Oates, Joyce Carol

A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS [SIGNED]

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 440 pages; G+/VG-; blue pictorial spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; minor creasing and chipping to the top and bottom of the jacket at the front and back; marked chipping and creasing to the head and tail of the spine and the corners of the jacket flaps; price unclipped '$5.95'; minor soiling to the jacket flaps; marked bumping to the corners of the boards and the head and tail of the spine; spine is cocked; stains at the top and bottom of the book at the front and the back boards where tape has been removed; remaining piece of tape at the bottom of the back board; top edge of the text block is dyed light red; minor soiling to the edges of the text block; minor age-toning and soiling to the front and back paste downs and free endpapers; damage to the ffep from some type of adhesive used by a previous owner; gutter split and webbing visible between half title and title page; signed flat by Oates on a pasted-in slip of paper on the title page; shelved under the Front Counter.

1357162

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $100

NOTES

'A Garden of Earthly Delights' was a finalist for the 1968 National Book Award for Fiction.