Another Half Price Books haul, with three signed copies of literary writer who dabbles in genre work. I spot-check the literary firsts, and my eyes were drawn to the Mylar dust jacket protectors on these, which made me check to see if they were signed. They were.
Oates, Joyce Carol. American Appetites. Dutton, 1989. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Near Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket with a 1/16″ chip at front heel join and a trace of wear at points, signed by Oates. Bought for $7.19.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Man Crazy. Virago Press (UK), 1998. First UK hardback edition (the Dutton precedes), a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, signed and dated (“3 Sept. 1998”) by Oates. Though the Dutton precedes, signed copies of this UK edition comps out slightly higher, and one signed copy online has the same “3 Sept. 1998” signed date. Maybe she did a UK signing that day. Bought for $13.50.
Oates, Joyce Carol. You Must Remember This. Dutton, 1987. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with dust print to outer page block, in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, inscribed by Oates: “for Nash and Marrion/Joyce Carol/Oates/11/8/87.” Bought for $6.74.
Honestly, I was a bit ambivalent about picking these up. I’ve liked some of Oates short stories when they appeared in various Ellen Datlow anthologies, but I wasn’t wild about Zombie, the only Oates novel I’ve read, as she failed to convince me she had gotten into the mindspace of a Jeffrey Dahmer-esque serial killer. Also, while I got these for a bit less than they list for online, she’s something of a pill on the market. There’s a ton of signed Oates firsts online, at or below cover price.
But before I had no signed Oates firsts, and now I have three.
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