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1927014519New York And London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Original dust jacket with mylar cover over brown cloth boards with title gilt on spine. Dust jacket has heavy chipping at spine and bottom edge is very fragile and is priced clipped. Boards have light wear to head and foot of spine and light wear and soiling to top and bottoms edges. Text block is lightly toned. This book presents a compilation of essays by American writers discussing the tendencies found in American literature. Some author's involved include William Dean Howells Booth Tarkington James Lane Allen John Burroughs and more. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 318 pp . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1976028381Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University 1976. With a foreword by Gordon R. Willey. xvii 203p. b/w illus. errata slip original green cloth quarto format. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University unknown books
1972133418Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1972 film. Rubber-stamped on the verso of one still is the contact information for Jerry Ohlinger's Movie Material Store located in New York along with an ink notation "BOXCAR BERTHA". <br/><br/>Scorsese's second credit as a feature director based on the fictionalized autobiography of Bertha Thompson set in the American South in the 1930s during the Great Depression. <br/><br/>Set in the American South shot on location in Arkansas. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases at the edges else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1981WRCLIT24400New York: Dutton 1981. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. Near fine. Dutton unknown books
1980132376New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1980. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A thick novel from the author of the National Book Award winning "Them." A tight close to near fine copy with some bumping to the base of the spine in a very near fine dust jacket and with a pre-publication bookmark laid in. Signed by Oates on the title page. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1976100957Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. A fine copy with Roland Comstock's book plate on the paste down in an about near fine glassine jacket with a scratch to the front panel. Signed by Oates. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1995159063New York: Ecco Press 1995. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 69 pages. A brief biography of this important American artist by Oates. Includes 16 color illustrations. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Ecco Press unknown books
1983108639New York: E. P. Dutton 1983. Octavo printed green wrappers. Advance copy uncorrected proof of the first edition. "Third of a trilogy of nineteenth-century genre novels . that presents three classical detective stories with Gothic overtones that dovetail at the end to make a single coherent impressive work . A powerful complex thought-provoking narrative ." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 6-288. Some foxing to spine panel a near fine copy. #108639 E. P. Dutton unknown books
1977138225New York: The Vanguard Press 1977. Octavo cloth. First edition. "Eighteen stories first published in mainstream literary journals all remarkable for their psychologically acute explorations of the dark side of ordinary experience . Oates rivals Flannery O'Connor in her ability to bring grotesque characters vividly to life and Shirley Jackson in her skill at evoking the perversity of everyday human nature. The stories in NIGHT-SIDE are provocative and haunting for their depiction of characters for whom alienation and solipsism are an unavoidable response to life." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 6-291. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #138225 The Vanguard Press unknown books
197810319NY: Vanguard Press 1978. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Beginning board cloth toning; slight edge soiling; dustjacket with tiny tear rear panel. Very Good condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Vanguard Press hardcover books
197452562Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.14. Octavo 23.5cm; decorative paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 1011-2008pp. Trivial wear to lower board edges a hint of foxing to text edges else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Attractive collection of seven comedic short stories six of which first appeared a few under different titles in the pages of Shenandoah Playboy Carolina Exile and Windsor Review. MORROW & COONEY 178c. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
19751100136NY: Vanguard Press 1975. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Oates on the title page. "For __ with warm regards - Joyce Carol Oates 13 March 1995." Faint beginning foxing on top edge; slight creasing on the dustjacket spine top edge. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' eighth story collection. Inscribed & Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
1980167929Northridge CA: Lord John Press 1980. First edition. Large broadside that measures 15" x 22.25" and has deckle edges. Copy 103 from an edition of 200. A single poem by Oates illustrated by Matt Phillips. A very near fine copy. Signed by Oates. Lord John Press unknown books
19941080855NY: Dutton 1994. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Minimal rubbing on the front panel black background; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dutton Hardcover books
1972WRCLIT45827New York: Albondocani Press 1972. Pictorial tan wrappers design by Robert Dunn. First separate edition. One of three hundred copies this being the variant without the press/Ampersand imprint. Fine. Albondocani Press unknown books
1987WRCLIT31102New York: Dutton 1987. Pictorial wrappers. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Fine. Dutton unknown books
199838956Hopewell: Ecco Press 1998. First edition. 32 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. Author photo and promotional flyer laid in. Hopewell: Ecco Press unknown books
199321991NY: Dutton 1993. Advance reading copy. 327 pp. Fine in glossy printed wrappers. SIGNED by Oates on the title page.Promotional flyer laid in. NY: Dutton unknown books
199030336NY: Dutton 1990. Uncorrected proof. 383 pp. Fine in wrappers. One of Oates’ most consistently fine collections several of whose stories were the inspiration for the successful indie movie GETTING TO KNOW YOU. Includes many O. Henry Award winners such as ‘The Swimmers’ and ‘Why Don’t You Come Live With Me It’s Time.’ NY: Dutton unknown books
197247292NY: Vanguard 1972. First edition. 497 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear and faint sunning to spine. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. Twenty-four stories a fourth volume of short fiction. Promotional flyer laid in. NY: Vanguard unknown books
197440745Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1974. First edition. 200 pp. Light foxing along top edges else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and acetate dust jacket. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 1000 trade hardcover copies. Morrow & Cooney 178b. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, hardcover books
199921995NY: Dutton 1999. First edition. 264 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with one 1/8 in. tear. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. Promotional flyer laid in. NY: Dutton unknown books
19791172373Santa Barbara Press: Black Sparrow Press 1979. First Limited Numbered Signed. Octavo; vg/none; white cloth spine with black text on blue label; quarter-bound Japanese pattern waves over green and blue with brown titles on blue; clear mylar protector; SIGNED BY AUTHOR limitation page #59; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; 227 pp.; photo of author; else very good; LIMITATIONS: 1000 cloth copies trade copies; 300 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author; 50 numbered deluxe copies. 1172373. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1981205326Oakland: 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
1990204226New York: Chris Boneau & Associates and Martha Swope & Associates 1990. Photograph. Three 8x10 inch b&w publicity stills from the show one by Rosegg with Boneau publicity page on rear two by Joyce George in a more artistic vein with title and credit in marker on front in margis all very good. The Rosegg shot is of Lisa Carbello and Jerry Kernion and the two by George feature a nude male worshipping or dancing with a TV on a rolling cart displaying a second nude male. A production of TWEED at the Ohio Theatre on Wooster. Chris Boneau & Associates and Martha Swope & Associates unknown books
