What Talk When Love by Raymond Carver, First Edition (26 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Condition: New. 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. A collection of stories. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168. . . . . .

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: slipcase fine. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark green binding. Clean pages, ribbon marker. Slipcase has no splits.

134 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. First printing of this trade paperback edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. Edges show some faint fading, a few tiny spots of foxing at outside top edge of pages. otherwise a very nice copy overall, clean and attractive, with a tight binding and clean pages. Dust jacket has some light to modest rubbing, very light wear to corners. otherwise bright and clean, now protected in an archival cover. Photos on request.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Collins 1982. First British edition, first printing. Much less common than the American edition which was published the previous year. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. Jacket unclipped. We are on holiday from 18th July-31st July items ordered during this period will be posted on our return. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author to his UK editor on the front flyleaf and signed again on the title page. Good association copy. Jacket has two edge tears and a crease to the upper front fold. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Notes by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll. Octavo. 1,019pp. Green cloth. Preliminary pages mildly creased, page edges lightly soiled, spine slightly cocked, very good in a near fine wrinkled dust jacket. Containing "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?", "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love", "Cathedral", "Stories from Furious Seasons, Fires, and Where I'm Calling From", "Beginners", "Other Stories and Selected Essays." The Library of America Series, Volume 195.

First edition, second printing. (12), 159, (5), pp. Publisher's quarter cloth, dust jacket. Upper edges of the boards slightly faded, paste-down endpaper and verso of title-leaf with tiny inscription (index number?) in ink, first free end paper with the owner's inscription of Swedish author Stewe Claesson. Condition VG+. Dust jacket with trifle shelf wear, else fine. Condition Near Fine. Second printing (dated May 1981) of the first edition of this collection of short stories. The first printing was published in April 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Toning to dust jacket.

First Edition, 1982. First British Edition. A Fine hardcover copy in quarter dark blue cloth spine, blue paper covered boards, in a glossy multi-colored dustwrapper, also Fine. The "import" jacket is unpriced, and not clipped--otherwise identical to the American edition, being printed and bound in America. 159pp. Seventeen stories.

Cloth & Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gilt lettered quarter blue cloth over light blue paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. Slight fade to top left edge of dj and top half inch of the book. Otherwise a near fine copy of Carver well received book of stories. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. First Edition. First Printing of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. This copy with an interesting provenance with the SIGNATURE of Canadian critic and short story writer John Metcalf dated Nov. 1982 on the front endpaper and the SIGNATURE of novelist Leon Rooke on the following blank. John Metcalf is a long-time critic of Canadian cultural and educational inadequacies and published KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS in 1982 to showcase this frustration. Leon Rooke, a Canadian novelist born in North Carolina, has written many books including LAST ONE HOME SLEEPS IN THE YELLOW BED. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.

hardcover. First Edition. First Printing of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. This copy with an interesting provenance with the SIGNATURE of poet William Heyen dated 1981 on the front pastedown underneath the dustwrapper flap. Near Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper.

Softcover. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in cream wraps of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. Reproduces many corrections in the text. Publisher's notations in black and red ink on the front cover giving a publication date of April 1981 and a price of $9.95 along with a statement of 7500 in the first printing. "APR" in ink on bottom bulked text edge. Mild staining to the rear. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Virtually indiscernible erasure at bottom edge of front end-paper. Trace of light rubbing to upper edge of boards. ) Author's widely praised collection of stories. ; 6" x 8 3/4"; 159 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Review copy. (Publisher's slip and promotional placard laid-in. ) Close to fine in fine dust jacket. (Excess glue on rear paste-down has caused a tiny loss of paper of about a sixteenth of an inch along bottom edge where opened. ) Despite this minor flaw a very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket. Author's breakthrough book. Stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages.

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.

hardcover. First British Edition. Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. This copy SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Much less common than the American edition which was published the previous year. Small stains to bottom bulked edge of text. About Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The card of knopf fiction editor Gordon Lish laid-in. (159pp. ) The author's breakthrough book. Stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED by Raymond Carver on the half-title page. Near fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (Faint trace of soiling at bottom edge of front board. Tiny nick in jacket. ) Author's widely praised collection of stories. ; 6" x 8 1/2"; 159 pages.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Seventeen stories, including 'So Much Water So Close to Home', the author's third collection and first commercial success; inscribed by Raymond Carver, 'with regards and admiration', to Doug Blazek, the San Francisco poet. Review copy with press release and embargo slip laid in. A little edgewear, else fine in dustwrapper. inscribed by author. book.

Cloth and Boards. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st. Octavo. Signed by Carver on endpaper. His first commercial success. Slight fading on dj spine. Slight sunning to top and bottom edge. otherwise a fine copy.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Colorful dust jacket, signed and inscribed by author at half title page. Near fine, very minor edge wear to dust jacket.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); cornflower blue paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [xii],[3],4-159,[5]pp. Signed twice by the author first on the front endpaper, and again on the title page, above his printed name. Four tiny spots to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine in like dustjacket, unclipped (priced $9.95), with a trivial wrinkle to upper spine panel. Carver's third collection of short fiction, and the one that propelled him to national fame. His most enduring stories are here, including the title story, "Tell the Women We're Going," "So Much Water So Close to Home," and "Why Don't You Dance?".