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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:: Harcourt, Inc.,, (2005.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of nine short stories which demonstrate that the female of the species is the deadlier than the male. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1993.). Hardcover first edition -. Good in good dust jacket (shelfwear to edges, signs of having been read.). First printing. Novel set in a blue-collar town in upstate New York in the 1950s. 328 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket. (discoloration from glue on endpapers, some minor creasing to the dj). First printing. Collection of short stories and a novella. 196 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:: 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.

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.

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:: Ecco,, (1992.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). 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:: 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:: Ecco Press,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. "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.

New York:: Ecco Press,, (2002.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Told in the first person, in edgy and sometimes incomplete sentences, this is the story of a an intelligent and gifted college student, who is also "drastically inclined to obsession." SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp.

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:: Ecco Press,, (2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Discusses - among other things - the importance of reading for a writer, her childhood inspirations, and how she learned the craft of writing. 158 pp. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1976.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Uncommon in this condition.. First printing. 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.