Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Oates, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. N.Y.: Vanguard, 1963.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing. VG+/VG-: Book is tight, clean, and unread, with 1964 p/o gift inscription on front endpaper; autographed "JC Oates" on title page. Unclipped ($4.50) DJ shows rubbing along edges and at spine ends; looks nice in Brodart cover. Author's uncommon first book, a collection of short stories. 253 pages.
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. The Vanguard Press, 1963.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of author's first book. DJ fine. Orange top edge and fore edge with tiny little spots. Singed by author on end paper: " For , , , , , - Joyce 5/3/79" Splendid copy! ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 253 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. The Vanguard Press, New York, NY, 1963.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Author's first book. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. 1963. Signed on the title page by author. Top text block is colored light orange as issued. Mylar dust jacket protector. Ships in a sturdy box.
Seller: Hypermodern Books Co., New Braunfels, TX, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. BY THE NORTH GATE. New York, Vanguard, 1963.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, About Fine in About Fine D.J.INSCRIBED." For Patrick Sullivan, best wishes,Joyce Carol Oates", 1st Book, (VVbrmtv2/2)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine, and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [11],12-253,[3]pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny wrinkle to spine ends, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $4.50), with gentle sunning to spine and some trivial wear to extremities. The author's first book and first collection of short fiction, gathering 14 stories told "within a framework of realism, in a world of sex and blood, of poverty and poetry" (from front flap).
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Richard / Joyce Carol Oates." The author's first book. Jacket spine lightly faded and rubbed, else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. BY THE NORTH GATE. Vanguard Press, NY, 1963.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Minimal board bottom edge shelfwear; dustjacket with minor soiling on front panel, internal tape repair (not visible on the exterior) edgewear, mostly at corners and spine ends, and a faint circular dampstain on rear panel that has left a barely perceptable shadow on the rear board. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' first book.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1963.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page. Near Fine with light shelf wear and toned pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with toning to the spine panel and faint rubbing at the extremities, with publisher's price intact. A sharp copy of the author's first book, signed.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
OATES, JOYCE CAROL. By the North Gate. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1963.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Her first book, a collection of short stories. Tiny name and date at corner of front endpaper, else fine in fine dust jacket with a small expert restoration to the top edge. A gorgeous copy. Signed by Oates on the title page.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate (signed 1st). Vanguard, New York, 1963.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vanguard Press. 1963. 8vo. 253 pages. VG/VG. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joyce Carol Oates directly to the title page. 1st issue Dj with $4.50 present. 1 corner is gently bumped and 2 corners show a tiny bit of wear at tips. DJ shows rubbing along folds. The first book by the prolific author who is annually short-listed for the Nobel prize in Literature.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
OATES, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. Vanguard Press, New York, 1963.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the spine-lettering modestly toned. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Oates' first book, a collection of short stories. An attractive copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. By The North Gate. Vanguard Press, New York, 1963.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Vanguard Press, (1963). 8vo. 253pp. Brown cloth, top edges light orange. Absolutely fine condition in fine dj - as new. First Edition. Signed by Oates on the title page - Joyce Carol Oates. Author's first book. Signature obtained in person.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. By the North Gate. Vanguard Press, New York, 1963.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page. Fine in a very Near Fine dust jacket, 2 small holes fore edge of front flap at fold. small paper loss at ends of same fold. Her first book, uncommon in lovely condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.