signed first edition
1983 · Concord, NH
by OATES, Joyce Carol
Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1983. First, Limited Edition. Wrappered Issue, one of 110 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and the artist, this being copy no.41. Slim octavo (23.5cm); letterpress-printed sheets, sewn into publisher's unprinted white card wrappers; dustjacket; [36]pp, with a wood-engraved title page by Gillian Tyler. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Attractive copy of this short story, dealing with "a self-deceived and possibly deteriorating father, a canny but possibly victimized child, not quite articulated terrors, the "magic" of sheer chance..." (from the introduction).
(Inventory #: 52375)