- Author = Joyce Carol Oates
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NIGHT, SLEEP, DEATH, THE STARS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2020). Hardcover first edition - A look at the darker side of our society through the prism of a family tragedy. 787 pp. ISBN: 978-0062797582.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87940More details Price: $28.50 -
UPON THE SWEEPING FLOOD and Other Stories.
Edition: First edition.
New York: The Vanguard Press, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories - includes eleven stories - "intense, ironic, sinister and violent" - many of them award-winning. 250 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings and reading wear in a very good unmarked dust jacket (chip to bottom of dj spine, some wear to top edge of spine)
Book ID: 86534More details Price: $24.50 -
HEAT and Other Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of 25 short stories - tales with violence, or uncertainty, or the macabre, running through them. The title story - about the murder of eleven year old twin sisters - and 2 others in this collection won O. Henry awards. ISBN: 0-525-933301.
Condition: Very good+ in near fine dust jacket (remainder line, bookplate.)
Book ID: 28989More details Price: $12.50 -
HAUNTED: Tales of the Grotesque.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of sixteen stories ranging from classic ghost stories to portrayals of chilling psychological terror. Includes an afterword by Oates. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-525936556.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 83187More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S DAUGHTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "In 1936 the Schwarts, an immigrant family desperate to escape Nazi Germany, settle in a small town in upstate New York, where the father, a former high school teacher, is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. After local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty result in unspeakable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca, begins her astonishing pilgrimage into America, an odyssey of erotic risk and imaginative daring, ingenious self-invention, and, in the end, a bittersweet--but very 'American'--triumph." SIGNED on the title page. 582 pp. ISBN: 978-0061236822.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81157More details Price: $30.00 -
MISSING MOM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unusual novel - with a memorable central character - by one of America's most prolific writers. Set in upstate New York. SIGNED on the title page. 434 pp. ISBN: 0-06-081621x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81155More details Price: $30.00 -
NIGHT-SIDE: Eighteen Tales.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Vanguard Press, (1977) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of stories which explore the dark side of the human soul - 'the other worlds of dreams and nightmares, mediums and odd-happenings.' SIGNED on title page. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-8149-07038.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the dj, and minor edgewear, folded slightly off-center) Original price of 10.00 still present.
Book ID: 81153More details Price: $75.00 -
MIRACLE PLAY.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback issued simultaneously with hardcover edition and limited edition.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. SIGNED first edition - Includes 12 pages of photographs from the original production of this play. SIGNED on the title page. 87 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-876852134.
Condition: Near fine condition.
Book ID: 15012More details Price: $27.50 -
(WOMAN) WRITER: Occasions and Opportunities.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of essays on topics ranging from Moby Dick to Emily Dickinson, from Robert Louis Stevenson to Charlotte Bronte, from Kafka to Mike Tyson and boxing, on Hemingway and on using a pseudonym. SIGNED on the title page. 402 pp. ISBN: 0-525-246525.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (light wear)
Book ID: 73657More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GODDESS and Other Women.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Vanguard, (1974.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth collection of short stories, by this prolific and award-winning author. SIGNED on the title page. 468 pp. ISBN: 0-8149-07458.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (short tears with associated creasing at top edge of dj, light crease on spine of dj) .
Book ID: 69725More details Price: $40.00 -
THE FALLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press (Harper Collins), (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - From the dj: "A haunting story of the powerful spell Niagara Falls casts upon two generations of a family, leading to tragedy, love, loss, and, ultimately, redemption... explores the American family in crisis, but also America itself in mid-century." SIGNED by Oates on the title page. 481 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0722282.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81145More details Price: $28.50 -
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES: Tales of Mystery and Suspense.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of nine short stories which demonstrate that the female of the species is the deadlier than the male. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1011796.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (bit of wear to the top of the dj spine).
Book ID: 75611More details Price: $20.00 -
UNHOLY LOVES.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Vanguard, (1979.) dj. Hardcover - An ironic look at the world of academia. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-814908136.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 77951More details Price: $13.50 -
ANGEL OF LIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1981. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An exploration of America's political heritage in this story of loyalty, revenge, betrayal, and, ultimately, forgiveness - the term 'Angel of Light' was used by Thoreau for John Brown, who was hanged for his anti-slavery activities. SIGNED on the title page. 434 pp. ISBN: 0-525-054839.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24562More details Price: $35.00 -
ANGEL OF LIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - An exploration of America's political heritage in this story of loyalty, revenge, betrayal, and, ultimately, forgiveness - the term 'Angel of Light' was used by Thoreau for John Brown, who was hanged for his anti-slavery activities. 434 pp. ISBN: 0-525-054839.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some spotting to edges of textblock.)
Book ID: 24563More details Price: $16.00 -
THE ASSIGNATION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories - racy, sexy, intriguing, and slightly off-center. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-8801-2005.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 26010More details Price: $35.00 -
THE PERFECTIONIST and Other Plays,
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes two full length plays - the title story, which was nominated for a Theater Critics Award, and "Black" - as well as nine one-act plays. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-880014008.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75606More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SACRIFICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which "illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives." SIGNED on the title page with her full name and dated in the year of publication. 309 pp plus an afterword. ISBN: 978-0062332974.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81148More details Price: $45.00 -
THE ASSIGNATION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories - racy, sexy, intriguing, and slightly off-center. ISBN: 0-8801-2005.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 30974More details Price: $12.50 -
CHILDWOLD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Vanguard, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An early novel by this National Book Award winning writer, one which explores the nature of love and obsession. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp. Dust jacket by Ernst Reichl. ISBN: 0-8149-07776.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Book ID: 63288More details Price: $50.00 -
DO WITH ME WHAT YOU WILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Vanguard, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's sixth novel, 561 pp. ISBN: 0-8149-07504.
Condition: Near fine in a very good- dustjacket (closed tears, associated creasing, small chip at upper edge of rear cover)
Book ID: 37516More details Price: $20.00 -
WHERE IS HERE?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories by this National Book Award winning author - stories which examine a world in which ordinary life is suddenly electrified by the potential for violent change. SIGNED on the title page. 193 pp,. ISBN: 0-88001-2838.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 81161More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GODDESS and Other Women.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Vanguard, (1974.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unusually attractive copy of the fifth collection of short stories, by this prolific and award-winning author. SIGNED on the title page. 468 pp. ISBN: 0-8149-07458.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dustjacket (just a hint of toning to the white background of the d) .
Book ID: 38504More details Price: $65.00 -
CROSSING THE BORDER
Edition: First printing.
New York: Vanguard, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - An exceptionally attractive copy of this early collection of short stories, many set in Canada, where Oates lived for many years. The border in the title refers not only to the physical border between Canada and the US, but to the other more intangible borders that separate men from women, one way of life from another. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-8149-07741.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. A lovely tight and clean copy with a few very light spots of foxing on top edge, one short closed tear to back cover of dj).
Book ID: 79755More details Price: $25.00 -
SOLSTICE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel - set in modern times, the story of two women who meet, become friends - and gradually the friendship begins to move towards love - and eventually to a near-fatal obsession with each other. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-525-242937.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 41415More details Price: $15.00 -
BECAUSE IT IS BITTER, AND BECAUSE IT IS MY HEART
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of two families in a small town in upstate New York - one white, one black - in the 50's and 60's - before the upsurge of the civil rights movement when racism was habitual and inflexible. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-525-248609.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread., but with a remainder line)
Book ID: 41423More details Price: $16.00 -
THE ACCURSED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in the early years of the twentieth century - 1905-1906 - in Princeton New Jersey, this combines historical fiction with supernatural elements. SIGNED on the title page. 667 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0062231703.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81150More details Price: $30.00 -
BELLEFLEUR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1980.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An amazing tour de force - a historical novel which covers six generations of the Bellefleur family and combines actual events of the 19th century with the magical and the surreal. SIGNED on the title page. 558 pp. ISBN: 0-525-063021.
Condition: Very good in a very good minus dust jacket (some short closed edgetears.)
Book ID: 46833More details Price: $35.00 -
MYSTERIES OF WINTERTHURN.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Dutton, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - The third novel in her series of Gothic mysteries, set in late 19th century, early 20th century America. Map endpapers. 467 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Kathy Jacobi. ISBN: 0-525-242082.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (edgewear to the dj).
Book ID: 47761More details Price: $12.50 -
MYSTERIES OF WINTERTHURN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in her series of Gothic mysteries, set in late 19th century, early 20th century America. SIGNED on the title page. Map endpapers. 482 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Kathy Jacobi. ISBN: 0-525-242082.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69646More details Price: $35.00
