Marya, a Life

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author Joyce Carol Oates, Unread Fine condition; Marya Knauer was not always having a secure and comfortable position in life. Her father's early death and abandonment by her mother have left her… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author Joyce Carol Oates. This book has never been read and is in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Marya Knauer was not always having a secure and… Read more about this item

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1986., 1986. Limited edition SIGNED by Oates. 8vo. 310 pp. Original gilt stamped brown leather binding; four raised spinal bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with ribbon marker. SIGNED by Oates on the second front endpaper. This is a bright, tight, fine book.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525243747 . Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on front pastedown hidden behind jacket flap. Comstock collected over 100,000 first editions before his death. He was featured in the Washington Post, CNBC, and written about by Basabanes. Ships same or… Read more about this item

Franklin Library, 1986. First Edition. leather_bound. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. The Franklin Library; Franklin Center, 1986. Deluxe Leather Collector Edition. First Edition. Signed by author directly on prelim. A Very Good copy. Gilt embossed full leather binding is very nice with sharp corners, AEG are fresh and bright with few blemishes. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather… Read more about this item

Franklin Library. As New. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. SIGNED by Joyce Carol Oates. ; As New. ; Bound in publisher's original brown leather with four raised bands on the spine. Title and decorations on spine and covers stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Silk bookmarker ribbon bound in. Issued without dustjacket. ; Tight, clean… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing.A remainder mark on bottom edge, else Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (box 153)

New York:: Dutton,, 1986.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line bottom edge.). First printing. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp.

The Franklin Library, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition as stated on title page and spine. Signed by author on second front free end paper. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Near fine book, scratches on forend, marks on bottom edges, and minor rubbing on raised bands on spine. … Read more about this item

Franklin Library. Very Good. Signed by author on free endpaper, 1986 Franklin Library leatherbound, VG+, handsome brown leather with gilt decor all around, raised bars on spine, silk ribbon marker attached, marbled endpapers, 3 corners are slightly inturned, a few tiny scuffs to gilt on edges of textblock, a nice copy.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1986. First edition. Signed by pates as issued. "Special Message" by Oates for this edition. Frontispiece by Judy Pedersen. Gilt-stamped leather-covered baords, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Some loss of gilt on the topedge. Near Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Judy Pedersen. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1986. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. HARDCOVER. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1986. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1986. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1986. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1986.… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Signed by Joyce Carol… Read more about this item

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1986. First edition, Signed by Oates as issued. "Special Message" by Oates for this edition. Frontispiece by Judy Pedersen. Publisher's letter to subscribers laid-in; letter folded in half as issued. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus.… Read more about this item

New York:: Dutton,, 1986.. Hardcover -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (ink price on ffep). Book club edition.

FRANKLIN LIBRARY. FRANKLIN CENTER 1986. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED limited edition. Near fine in brown leather binding, with gilt edges & a satin marker ribbon, without dj. as issued. (Top & fore edges foxed); Signed by Author(s) .

PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. I USUALLY BUY THIS TITLE FOR THE SIGNATURE(WHICH IS ONE OF HER BEST) BUT THE BOOK IS TOO NICE TO JUST THROW IT AWAY. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST AVAILABLE, THIS IS IT.

Dutton Books, 1986. 1st trade edition, stated.. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Remainder mark, bottom.. Kirsch, Vincent X (Jacket design by). 1 Sewn binding. White cloth and blue paper over boards. Fiction: Marya Knauer is a truthful portrait of a woman from her earliest childhood in violence and poverty to her 30s, when she is… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Marya is the story of a young Russian girl who is taken from her family and forced into a convent in the early 1800s. She is eventually able to escape and journey to America, where she becomes one of the most celebrated artists of… Read more about this item

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in full brown leather with gilt spine lettering and decorated boards. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers and silk page marker. Signed Limited First Edition. A fine copy.