1979ref. 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
1969ref. 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
1969ref. 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
1969ref. 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
2002ref. 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
1979ref. 010380The Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Published in Pennsylvania by the Franklin Library in 1979. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Leather-bound with decorative endpapers gold gilt cover designs and page edges and a satin ribbon page marker. Book fine. No DJ as issued. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1979ref. 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
1979ref. 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
2002ref. 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
1991ref. 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
1985ref. 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
1970ref. 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
1910ref. 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
ref. 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
1989ref. 153227New York: Harper & Row 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bottom front cloth corner slightly soiled dust jacket top edges slightly rubbed. Harper & Row hardcover books
1990ref. 179568US: Harper Perennial 1990. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Rubbed at spine ends and corners. Pages are slightly yellowed along edges. Harper Perennial unknown books
1989ref. 210211New York: Harper & Row 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket. Book has remainder mark on bottom foredge. Book lightly faded on top spine end. Dustwrapper lightly soiled on spine. Harper & Row hardcover books
1998ref. 227376New York: Carroll & Graf 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine in wrappers. Book shows light rubbing to top and bottom edges. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. Carroll & Graf unknown books
2011ref. 2354239New York / New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press 2011. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 11x9x1. Minimal wear to corners otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2011 Large Softcover. xviii 342 pp. The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty which accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an in-depth discussion of the art and culture produced during this time tracing the origins of the new art forms and exploring daily life in Yuan China in particular at the imperial court and in the capital cities of Xanadu Shangdu and Dadu Beijing and the impact on the arts of various religions. The works of art and the archaeological finds on which the ten essays included in this volume are based are drawn principally from museums in China with additional loans from museums in Taiwan Japan Russia Germany the United Kingdom Canada and the United States. The exhibition and catalogue conceived and organized by James C. Y. Watt Brooke Russell Astor Chairman of the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum illuminate our understanding of both the arts and the material culture of this period telling the story of the emergence of a new Chinese art in a way that it has never before been told. In 1215 the year Khubilai Khan 1215 - 1294 was born the Mongols made their first major incursion into North China initiating a period of innovation in the arts that had its greatest flowering in the Yuan dynasty founded by Khubilai in 1271 and lasting until 1368. The creativity unleashed during this period of approximately 150 years was instigated by the confluence of the many cultures and ethnic groups that were brought together in a unified empire in China which for centuries past had been politically divided. Skilled craftsmen from all over Central and Western Asia were relocated to workshops in North China where they worked alongside Chinese artists exchanging ideas and styles. This interaction eventually resulted in the creation of new art forms that would provide models for the arts of China in all subsequent periods until the twentieth century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press paperback books
1983ref. 57324Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 158pp. Folio 41 cm 1/4 brown leather with tan cloth over boards. Tipped-in frontispiece of Wilson by Ansel Adams. The boards are lightly soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Number 318 in an edition limited to 325 copies. Adrian Wilson designed and printed this attractive book with the assistance of Margery Cantor Zahid Sardar and Jim Wehlage at the Press in Tuscany Alley San Francisco. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1983ref. 311393Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Folio. Illustrated. Quarter morocco and cloth. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Adrian Wilson. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1983ref. 322264Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. Publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Wilson and associates at the Press in Tuscany Alley on Barcham Green handmade paper. Printing and publishing bibliography at its very best. W. Thomas Taylor unknown books
ref. 37462Riverside CA: Bo Press Miniature Books n.d. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. A charming miniature book from this well-known private press. Pat Sweet is noted for her many and varied miniature books and objects. This poem is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce 1836-1883 a Limerick-born poet. The poem first published in 1861 tells the story of an Irish rebel from County Wexford who leaves his lover behind to help fight against British colonial rule. The growth of the barley crop every year in the spring is said to symbolize Irish resistance to British oppression. "I sat within a valley green I sat there with my true love My sad heart strove the two between The old love and the new love - The old for her the new that made Me think of Ireland dearly While soft the wind blew down the glade And shook the golden barley." With several illustrations of barley. Printed and bound in Mohawk Superfine paper with a white dust jacket of the same paper. In fine condition. Measures 2 x 3 inches. Unpaginated 34 pages. MINIAT/091323. Bo Press Miniature Books hardcover books
1970ref. 588601New York: The Vanguard press 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. A bit of light spotting on the front cover near fine in a price-clipped and moderately worn near very good dust jacket with small chips and tears light tanning and a bit of light interior staining that doesn't show through. Signed by Oates on a label laid down vertically on the front fly. The Vanguard press hardcover books
2006ref. 149251Portsmouth New Hampshire: The Warner House Association 2006. Softcover. VG- Spine may be slightly faded; bottom back corner is bent; otherwise nice. Teal & color illus. wraps 169 pp. color & BW illus. Chronicles the architecture the objects the changes that occurred over the centuries and the people involved regarding the Warner House of Portsmouth New Hampshire. The two-story brick dwelling was uilt in 1716 and was saved from demolition in 1932. "The story of the Warner House is told with a clarity that is too often missing from most local histories. The authors proudly recount the many things that have been learned about the place over the past two decades such as the original paint schemes and room funcations but are just as candid about the many objects and events that remained shrouded in mystery." back cover Interesting AND lovely. The Warner House Association paperback books
