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Published by Picador, 1986
ISBN 10: 0330293893ISBN 13: 9780330293891
Book
Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989
ISBN 10: 0679722394ISBN 13: 9780679722397
Seller: More Than Words, Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofi t job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
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Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1984
ISBN 10: 039472299XISBN 13: 9780394722993
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Harvill Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0002730103ISBN 13: 9780002730105
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Vintage Classic, 2009
ISBN 10: 0099530368ISBN 13: 9780099530367
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6.
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Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961966ISBN 13: 9780884961963
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Glossy illustrated wrappers. 189 pages. Small clip to bottom corner of rear cover. No names or marks. The first trade printing, proceeded by a limited edition hardbound.
Published by Picador, 1986
Seller: PRISCA, Paris, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. In-8° broché.
Published by Harvill Press, London, 1984
ISBN 10: 1860464513ISBN 13: 9781860464515
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st edition. 8vo, 204 pp.
Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0688011748ISBN 13: 9780688011741
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
Book
2nd printing. More than 60 short pieces in this wide-ranging collection. Bright tight clean copy. 5-1/4 x 8, 204 pp. VG+ unmarked, no spine creases, small dampstain to rear lwr edge. Hardback in red/cream boards, in author color-photo jacket.
Published by New York: Vintage, 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 039472299XISBN 13: 9780394722993
Book First Edition
Pages foxed. Small knock on back cover. ISBN: 039472299X. [u].
Published by Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Capra Pr, 1983, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961966ISBN 13: 9780884961963
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paper Back.1st edition.very good.small crease on cover.(L4/4).
Published by Capra Pr, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961966ISBN 13: 9780884961963
Seller: Stock & Trade LLC, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.
Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 039472299XISBN 13: 9780394722993
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Vintage Books edition. Mass market paperback. Foxing to the top edge, and a touch of sunning to the spine, else near fine.
Tapa Blanda. Condition: Bien. Texto en inglés. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. More than sixty stories, poems, and essays are included in this wide-ranging collection by the amazingly gifted and versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories - later revised for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - are particularly notable in that between the first and the final versions, we see clearly the astounding process of Carver's literary development.
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1978
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: About Fine. First Edition. About Fine in glossy red and yellow wrappers, the paperbound issue. 189pp. with an Afterword by Carver. Q16727.
Published by Santa Barbara, CA Capra 1983., 1983
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sticker traces back cover, else about fine - illus. wraps. | The simultaneous softcover. 1st paper ed. Binding is SC.
Published by Collins Harvill, 1985
ISBN 10: 0002712431ISBN 13: 9780002712439
Seller: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are in fine condition. the dust jacket is not price clipped. first UK edition. the dust jacket has some surface soil stains. The rest of the book is clean with no marks or folds. first Uk edition stated at the copyright page. small remainder mark at the bottom edge.- We ship from Canada and the USA. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
Published by Collins Harvill, London, 1985
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Stephen Raw (illustrator). 1st U.K. edition. [solid copy with only light shelfwear, but offsetting to endpapers and age-toning and very light vertical streaking to the pages (due to the use of inferior paper stock); the jacket is slightly scrunched with a tiny tear at the top of the spine, bumped at lower left corner of front panel, some wrinkling to the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel]. Four essays (including "John Gardner: The Writer as Teacher"); fifty poems; and seven stories. The latter group: "Distance"; "The Lie"; "The Cabin"; "Harry's Death"; "The Pheasant"; "Where Is Everyone?"; and "So Much Water So Close to Home.".
Published by Collins Harvill, London, 1985
Seller: Browsers Books, Hamilton, NZ, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Collins Harvill London 1985 First UK Edition VG (grey cloth w title in gilt on spine, sl worn, edges sl discoloured) in VG DW (sl worn, some foxing on rear, price clipped and price sticker on inside flap).
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. First Edition. The standard trade issue in paperback. There were also a small number of copies bound in boards, similar to the limited edition and likely meant for libraries. A superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along with 50 poems and 7 stories, including "So Much Water So Close to Home," which figured prominently in Robert Altman's film SHORT CUTS. This copy belonged to poet William Heyen and is SIGNED by him on the front endpaper. Small bookstore label on inside of front cover. Near Fine.
Published by Collins Harvill, 1985
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITION, pages a little toned throughout, pp. 204, crown 8vo, original grey boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, near-contemporary ownership inscription to flyleaf, dustjacket slightly toned to rear panel with the odd tiny nick, very good.
Published by Santa Barbara: Capra Press,, 1983
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First trade edition. 189 pp. Small stains to fore-edge and bottom corner of text block, crease to front cover. In all, very good in glossy illustrated wrappers. Inked ownership name of poet W[alter] Pavlich on the front free endpaper, and INSCRIBED by Carver, "For Walter, / with warm wishes / Ray. Carver. / 2.24.87. / Davis.".
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition. 8vo. Hardbound book in clear acetate wrapper. 189 pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed acetate. Includes essays, poems and stories by the author of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?.
Published by Harvill/Collins, 1985
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. This edition is the only hardcover edition of this title. Raymond Carver's "Fires" is a quick introduction to the author who personifies literary minimalism. In this slim volume, the reader is treated to essays and poems, as well as Carver's trademark: taut short stories that, in remarkably few words, paint a vivid tableau of so much of American life. Carver's subjects are ones that other writers shy away from: working-class stiffs and the mundane lives they lead. But Carver's magic lies in his ability to fascinate the reader with seemingly unfascinating topics. The characters' souls are bared, the torment of their lives is revealed, the desperation of their economic situations is rendered so masterfully, and in so little space, that the reader marvels at how Carver manages to accomplish the feat. For students of the writer's trade, Carver offers a valuable lesson in how to use minimal syllables for maximum impact. This volume features seven short stories, fifty poems, and four essays.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 189 pages. First limited Edition, one (217) of 250 copies signed by Carver on the colophon page at the end of the book. Contains the title essay and an essay called On Writing. Also 50 poems & 7 stories, including one called "So Much Water So Close to Home, which was used in Robert Altman's movie called Short Cuts. As new book without a dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy!. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The standard trade issue in paperback. There were also a small number of copies bound in boards, similar to the limited edition and likely meant for libraries. A superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along with 50 poems and 7 stories, including "So Much Water So Close to Home," which figured prominently in Robert Altman's film SHORT CUTS. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page and rather uncommon as such.
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983
First Edition
Oblong orange wraps, approximately 10.75" x 8.5" with title label, once presumably affixed to front cover, loose. Bound proofs (perhaps galley proofs), with "Raymond Carver" written by hand on spine. An uncommon format, with no similar copies in commerce, with only one similar copy in OCLC (Pierpont Morgan Library).
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in original glassine. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies in red boards SIGNED by Carver of this superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along with 50 poems and 7 stories, including "So Much Water So Close to Home," which figured prominently in Robert Altman's film SHORT CUTS.
Published by Vintage Books (March 1982) and (March 1984), New York, 1982
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Paperback. First Vintage Books Edition. First Paperback printings of both books, each copy INSCRIBED "For Bert(?)" and SIGNED by the author "Ray Carver/Sacramento" on the half-title pages, the first title also dated "2-24-87." Fine, both housed in a specially made stiff, archival paper case.
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited Issue. #215/250 copies, Numbered and SIGNED (by Carver) on preliminary colophon, bound in cherry red paper covered boards in unparinted acetate dustwrapper, as issued. A Fine all around copy. 189pp. Flawless example. Q18564.