OATES, Joyce Carol.. Blue-Bearded Lover.. Concord: William B. Ewert,, 1987.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Ten leaves laid loose into a near fine printed folder that has a few small spots to front cover. Text calligraphed and illustrated by R.P. Hale. "Publisher's Advance Issue," one of eight copies.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Oates, Joyce Carol. Blue-Bearded Lover. William B. Ewert, Concord, New Hampshire, 1987.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, signed issue, limited to 26 lettered copies ("hand-illuminated copies, specially bound in boards), signed by Joyce Carol Oates and R. P. Hale [total edition 100 copies]. Calligraphy & Illustration by R. P. Hale. [18] pages. 4to. "BLUE-BEARDED LOVER" (SHORT STORY) (LIMITED TO 26 LETTERED COPIES, SIGNED BY J. C. OATES). Cloth spine, paper-covered boards, A very fine copy in publisher's fine (unprinted) parchment dust wrapper; nicely printed and bound Calligraphy & Illustration by R. P. Hale. [18] pages. 4to First edition, signed issue, limited to 26 lettered copies ("hand-illuminated copies, specially bound in boards), signed by Joyce Carol Oates and R. P. Hale [total edition 100 copies].

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.