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Columbia & London:: University of Missouri Press,, (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in green cloth with silver lettering on the spine and a pasted on silver and green illustration on the front cover in a fine dust jacket.. First printing. California author's first book, winner of the 1976 Devins Award for Poetry. A University of Missouri Press Breakthrough Book. 63 pp.

Boston:: Godine,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (gift inscription,). First US printing. A weaving of "historical fact into a poetic evocation of the vast northern Canadian wilderness", beautifully illustrated with paintings by Barry Moser.

Boston:: Godine,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (tear to dj along front fold, with associated creasing - dj now in an archival protector.). First US printing. A weaving of "historical fact into a poetic evocation of the vast northern Canadian wilderness", beautifully illustrated with paintings by Barry Moser.

Windsor, ONT:: Black Moss Press,, 1983.. First edition -. Just about fine in stiff wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A weaving of "historical fact into a poetic evocation of the vast northern Canadian wilderness", with double page illustrations by Phil McLeod. The true first edition of this work.

New York:: Viking Press,, (2011). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. As the sequel to 'Wish You Were Here,' the novel follows the main character Emily Maxwell, a widow in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose grown children have all moved away. A quiet and detailed portrait of old age, of mourning loss and change, but also the courage involved in moving on in life. 255 pp.

St. Lucia:: University of Queensland Press,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. NF/NF (bit of shelfwear.). First printing. Collection of short stories by this Australian writer.

New York:: HarperTempest / Harper Collins,, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Oates' first novel for young adults. SIGNED on the title page. 266 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. An epic historical novel, the story of a family of confidence artists set in late 19th century America. SIGNED on the title page. 531 pp.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1975.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Just about fine in a very good dustjacket (usual fading to purple endpapers near the gutter, closed tear to front cover of dj, along side of spine, dj is now in an archival protector.).. First printing. According to the introductory notes by Oates, "the tales in this collection are translated from an imaginary work, Azulejos, by an imaginary author, Fernandes de Briao' although in her afterword she talks about the strong sense that she had that these were really Fernandes' stories. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. 189 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with few markings, missing front endpaper, but otherwise tight and clean in a near fine dj.. First printing. 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.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1973.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in black cloth in a near fine dust jacket. (lower corner of flap clipped.). Book club edition. Author's sixth novel, 563 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, 1992.. Hardcover -. Fine in very good dust jacket.. Book club edition. A short, but intensely imagined novel, based on an incident which everyone will recognize. 154 pp.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1973.). Hardcover -. Very good in a good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.). Book club edition. Author's sixth novel, 563 pp.

Lincoln, MA:: Penmaen Press,, 1978.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in stiff beige wrappers with green and dark brown decorations and lettering (toning to the covers, especially at the spine),. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Illustrated with wood engravings by Gillian Tyler. SIGNED by Joyce Carol Oates at her story "North Wind." Other stories include Kumin's "The Banquet", Brown's "How Mrs Fox Married Again", McGarry's "The Rainy Season", and Schwartz's "Mrs Saunders Writes to the World." 101 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1990.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a near fine dj (appears unread.). Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade 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.

Baton Rouge:: Louisiana State University Press,, 1977.. SIGNED -. Near fine (some rubbing to the covers.). Trade paperback. SIGNED on the title page. A collection of 52 poems, illustrated by A. G. Smith, Jr. 86 pp

New York: Dutton,, (1996.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Collection of 22 short stories that focus on the emotional turmoil of everyday life. 326 pp.

New York:: Ecco,, (1992.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. 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,

New York:: Ecco Press,, (2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. When a reclusive author is forced, by his declining health, to hire an assistant and chooses a naive and sensuous young woman with tattoos over most of her body, complex emotions and, ultimately, tragedy, results. "With her masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates probes the contemporary tragedy of ethnic hatred and challenges our accepted limits of desire." 307 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Twenty-seven stories of the forbidden. 321 pp.