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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:: 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:: Vanguard,, (1973.). Hardcover -. Very good in a good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.). 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:: Ecco Press,, (2013). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. 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.

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,, 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,, (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:: Vanguard,, (1974.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dustjacket (short tears with associated creasing at top edge of dj, light crease on spine of dj) .. First printing. The fifth collection of short stories, by this prolific and award-winning author. SIGNED on the title page. 468 pp.

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.

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,, 1976.. Hardcover first edition -. 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). . First printing. 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.

New York:: Dutton,, 1981.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. 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.

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 -. 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,