Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1969.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookpate affixed to front end page (signature only). DJ has small closed tear on lower rear. $6.95 price present on DJ flap. Dark navy/black boards with yellow topstain. DJ designed by Ernst Reichl. Early Oates novel and winner of the National Book Award. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
OATES, JOYCE CAROL. THEM [SIGNED]. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a tipped-in bookplate. The author's breakthrough novel and winner of the National Book Award. Blue cloth covered boards with yellow top-edge stain. Dustjacket designed by famed graphic artist Ernst Reichl has a photograph of the author on the back panel taken by Robert Benyas. Although the dustjacket is priced at $6.95 this appears to be a book club edition as there is a small circle deboss on the lower right back cover. Still an uncommon early title signed.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press, 1969.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: It is painful to have to describe this copy because of the issues it posesses affecting its value and the description given and sold by a reputable book dealer - invoice and description laid in. The book does have glue residue on the rear first free endpaper. Tape residue on the outside front and rear covers. Slightly frayed bottom of spine and two slightly bumped corners. A couple of small spots on the foredge of the textblock and also a few more on the interior of the book. Perhaps the biggest descrepancy is the dustjacket - it obviously has been "married" to this copy of the book, which is not mentioned in the dealer's description. It does have a couple of closed tears at the top of the spine - see image. ; Signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the first front free endpaper. 1st issue DJ with $6.95 present and Barbara Bannon blurb on front flap, as well as Robert Benyas photo credit on rear panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 508 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press, New York, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early novel and National Book Award winner from Joyce Carol Oates. First edition, first printing, with bookplate signed by the author attached to ffep. Very good book with a couple small stains to page block edge, lightly bumped corners, and toning to edges of boards. Very good first state jacket shows some light chipping at spine ends and upper rear corne, and a few scuffs to front panel. Original price of 6.95 in tact, and jacket is protected in mylar.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Joyce Carol Oates. Them [Signed with full name]. Vanguard Pr, 1969.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. Tiny stray pen mark near spine on the bright yellow topstain else fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket, which has minimal wear at the extremities and a wrinkle to the bottom of the front panel. Dust jacket in protective cover. Author photo with Robert Benyas credit on the rear panel and Barbara Bannon blurb on the front flap. Signed by the author with her full name on the title page.
Seller: Ron Griswold Books East, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them (Signed). Vanguard Press, New York New York, 1969.
Price: US$159.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is tight & square with the page block age toned and the inferior edge of the spine faded and has NO statement of printing, making it a True 1st Printing. It was signed by the author at M Is For Mystery in April 2011 on the title-page. The mylar protected Dj is price-intact ($6.95) and has generalized edge wear with a chip out of the inferior spine edge. The book was the NBA winner for fiction in 1969.
Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press Inc., New York, 1969.
Price: US$165.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy of first printing of author's 6th book and winner of the National Book Award. Dark gray cloth with silver and white lettering. Tight and square. Signed by author on title page with no inscription. Signature of former owner on front endpaper, neatly done but boldly. Price intact jacket is pretty nice but for shallow chip at top of rear panel about 1 1/2" long. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press, New York, 1969.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Vanguard Press, (1969). First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. 508pp. Slate-gray boards, top edges yellow. Fine condition in very good dj (few gentle creases to edges, short tear to head of spine). First issue dj with price of $6.95 on front flap at bottom and Barbara Bannon quote at top, and photographer credit on rear cover panel with photo-portrait of Oates. Signed in full by Oates on the front free endpaper. Winner of the National Book Award, 1970. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vanguard Pr, 1969.
Price: US$235.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light edgewear, creasing, closed tears and small chips to dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; previous owner's name on front endpaper; o/w VG+/VG+; signed by author on title page
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press, New York, 1969.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book has slight fading at the crown and a very faint erasure on the front free end paper, otherwise near fine. Signed by the author with her full name above her name on the title page. Mylar-protected price-clipped dust wrapper has creases at the head and heel of the spine and the pale orange of 'them' on the front panel has faded to yellow on the spine, otherwise very good. Winner of the 1970 National Book Award for fiction.
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada
Oates, Joyce Carol. THEM (signed 1st). Vanguard, New York, 1969.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vanguard Press. 1969. 8vo. 508 pages. VG+/VG. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joyce Carol Oates directly to title page without inscription. 1st issue Dj with $6.95 present as well as Robert Benyas photo and credit on rear as well as Barbara Bannon blurb on flap. DJ has $6.95 price on flap crossed out with a new price written in ink on the flap. Edges of DJ shows a few small chips, a closed tear and rubbing. Charcoal gray panels show most minor toning to edge. Yellow topstain. Mustard colored endpapers. Winner of the National Book Award and a landmark piece of an incredibly prolific author short-listed for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them. The Vanguard Press, 1969.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo., 508 pp. Very good plus in publishers slate boards with gold and silver lettering. The book has a very lightly bumped corner, a discoloration or damp-stain in the lower left front and spine. The book is slightly cocked. Dust jacket is VG+, with a tiny bit of DJ spine crimping. Winner of the National Book Award. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. One of the first major successes by this prolific, powerful, sometimes Gothic writer. Shipped bubble-wrapped in a box, not a padded envelope. Price reduced!!
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
OATES, Joyce Carol. Them. Vanguard Press, New York, 1969.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Very warmly Inscribed by the author. The author's fourth book and breakthrough novel, published in a small print run when the publisher had given up on Oates as a commercially successful author. A superior copy of this National Book Award-winning novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.