All the Good People Left Behind by Oates, Joyce Carol - 1978

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0876853955 . [Stories]. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. 8vo. [232]pp. Quarter brown cloth, decorated green & blue paper boards, acetate dj. Fine condition. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brothers Inc, designed by Barbara Martin, bound by Earle Gray. First Trade Edition. 1,000 printed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Black Sparrow Press,U.S, 1979-08. Hardcover. Good.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 227 pages. Copy 216 from an edition of 300. A collection of short stories. A close to near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some slight soiling to the bottom edge of the boards in a near fine acetate jacket that is lightly rubbed. Signed by Oates on the limitation page.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. Signed & Numbered . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket (clear wrap). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 227pp.; HB quarter-bound; blue w/gilt&gree w/white&label; lt.sun on edges; clean,tight pgs. Short Stories. "300 hardcover copies have been numbered & signed by the author .... 293" signed by Oates.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarter cloth and paper cover boards. Fine in fine unprinted acetate dust jacket as issued. One of 300 copies Signed by the author.

Santa Barbara:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1979.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in the orginal acetate wrapper in fine condition (a bit of sunning to the top edge of the front cover, else fine). Limited, signed first edition. Collection of short stories. #96 out of 300 copies, SIGNED and numbered on the limitation page, designed by Barbara Martin. 227 pp plus colophon and author photo.

Black Sparrow Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press. Fine+. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0876853955 . A beautiful Limited edition in Very Fine condition signed and numbered by author Joyce Carol Oates directly on the limitation page. Numbered 278 of 300 copies printed in this special edition; The novel is about a mother and daughter who travel from Ohio to North Carolina to visit the daughter's father, who has recently died. The daughter is married and has a child, and the mother is widowed. They all go to visit the father's gravesite, which is in a small town in North Carolina. The mother and daughter fall into a deep conversation about life, death, and the meaning of life. The daughter tells the mother that she doesn't know what the meaning of life is, and the mother tells her that she doesn't either. The mother says that she is content with the life she has and the people she has left behind.; 8vo; Signed by Author .