Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Gray cloth spine with silver lettering. Gray paper over boards, with title stamped in silver. Binding goodand tight and clean. DJ slightly toned from age but overall quite nice, with a sticker planted front and center that says Doubleday Book Shops Autographed Copy. Title page dated 1983. Copyright page says Second Printing, October 1983. Clean throughout except for a smudge at the gutter at the front...
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. New York City, 1983
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Raymond Carver. Uncorrected proof in blue wrappers. His third collection of short stories and the first to bring him critical acclaim. Just about fine. Some fading to the covers. Completely clean. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Knopf, 1983
Seller: Cream Petal Goods, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. CATHEDRAL, by RAYMOND CARVER. SIGNED AND DATED AND INSCRIBED BY CARVER. Knopf, NYC, 1983. Cloth. 1st Edition. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD++ JACKET. Nick to top of spine. See picture. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Knopf, 1983
Seller: Cream Petal Goods, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. CATHEDRAL, by RAYMOND CARVER. SIGNED AND DATED AND INSCRIBED BY CARVER. Knopf, NYC, 1983. Cloth. 1st Edition. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD++ JACKET. Nick to top of spine. See picture. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1983
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Printed blue wrappers. Spine a bit sunned, else near fine. Signed by Carver and dated in the year of publication. An excellent collection of stories, considered by many the author's best.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: FINE. First Edition. 12mo, gray paper over board backed in gray cloth with silver gilt stamped lettering. Some very trivial toning to extremities, else FINE in FINE DJ, both exceedingly clean and fresh. SIGNED by Carver on the FFEP in green pen and inscribed 'For Stathis and Ralph, with my regards -- Raymond Carver / May 1988 / L.A.' Signed with the same green pen by Tess Gallagher on the...
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1983
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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First edition of Carverâs award-winning collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Thom Jones with good wishes Ray Carver May 4, 1984." The recipient, Thom Jones was an esteemed short story writer. His first book, published in 1993, was the short-story collectionÂThe Pugilist at Rest. The stories deal with common themes of mortality and pain, with characters who often find a kind of solace in the rather pessimistic...
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. First American edition, New York, 1983
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
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Add to basketHardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Twelve stories, the author's third commercially published collection,; inscribed to Doug Blazek, the San Francisco poet by the author. Fine in dustwrapper with publisher's promotional photograph of the author laid in. inscribed by author. book.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
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Softcover. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in plain blue printed wraps. Although his previous collection achieved some popularity, this title is really Carver's breakthrough and break-away (from the restraints of Gordon Lish's style) book. In it, Carver moved beyond the constraining label of minimalism to mine an emotional depth not present in his previous work and which would blossom fully in his next and last book. The title story and "A Small, Good Thing" rank among the best stories of...
Published by New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, 1983
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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Add to basketFirst edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page, "Raymond Carver, Seattle, 8.19.85". This collection of 12 stories was a finalist for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize. "Carver's contributions to American literature are substantial. Carver reinvented realism for postmoderns, prompted a revival of the short story form, and bore witness to the losses and longings of working people on the dark side of the American dream. By precept and example, he inspired a younger generation of writers...