
1969rif. 576249New York: Vanguard Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Very warmly Inscribed by the author. The author's fourth book and breakthrough novel published in a small print run when the publisher had given up on Oates as a commercially successful author. A superior copy of this National Book Award-winning novel. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1969rif. 009291New York: The Vanguard Press 1969. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First US Edition First Printing of the author's 6th book the 1970 National Book Award winner. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket 1/2" closed tear bottom edge rear panel bump with small hole an inch up along rear spine fold light rubbing at edges. The Vanguard Press Hardcover books
2002rif. 014916Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about author and book laid-in. Small scratch to fore-edge gilt. First published in 1969 the book won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1970. 508pp. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Burgundy Leather. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Tall Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1979rif. 55041Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1979. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A Fine Limited edition signed by Joyce Carol Oates; Winner of the National Book Award Them ranks as one of the most masterly portraits of postwar America ever written by a novelist. A novel about class race and the horrific glassy sparkle of urban life them chronicles the lives of the Wendalls a family on the steep edge of poverty in the windy riotous Detroit slums. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; xx 601 5 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover books
1979rif. 121210Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1979. Limited edition. Issued signed by Oates. "Special Message" by Oates for this edition. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Tissue insert for signature page as issued. Beginning toning of extremities of the moire endpages. Tight copy in Near Fine condition. Oates' third novel in her Wonderland Quartet. 1970 National Book Award winner for fiction. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franklin Library Hardcover books
2002rif. 11990Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2002. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition SIGNED by author Joyce Carol Oates. A wonderful copy in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Winner of the National Book Award Them ranks as one of the most masterly portraits of postwar America ever written by a novelist. A novel about class race and the horrific glassy sparkle of urban life them chronicles the lives of the Wendalls a family on the steep edge of poverty in the windy riotous Detroit slums. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover books
1991rif. 539291New York: The American Place Theatre 1991. Unbound. Near Fine. Theatre program. One leaf folded twice to make 6 pages. Vertical creases on pages from being folded else near fine. Errata slip and handbill for the show laid in. Stage play performed at The American Place Theatre in New York directed by Wynn Handman. Starring: Elizabeth Alley Nancy Barrett Bronwen Booth Marguerite Kuhn Annie McGreevey and Penny Templeton. The American Place Theatre unknown books
1985rif. 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
1970rif. 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
1910rif. 012561New York: Moods Publishing 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Corners worn some typical edgewear. Front hinge cracked; paper on spine largely lacking; contents Very Good. Full parchment lettered in gilt. Copy #16 of only 50 autographed copies of a total edition of 500. This copy SIGNED by the editor Edwin Markham and 22 contributors including Louis Untermeyer and Joyce Kilmer a very scarce autograph as he was killed in World War I. This anthology predates both Kilmer's and Untermeyer's first books. Moods Publishing hardcover books
rif. 144364hardcover. 412pp. tall 8vo cloth d.w. inked writing on contents page else fine in fine d.w. New York: Harper & Row 1989. unknown books
