Joyce Carol Oates BETWEEN THE COVERS

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1 Joyce Carol Oates BETWEEN THE COVERS

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3 OATES, Joyce Carol. Upon the Sweeping Flood. New York: Vanguard (1966). First edition. Corners a little bumped, near fine in lightly rubbed very good dustwrapper with a couple of short tears. Signed. A nice copy of the author's third book. # $200 OATES, Joyce Carol. Upon the Sweeping Flood. New York: Vanguard (1966). First edition. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with a couple of faint spots on the front panel, and a couple of very short tears. The author's third book. # $150 GRAUMAN, Lawrence, Jr., edited by. The Antioch Review: Winter , Volume XXIX, No. 4. Yellow Springs, Ohio: Antioch First edition. Trade paperback. Near fine with spine faded. Contains: Fiction by Bernard Kaplan, H.L. Mountzoures; Joyce Carol Oates on Yeats; and more. # $10 McCRINDLE, J. F., edited by. The Transatlantic Review: Number 25, Summer London, New York: (Transatlantic Review) First edition. Trade paperback. Near fine with light wear to cover. Authors included in this special issue are: Jay Neugeboren, Sol Yurick, William Burroughs, B. S. Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, and many more. # $25

4 The University Review. Kansas City: University of Missouri Sprint, Vol. XXXIII No. 3. Near fine in wrappers with some darkening to spine and soiling to rear wrapper. Includes work by Joyce Carol Oates. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Expensive People. New York: The Vanguard Press First edition. Somewhat cocked and bumped, very good in about very good dustwrapper with soiling on the front panel, and chips at the spine ends and corners. # $22 OATES, Joyce Carol. Women in Love and Other Poems. New York: Albondocani Press First edition. Self-wrappers. Slight offsetting to the endpapers from the flaps, still fine. Copy letter G of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. An uncommon poetry collection. # $450 OATES, Joyce Carol. Women in Love and Other Poems. New York: Albondocani Press First edition. Self-wrappers. Slight offsetting to the endpapers from the flaps, still fine. One of 150 numbered copies Signed by the author. An uncommon poetry collection. # $135

5 OATES, Joyce Carol. Anonymous Sins and Other Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press (1969). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Oates' first book of poetry. A beautiful, as new copy, and scarce thus. # $300 OATES, Joyce Carol. Them. (Tokyo): (Publisher listed in Japanese) (1969). First Japanese edition. Page edges a little browned, else fine in self wrappers. Text in Japanese. # $100 OATES, Joyce Carol. Cupid & Psyche. New York: Albondocani Press First edition. Fine in self-wrappers. Prospectus laid in. One of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author, this is copy letter G. # $250 OATES, Joyce Carol. Cupid & Psyche. New York: Albondocani Press First edition. Fine in self-wrappers. Prospectus laid in. One of 200 numbered copies Signed by the author. # $100

6 GRAUMAN, Jr., Lawrence (Editor). The Antioch Review: Fall/Winter, , Vol. XXX, Nos. 3 and 4. Yellow Springs: The Antioch Press First edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. Small nick in middle of spine. Contents by Jorge Luis Borges, Joyce Carol Oates and many more. Does include the Prospectus, An Offering of 225, 000, 000 Shares in The War in Viet Nam tipped-in inside rear cover. # $40 OATES, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc. (1971). Later edition. Age toning of text block and the inside panels else fine in wrappers. # $10 (Anthology) MADDEN, David, edited by. Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by One of Their Favorite Authors. New York: Crown (1971). First edition. Bound without rear endpaper, else fine in fine, slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Contributors include: Robert Penn Warren, Evan S. Connell, R.V. Cassill, Wallace Stegner, Joyce Carol Oates, Irwin Shaw, Kay Boyle, Hollis Summers, Niven Busch, George P. Elliott, Anais Nin, James B. Hall, Judson Jerome, Jack Matthews, Jane Mayhall, George Lanning, Brainard Cheney, Fred Chappell, Daniel Stern, Walker Percy, Benedict Kiely, Millen Brand and David Madden. # $30

7 OATES, Joyce Carol. Wonderland. New York: The Vanguard Press (1971). First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with minor soiling. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. Wonderland. London: Victor Gollancz First British edition. Fine in a dustwrapper with a sunned spine, else fine. Text differs from the American edition. # $35 EPOCH. New York: Cornell University Fall, Vol. XXII No. 1. Twenty-fifty Anniversary issue. Small owner name in pencil on front wrapper, tear to the foot else near fine in wrappers. Includes work by Joyce Carol Oates. # $25 (Anthology). [Magazine]: The American Poetry Review Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov.-Dec Philadelphia: American Poetry Review Tabloid size. Folded as issued. Pages age-toned, small tears at the top of the fold, a sound, very good copy. The premiere issue of this very influential poetry journal includes contributions by Pablo Neruda, David Ignatow, Joyce Carol Oates, Denise Levertov, and others. # $150

8 OATES, Joyce Carol. Marriage and Infidelities. New York: Vanguard (1972). First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. Signed by the author. # $350 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Edge of Impossibility: Tragic Forms in Literature. Middleboro, Massachusetts: Vanguard/The Country Press (1972). Uncorrected proof. Near fine with publisher's notation on copyright page. # $20 (OATES, Joyce Carol). The Falcon: Spring Mansfield, PA: Mansfield State College No. 4. Fine in very good, rubbed wrappers. In addition to a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, this issue includes poetry by Robert Bly, Diane Wakoski and James Bertolino. # $30 OATES, Joyce Carol. Wooded Forms. : Albondocani Press/ Ampersand Books (1972). First edition. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine in wrappers. One of 300 copies to be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. In the original mailing envelope. # $40

9 OATES, Joyce Carol. A Posthumous Sketch. Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press First edition. Fine in stapled wrappers. Issued as Sparrow 10. # $15 OATES, Joyce Carol. Angel Fire. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press First edition. Fine in spine-sunned, else near fine dustwrapper. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. Do With Me What You Will. New York: The Vanguard Press (1973). Uncorrected proof. Pink wrappers with applied printed label. Near fine. Laid in is a letter from the publisher presenting the proof, and an additional postcard announcing that the book will be published later than initially stated. # $150

10 OATES, Joyce Carol. Do With Me What You Will. New York: The Vanguard Press (1973). First edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with two short tears to the top of the spine. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Dreaming America & Other Poems. (No place): Aloe Editions First edition. Octavo. Dark blue wrappers. Fine. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Oates (out of a total edition of 176 copies). # $75 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Hostile Sun: The Poetry of D.H. Lawrence. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow First edition. Quarter cloth and decorated apper over boards. Fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. One of 300 numbered hardcover copies Signed by the author. # $85

11 OATES, Joyce Carol. Miracle Play. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper and fine slipcase. One of 50 copies specially bound and Signed by Oates. # $125 OATES, Joyce Carol. Miracle Play. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards.fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Oates. # $40 OATES, Joyce Carol. Miracle Play. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. One of 1000 hardcover copies. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. New Heaven, New Earth: The Visionary Experience in Literature. New York: Vanguard (1974). First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Review slip taped to first blank else fine in wrappers. Scarce proof of one of the author's less common critical volumes. # $250

12 OATES, Joyce Carol. New Heaven, New Earth: The Visionary Experience in Literature. New York: Vanguard Press (1974). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Fairly uncommon title in superior condition. # $75 OATES, Joyce Carol as Fernandes. (Los Angeles): Black Plagiarized Material. Sparrow Fine in stapled wrappers. Signed by the author. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Goddess and Other Women. New York: The Vanguard Press (1974). First edition. Fine in near fine, spine-tanned dustwrapper with some light soiling and a small tear to the top of the spine. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Hungry Ghosts. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow First edition. Fine in slightly chipped, near fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. # $85

13 (Anthology) BELLAMY, Joe David. The New Fiction: Interviews with Innovative American Writers. Chicago: University of Illinois Press (1974). First edition. Fine in near fine, spine faded dustwrapper with some light soiling and rubbing, and light wear to the ends of the spine. Interviews with John Barth, Joyce Carol Oates, William H. Gass, Donald Barthelme, Ronald Sukenick, Tom Wolfe, John Hawkes, Susan Sontag, Ishmael Reed, Jerzy Kosinski, John Gardner and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. # $50 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Assassins: A Book of Hours. New York: Vanguard First edition. Fine in a slightly age toned dustwrapper else fine. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Fabulous Beasts. Baton Rouge: LSU Illustrations by A.G. Smith Jr. Bottom corners a bit bumped else fine in fine dustwrapper. One of the author's scarcer trade publications, a collection of poetry. # $50 OATES, Joyce Carol as Fernandes. The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese. New York: Vanguard First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers as issued. Signed by the author. # $275

14 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese. New York: The Vanguard Press (1975). First edition. Edges of the boards faded, else near fine in near fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper with some creasing to the front inside flap. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Childwold. New York: Vanguard Press (1976). Uncorrected Proof. Faint horizontal crease on the front wrap, else near fine in tall wrappers. # $100 OATES, Joyce Carol. Childwold. New York: Vanguard (1976). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper a trifle yellowed at the extremities. Briefly Inscribed by the author. # $50 OATES, Joyce Carol. Crossing the Border: Fifteen Tales. New York: Vanguard Press (1976). First edition. fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $50

15 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Blessing. (Santa Barbara): Black Sparrow Press First edition. Fine in stapled wrappers. # $10 OATES, Joyce Carol. Triumph of the Spider Monkey. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press (1976). First edition. Very good plus with a touch of yellowing to the spine of the wrappers. # $10 OATES, Joyce Carol. Daisy. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press First edition. Top corners very slightly bumped, else fine in fine original unprinted glassine dustwrapper. One of 170 hardcover copies Signed by the author, and with an extra spine label. Additionally, Inscribed by the author "for Ann and Bernard Malamud with warm regards and gratitude for your fine hospitality Joyce 8/2/77." # $950

16 OATES, Joyce Carol. Night-Side: Eighteen Tales. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc Uncorrected proof. Top corner slightly bumped, else fine. # $75 OATES, Joyce Carol. Night-Side: Eighteen Tales. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. Season of Peril. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow First edition. Quarter cloth and illustrated papercovered boards. Fine in rubbed, thus near fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. Copy number 5 of 60 numbered copies specially bound by Earl Gray and signed by the author on the limitation page, with an original ink drawing by the author tipped-in. # $300 OATES, Joyce Carol. Snowfall: A New Poem. (No place): G.K. Hall & Co First edition. Oblong 12mo. Poem card. Fine copy in original envelope, which is a little tanned. Printed by the Stinehour Press for G.K. Hall as a Christmas greeting. # $20

17 (Anthology) OATES, Joyce Carol, Rosellen Brown, Maxine Kumin, Jean McGarry, and Lynne Sharon Schwartz. Banquet. Lincoln NB: Penmaen Press First edition. Edited by Joan Norris. Wood engravings by Gillian Tyler. Cloth and decorated paper over boards in slipcase (not shown in illustration). Fine. A collection of short stories. One of 200 numbered copies Signed by Tyler, Oates, and the other four stories' authors. # $150 OATES, Joyce Carol. Son of the Morning. New York: Vanguard (1978). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25 (GARDNER, John). The Hudson Review: Winter New York: Hudson Review Vol. XXX, no. 4. Fine in very good, lightly sunned wrappers. This issue features a story by John Gardner and a poem by Joyce Carol Oates. # $45 OATES, Joyce Carol. Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A relatively uncommon poetry collection. # $50

18 OATES, John. Babylon. London: Thames and Hudson (1979). First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Lamb of Abyssalia. [Cambridge, Massachusetts]: Pomegranate Press First edition. Printed paper-covered boards very slightly rubbed, else fine. One of 20 lettered artist proof copies (this being copy I) bound by Skip Carpenter of the Green Dragon Bindery, Signed by the author and by Karyl Klopp, the artist, with an extra suite of plates laid into a pocket in the back pastedown. # $700 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Lamb of Abyssalia. [Cambridge, Massachusetts]: Pomegranate Press First edition. Fine in handprinted papercovered boards in lightly rubbed, thus near fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. Copy number 33 of 50 numbered specially printed copies bound by Skip Carpenter of the Green Dragon Bindery, Signed by the author and by Karyl Klopp, the artist, with an extra suite of plates laid into a pocket in the back pastedown. # $400

19 OATES, Joyce Carol. Unholy Loves. New York: Vanguard (1979). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. An unusual issue: tipped to the front free endpaper is a label Signed and numbered by Oates stating that this is copy #45 of "no more than 100 copies that I have authorized for distribution by Signed Editions Limited." Unusual. # $250 OATES, Joyce Carol. Unholy Loves. New York: The Vanguard Press (1979). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. # $50 OATES, Joyce Carol. A Middle-Class Education. New York: Albondocani Press First edition. Fine in marbled self wrappers. Prospectus laid in. One of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author, this is copy letter E. # $275 OATES, Joyce Carol. A Middle-Class Education. New York: Albondocani Press First edition. Fine in marbled self wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. # $60

20 OATES, Joyce Carol. A Sentimental New York: E.P. Dutton Education. Uncorrected proof. Light fading on the spine, else fine in wrappers. # $50 OATES, Joyce Carol. A Sentimental Education. New York: E.P. Dutton (1980). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Bellefleur. New York: E.P. Dutton (1980). First edition, trade issue. Slight agetoning to the pages, else fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. # $50

21 OATES, Joyce Carol. Celestial Timepiece. Dallas: Pressworks (1980). First edition. Cloth. Illustrated by Paula George. Fine in fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper. Copy number 15 of 375 numbered copies Signed by Oates and the illustrator. # $60 OATES, Joyce Carol. Angel of Light. New York: E. P. Dutton First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $10 OATES, Joyce Carol. Contraries. New York: Oxford University Press Advance proof. Fine in wrappers. # $40 OATES, Joyce Carol. Contraries. New York: Oxford University Press First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper with just a bit of age toning on the rear panel. # $30

22 PLIMPTON, George. Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews 5th Series. New York: The Viking Press (1981). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Includes interviews with Kingsley Amis, John Cheever, Joan Didion, Joseph Heller, Pablo Neruda, Joyce Carol Oates, Gore Vidal, and P.G. Wodehouse and others. # $75 OATES, Joyce Carol. A Bloodsmoor New York: E.P. Dutton (1982). Romance. Uncorrected proof. A faded spine and three numbers written in red ink on the front cover else fine in wrappers. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Invisible Woman: New & Selected Poems Princeton, New Jersey: Ontario Review Press (1982). First edition. Fine in slightly rubbed about fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper. One of 300 specially bound and numbered copies Signed by Oates. # $75 OATES, Joyce Carol. First Person Singular: Writers on Their Craft. Princeton: Ontario Review Press (1983). First edition. Foxing on the foredge, else fine in near fine dustwrapper. Contributors include John Updike, Saul Bellow, Gail Godwin, Eudora Welty, Hortense Calisher, Ned Rorem, Adrienne Rich, Howard Nemerov, Mary Gordon, Reynolds Price, Anne Tyler, Dave Smith, William Stafford, Daniel Halpern, E. L. Doctorow, Alice Adams, Grace Schulman, and others. # $20

23 DEMBO, L.S.. Interviews with Contemporary Writers Second Series (Madison, Wisconsin): University of Wisconsin Press (1983). First edition. Fine in wrappers. Some of the interviewees include Margaret Atwood, John Barth, James Dickey, Margaret Drabble, Robert Duncan, Stanley Elkin, Nadine Gordimer, Jerzy Kosinski, Joyce Carol Oates, others. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Mysteries of Winterthurn. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc. (1983). Uncorrected proofs. Near fine with a number in ink on the front cover, light fading along the bottom edge of the front board, in wrappers # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Mysteries of Winterthurn. Franklin Center: Franklin Center First 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 the trade edition. # $85 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Profane Art: Essays & Reviews. (1983). Uncorrected # $18 New York: E.P. Dutton proof. Fine in wrappers.

24 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Profane Art: Essays & Reviews. New York: E.P. Dutton (1983). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Last Days. London: Jonathan Cape (1984). First English edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in lightly soiled wrappers. # $35 Playboy: Entertainment for Men January Chicago: Playboy First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. contributors include John Cheever, Ken W. Purdy, Robert Graves, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke Alan Watts, Harrison Salisbury, Joyce Carol Oates, others, with art by Vargas, LeRoy Neiman. # $18 OATES, Joyce Carol. Last Days: Stories. London: Jonathan Cape First English edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $30

25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Solstice. New York: E.P. Dutton Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers with a date in red ink on the front cover. # $20 (Magazine) OATES, Joyce Carol. (Contributor). The Massachusetts Review Winter (Amherst): (University of Massachusetts) Wrappers. Fine. Includes the poem "The Heir" by Oates. # $10 GIBBONS, Reginald and Susan Hahn, editors. TQ 20: Twenty Years of the Best Contemporary Writing and Graphics from Evanston IL: *TriQuarterly* Magazine. Northwestern University Press First edition, paperback issue. Fine in wrappers. Includes works by Joyce Carol Oates, John Ashbery, Gabriel Garcia Marques, Roland Barthes and numerous other literary lights. # $15 OATES, Joyce Carol. Marya: A Life. New York: E.P. Dutton (1986). Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. # $25

26 OATES, Joyce Carol. Marya: A Life. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library First edition. Fine in full leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt, silk place marker, marbled endpapers. Includes a preface by her that is not included in the trade edition. Signed by the author. # $85 OATES, Joyce Carol. Marya: A Life. New York: Dutton (1986). First trade edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. Raven's Wing. New York: E.P. Dutton (1986). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. 18 short stories, including the title piece, which was selected for the 1985 *Best American Short Stories* anthology. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Raven's Wing. London: Jonathan Cape (1987). First UK edition. Uncorrected Proof. Near fine in lightly soiled wrappers with some light wear to the ends of the spine. # $35

27 OATES, Joyce Carol. Salmagundi: A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social Sciences: Fall Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College No. 72. Near fine in wrappers with a touch of sunning to the spine. This issue features contributions by Joyce Carol Oates, Marjorie Perloff, Norman Finkelstein and Kenneth Frost. # $15 OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Lives of the Twins. New York: Simon & Schuster (1987). Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. Author's first pseudonymous novel. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Lives of the Twins. New York: Simon and Schuster (1987). First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with minor age toning and soiling. # $18

28 (Sports) OATES, Joyce Carol. On Boxing. New York: Dolphin/Doubleday First edition. Fine in a dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine else fine. # $40 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Time Traveler. Northridge: Lord John First edition. Quarter morocco and marbled papercovered boards. Fine. Letter J of 26 lettered copies specially bound and Signed by the author. # $200 OATES, Joyce Carol. You Must Remember This. New York: E.P. Dutton (1987). First edition. Fine in fine dustjacket. # $20

29 (Anthology). Lord John Ten. Northridge: Lord John First edition. Fine in quarter morocco and papercovered boards with a touch of rubbing to the corners. One of 75 numbered copies of the deluxe issue, specially bound and Signed by all contributors including Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, James Crumley, Jim Harrison, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Derek Walcott, Gerald Ford, Robert Bloch, William Everson, and many others. # $400 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Hungry Ghosts. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Simultaneous wrappered edition. A lightly faded spine else fine. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Assignation. New York: Ecco (1988). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $20

30 (Writing) OATES, Joyce Carol. (Woman) Writer: Occasions and Opportunities. New York: E.P. Dutton First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $35 PLIMPTON, George, edited by. Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews: Eighth Series. (New York): Viking (1988). First edition. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $50 OATES, Appetites. Joyce OATES, Appetites. Joyce Carol. American New York: E.P. Dutton (1989). First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. # $30 Carol. American New York: E.P. Dutton First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25

31 (OATES, Joyce Carol) OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Soul Mate. New York: E.P. Dutton (1989). First edition. Remainder mark on the bottom edge, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with some light wear to the corners of the panels. # $45 OATES, Joyce Carol. I Lock My Door upon Myself. New York: Ecco (1990). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Nemesis. New York: Dutton (1990). First edition, Advance Reading Copy. Fine in wrappers. # $25 (Suspense) OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Nemesis. New York: Dutton (1990). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25

32 (Horror) NOLAN, William F. & Martin H. Greenberg--Editors. Urban Horrors. Illinois: Dark Harvest First edition. Illustrated by Robert W. Lovoie. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Very faint 1in diagonal light brown stain coming down from top corner on outer pg ends, dustwrapper shows slight shelf rubbing. Authors: Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Shirley Jackson, John Cheever, Philip K. Dick, Charles Beaumont, William F. Nolan, Ray Russell, Ramsey Campbell, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Glaser, John Maclay, J. N. Williamson, James Kisner, Dennis Etchison, Richard Christian Matheson, Joe R. Lansdale. # $75 OATES, Joyce Carol. Heat and Other Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton Uncorrected proofs. Fine in wrappers. # $30 OATES, Joyce Carol. Heat and Other Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25

33 OATES, Joyce Carol. Triumph of the Spider Monkey. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press (1976). First edition. Quarter cloth and decorated papercovered boards. Fine in fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper in fine slipcase. This is one of 50 numbered copies handbound by Earle Gray, but curiously, is not signed by Oates. # $85 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Rise of Life On Earth. (New York): New Directions (1991). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25 OATES, Joyce Carol. Black Water. (New York): Dutton (1992). Photocopied unbound sheets of the manuscript showing corrections, apparently prepared by the publisher for in-house use. Fine. Presumably scarce. # $200 OATES, Joyce Carol. Black Water. (New York): E. P. Dutton (1992). Uncorrected proofs. Fine in in wrappers. # $20

34 OATES, Joyce Carol. Black Water. (New York): E. P. Dutton (1992). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $30 (Mystery) OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Snake Eyes. New York: E.P. Dutton First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $18 OATES, Joyce Carol and Daniel Halpern, editors. The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats. (NY): Dutton (1992). Advance Excerpt. Stapled wrappers. 19pp. Fine. Prints ONLY the contents, one poem, and two stories (one by Hemingway, the other by Francine Prose). # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Where Is Here?. Hopewell, New Jersey: Ecco Press (1992). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25

35 OATES, Joyce Carol. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library First edition. Fine in full leather with gold stamping and raised bands, all edges gilt, silk ribbon place marker, includes a special preface written by her not included in the trade edition. Signed. # $90 OATES, Joyce Carol. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang. (New York): E.P. Dutton (1993). First edition. Bumps to the corners else fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. # $30 (CARVER, Raymond), William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll, editors. Remembering Ray: A Composite Santa Biography of Raymond Carver. Barbara: Capra Press (1993). First edition. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. A composite biography by over forty contributors including Tess Gallagher, Joyce Carol Oates, Tobias Wolff, Jay McInerney, William Heyen, Stephen Dobyns, William Kittredge, Haruki Murakami, Hayden Carruth, and Robert Coles. From the Library of Bruce Kahn. # $30 OATES, Joyce Carol. Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque. New York: E.P. Dutton (1994). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $25

36 OATES, Joyce Carol. What I Lived For. (NY): Dutton (1994). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $35 OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. You Can't Catch Me. New York: Dutton (1995). Uncorrected proof. Near fine in wrappers. # $12 OATES, Joyce Carol. First Love. (Hopewell, New Jersey): Ecco Press (1996). First edition. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Fine in a dustwrapper with a sunned spine, else fine. # $30 OATES, Joyce Carol. Will You Always Love Me? and Other Stories. (New York): Dutton (1996). Uncorrected proof. Mildly tanned spine and minimal soiling thus near fine in wrappers. # $25

37 OATES, Joyce Carol writing as Rosamond Smith. Double Delight. (New York): A William Abrahams Book/Dutton (1997). Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Man Crazy. New York: Dutton (1997). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Oates to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco: "For Nick - warmest regards. Joyce 4 May 2007." # $200 OATES, Joyce Carol. Man Crazy. New York: Dutton (1997). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $30

38 OATES, Joyce Carol. Broke Heart Blues. New York: Dutton (1999). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Oates to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco: "For Nick - much admiration. Joyce 4 May 2007." # $200 OATES, Joyce Carol. Broke Heart Blues. (New York): Plume (2000). First Plume Printing. Near fine in wrappers with a slight touch of edgewear and a hint of browning on edges. # $10 HALPERN, Daniel edited by. The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories. New York: Viking (1999). First edition. Near fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by Daniel Halpern, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Carey and Colum McCann. # $60

39 OATES, Joyce Carol. Faithless: Tales of Transgression. (New York): Ecco / HarperCollins (2001). Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers. From the Library of Bruce Kahn. # $20 OATES, Joyce Carol. Faithless: Tales of Transgression. (NY): Ecco / HarperCollins (2001). First edition. Slight bumping to edges of the boards, else about fine in a fine dustwrapper that is a little loosefitting at the front flap. Briefly Inscribed by the author. # $45 EGGERS, Dave, editor. McSweeney's No. 11 (Dark Brown variant). New York: McSweeney's First edition. Full black leather gilt. Fine in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Contributers include T. Coraghessan Boyle, Denis Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Wechsler, Robert Olmstead, and others. # $50 OATES, Joyce Carol. The Faith of a Writer: (New York): Life, Craft, Art. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers (2003). Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers. # $18

40 SAFRAN FOER, Jonathan. Downtown For Democracy Presents: Sometimes Small Statements Make A Big Difference. Washington: Downtown For Democracy First edition. Folio. Fourteen fine broadsides in slightly rubbed but otherwise fine box. Set includes short stories and essays to raise money for the Democrat party in Each contribution is Signed by the author, which includes Jonathan Safran Foer, Michael Cunningham, Paul Auster, Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Gary Indiana, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joyce Carol Oates, Susan Sontag, Wendy Wasserstein and Colson Whitehead. From the Library of Bruce Kahn. # $320 OATES, Joyce Carol. Missing Mom. (New York): Ecco/HarperCollins (2005). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. # $40 (Anthology) MORROW, Bradford, editor. Conjunctions: Twenty-fifth Anniversary. (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College 2006). First edition of this special Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Issue of the literary magazine. Thick octavo, red cloth, slipcase. Fine copy. One of only 25 numbered copies Signed by the editor, Bradford Morrow and twenty-four *Conjunctions* contributors, including Robert Coover, Toby Olson, William H. Gass, Ann Lauterbach, John Ashbery, Joyce Carol Oates, Chinua Achebe, Rick Moody, Peter Straub, Robert Kelly, among others. Contains works by these writers, as well as Jim Crace, Howard Norman, Edmund White, Barbara Guest, Jessica Hagedorn, John Barth, Will Self, and others. # $750