Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: Copy #10 of only 50 (of a total edition of 70) bound in Fabriano Ingres wrappers. Designed and printed letterpress by Carol Blinn at Warwick Press. SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. Crease to upper right corner affecting text and cover. Still Near Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Carver, Raymond. His Bathrobe Pockets Stuffed with Notes. Raven Editions, 1988.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition of 70 copies. This is copy #13 of 15 presentation copies handsewn in marbled wrappers. Signed by Carver on colophon. Black and white illustration by Joe Hicks; faint smudge present to this page. Top edges of wrappers are slightly rippled. 8 x 10 publisher's prospectus included. 4 pages.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
CARVER, Raymond. His Bathrobe Pockets Stuffed With Notes. Raven Editions, (Elmwood, CT, 1988.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Sewn marbled paper wrappers with applied printed label. Designed and printed letterpress by Carol Blinn at the Warwick Press. Of a total edition of 70 copies, 20 copies were handsewn in marbled papercovered wrappers, of which 5 were *ad personam* and 15 copies were for presentation. This is one of the 20 copies, although it is not indicated from which issue it came. Not signed by Carver (as all copies were supposed to be). However, this is marked as the "Printer's Copy" and is Signed by Carol Blinn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An archive of materials associated with the production of this limited fine press book, a compilation of notes found by Carver in his bathrobe pockets. Including: 1. Printer's mock-up, essentially three small quarto gatherings stitched and with the layout of the book sketched in by an unknown hand (either the publisher or printer). Fine. 2. Uncorrected proof of the text, extensively hand corrected in an unknown hand (either the publisher or printer). Fine. 3. Uncorrected proof of the text, second issue, reflecting the corrections from the previous item. Fine. 4. First edition. Fine. One of five "ad personam" copies, this copy Inscribed by Carver to the publisher of Raven Editions: "for Kevin Rita. Raymond Carver." 5. First edition. Sewn marbled paper wrappers with applied printed label. Designed and printed letterpress by Carol Blinn at the Warwick Press. Fine. Of a total edition of 70 copies, 20 copies were handsewn in marbled papercovered wrappers, of which 5 were *ad personam* and 15 copies were for presentation. This is one of the 20 copies (although it is not indicated from which issue it came). Not signed by Carver (as all copies were supposed to be). However, this is marked as the "Printer's Copy" and is Signed by Carol Blinn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.