[Rarebooks] FS: 7 First Editions Signed by Joyce Carol Oates

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new Internet-only Catalogue--MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, MOST 
SIGNED--which will be posted on our website later today or tomorrow: 
http://www.erols.com/agvent

It will include 125 books, nearly all new arrivals, with especially 
interesting pieces by A. E. Coppard, T. F. Powys, and T. S. Stribling.

1.  OATES,  Joyce  Carol.  ANGEL OF LIGHT. New  York:  E.  P.  Dutton
(1981).  First  Edition. A novel about America's  political  heritage.
SIGNED  by  the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine  dustwrapper.
                                                                 $75.00

2.    OATES,  Joyce  Carol.   CELESTIAL  TIMEPIECE.  POEMS.   Dallas:
Pressworks    (1980).  First  Edition.   Gilt-decorated  red   boards.
Illustrated  with  four tipped-in plates by Paula George. Copy #41  of
350  numbered  copies SIGNED by the author and the illustrator on  the
limitation  page  which is pasted in at the rear, as issued.  Fine  in
glassine dustwrapper, as issued.                                $75.00

3.  OATES,  Joyce Carol. GEORGE BELLOWS: AMERICAN ARTIST.  (Hopewell,
NJ):  The  Ecco  Press (1995). First Edition. Illustrated  with  color
reproductions  of  the artist's work. SIGNED and dated by  the  author
"11/30/98" on the title page. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.         $50.00

4.  OATES,  Joyce  Carol.  INVISIBLE  WOMAN:  NEW  &  SELECTED  POEMS
1970-1982.  Princeton, NJ: Ontario Review Press (1982). First Edition.
Copy  #109  of  300  numbered copies SIGNED by  the  author.  Fine  in
glassine dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued.                  $100.00

5.  OATES, Joyce Carol. QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. Northridge, CA: Lord John
Press  1979.  First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated red  boards.  Copy
#72  of  300  numbered  copies  SIGNED by  the  author.  Fine  without
dustwrapper, as issued.                                         $75.00

6.  OATES, Joyce Carol. SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION. Los Angeles: Sylvester
&    Orphanos   1978.  First   Edition.  Cloth-covered   boards   with
gilt-stamped  spine  label.  Printed by Lillian Marks at  the  Plantin
Press.  Copy #64 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Fine  in
Fine glassine dustwrapper, as issued.                          $100.00

7.  (OATES,  Joyce Carol) FERNANDES/OATES, Joyce Carol. THE  POISONED
KISS  AND  OTHER STORIES FROM THE PORTUGUESE. New York:  The  Vanguard
Press  (1975).  First Edition. SIGNED and dated by the author "20  May
1996"  on  the  title page as both Fernandes and  Joyce  Carol  Oates.
Minor  spotting to cloth and text edges. Near Fine in a close to  Fine
dustwrapper.                                                    $50.00

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