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Oates, Joyce Carol. A Garden of Earthly Delights. Signed. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1967.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed: "Joyce Carol Oates" on front free endpaper. Clean and unmarked. Minor edge wear to DJ and wrinkling to DJ spine ends. Two small tape repairs to verso of DJ. DJ looks very nice in new mylar protector. BF
Seller: Plain Tales Books, Arlington Hts, IL, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. A Garden of Earthly Delights (signed first printing). Vanguard, New York, 1967.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vanguard Press. New York. 1967. 440 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates directly to the half-title page. Binding and hinges are strong. Green cloth is bright and clean. DJ is near fine with $5.95 price intact on DJ flap. Light sunning along panel edges. Rust-color endpapers are clean. This is Joyce Carol Oates' second published book; and the first title in what has become known as the "Wonderland Quartet". This title was a finalist for the 1968 National Book Award for Fiction. This book would grade closer to near fine versus very good if not for about 20 or so pages in the Carleton chapter; where there is either a red check-mark next to a passage; or a word neatly written in the margin; or a neatly underlined sentence here or there. It is hardly obtrusive; and easy to miss unless you were looking for it; or reading those pages. Again, limited to 20 or so pages of the 440 page novel. DJ is near fine. First edition, first printing; signed.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. A Garden of Earthly Delights. Vanguard Press, E-183, 1967.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Vanguard Press, New York. 1967. 440 pgs. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. Joyce Carol Oatess Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In A Garden of Earthly Delights, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her mothers life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Claras son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mothers ambition. E-183; 8.1 X 5.8 X 1.5 inches; 440 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
OATES, Joyce Carol. A Garden of Earthly Delights. Vanguard Press, New York, 1967.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Corners very slightly bumped, still fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher printed slip and promotional photograph of the author laid in. Warmly Inscribed by the author: "For George Bixby with gratitude and affection. Joyce 1/21/69." The author's fourth book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf in the year of publication: "For Gunter -- / With best wishes / Joyce Carol Oates / 9-22-67." Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction (1968), and winner of the M.L. Rosenthal Award (1968). The author's second novel. First of the "Wonderland Quartet" novels, the others being "Expensive People" (1968), "them" (1969), and "Wonderland" (1971). Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Foxing to the page edges, slight fading to the extremities, faint splash to the top page edges. Jacket spine slightly faded, light shelfwear and foxing, and a long crease to the rear flap.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. A Garden of Earthly Delights. Vanguard Press, New York, 1967.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: [1967]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in green and white. Octavo. Red endpapers and topstain. 440pps. The edges of the cloth are faintly faded and the fore-edge has two small soil-marks. Also, there is a slight bump to the upper front tip. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket, colorful, clean, intact and glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has general edgwear with rubbing wear at the extremities and a couple of closed tears. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this early Oates novel. ".In her second novel, Joyce Carol Oates created one of her most memorable heroines, Clara, the beautiful daughter of migrant farmworkers. Intent upon rising above her haphazard life of violence and poverty, Clara struggles for independence while relying on four men to fashion her destiny: her father, a hardened laborer simmering with resentment; Lowry, who rescues the teenage Clara from her family and offers her a first glimpse of love; Revere, the wealthy married man who promises Clara stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the burden of his mother's mistaken identity." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos, comprehensive, can be emailed upon request.
Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. Vanguard Press, NY, 1967.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Beginning toning on the front board topedge and spine edges and tiny soil spot on rear board; dustjacket with edgewear, mostly at corners and the spine topedge and faint toning to spine. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' second novel and the first in her Wonderland quartet.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.