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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.

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.

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.

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.

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:: Vanguard,, (1973.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good- dustjacket (closed tears, associated creasing, small chip at upper edge of rear cover). First printing. Author's sixth novel, 561 pp.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1974.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dustjacket (just a hint of toning to the white background of the d) .. First printing. 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.

New York:: Dutton,, (1980.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a very good minus dust jacket (some short closed edgetears.). First printing. 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.

New York:: Dutton,, 1987.. Good in wrappers - spine slanted.. First trade paperback printing. A collection of 18 stories by one of the most prolific writers in America, and one of the best short story writers - this is described as a 'deeper, darker, richer' collection.

New York:: Ecco Press,, (1988). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of short stories - racy, sexy, intriguing, and slightly off-center. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp.

Los Angeles:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1974.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine condition.. First printing, a trade paperback issued simultaneously with hardcover edition and limited edition. Includes 12 pages of photographs from the original production of this play. SIGNED on the title page. 87 pp plus colophon.

New York:: Dutton,, (1990.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread., but with a remainder line). First printing. 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,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. The first full-length authorized biography of Oates, one which examines the relationship between Oates's life and work - Johnson was granted access to her letters and journals, as well as extensive interviews with family, friends, colleagues, and Oates herself. Notes, selected bibliography of books by and about Oates, index. xx, 492 pp.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1979.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a very good dust jacket.. Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition). An ironic look at the world of academia. 335 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. 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. 402 pp.

Dallas, Texas.: Pressworks., (1980.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine (but incomplete) in wine red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover. . Limited, signed edition. A collection of poetry. The first edition was limited to 376 copies of which this one is out of series, SIGNED by the author and illustrator, Paula George, on the tipped in colophon, but not numbered and lacking the illustrations. The paper is Curtis Rag; the type Garamond. Carl Hertzog was the design consultant. 25 pp.

New York:: Ecco / Harper Collins,, (2009). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark, some toning to edges of textblock). First printing. Novel set in the Great Lakes region of upstate New York, a story of murder, suspicion, guilt and misplaced love. 442 pp.

New York:: The Vanguard Press,, (1966). Hardcover first edition -. 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). First edition. Her second collection of short stories - includes eleven stories - "intense, ironic, sinister and violent" - many of them award-winning. 250 pp.

New York:: Vanguard,, (1974.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a good only dustjacket (several short tears with associated creasing, some chipping to edges, price-clipped) .. First printing. The fifth collection of short stories, by this prolific and award-winning author. SIGNED on the title page. 468 pp.