From Clouds Hill Books, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
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About this Item
Highlights include: an inscribed copy of Carver's rare first book Near Klamath (1968); one of only six known copies in white wrappers of Winter Insomnia (1970), signed by Carver with prints by Robert McChesney; a presentation copy in boards of both Put Yourself in My Shoes (1974) and At Night the Salmon Move (1974); Harold Brodkey's copy of the uncorrected proof of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976), signed by both Carver and Brodkey; an inscribed copy of the limited edition Furious Seasons And Other Stories (1977); signed limited editions of Syracuse Poems And Stories 1980 (1980), Two Poems (1982), If It Please You (1984), My Crow (1984), Dostoevsky: A Screenplay (1985), Glimpses: Of Stories By Raymond Carver (1985); Batavia (1986), My Father s Life (1986), Two Poems (1986), Music (1987), His Bathrobe Pockets Stuffed With Notes (1988), and Where I'm Calling From: New And Selected Stories (1988); both a signed presentation copy and a signed limited edition of the broadside Distress Sale (1981); an uncorrected proof reproducing Carver's handwritten edits and a trial binding in a proof dust jacket of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), both signed by Carver; the offprints Vitamins (1981) and Where He Was: Memories Of My Father (1984), both signed by Carver; two of the four copies issued in trial bindings of The Pheasant (1982), both signed by Carver; galleys and the author's set of page proofs for Fires: Essays Poems Stories (1983); signed uncorrected proof copies and first editions in dust jackets of Cathedral (1983), Where Water Comes Together With Other Water (1985), and Ultramarine (1986); a typescript of For Tess (1984) inscribed by Carver; sets of long galley sheets for This Water (1985), Early For The Dance (1986), Intimacy (1987), Those Days (1987), and The Painter & The Fish (1988); a signed limited edition of the broadside The Window (1985); publisher William B. Ewert's personal copy of the broadside The River (1986), with a presentation inscription to him by Carver; a signed first edition of In A Marine Light: Selected Poems (1987) an inscribed copy of the broadside Afghanistan (1988); the broadsides Gravy (1988), Looking For Work (1988), and Sweet Light (1990); one of two copies in the trial binding of Elephant (1988) signed by Carver; a presentation copy of the Lord John Ten: A Celebration (1988), signed by Carver and the twenty-five other contributors; a set of the four trial copies of The Toes (1988); limited editions of Three Stories (1990), Carnations: A Play In One Act (1992), and Late Fragment (1997); and various contributory blurbs, periodical, and anthology appearances by Carver, spanning the entire length of his career. Approximately 490 items. A magnificent collection from a very fine private library. Please contact Clouds Hill Books for additional details and an illustrated catalogue of the collection. Seller Inventory # ABE-1696687462130
Bibliographic Details
Title: RAYMOND CARVER COLLECTION
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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