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Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Stroud, Steven H. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the second preliminary page at front. Full burgundy leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. BB. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Stroud, Steven (illustrator). This volume from a signed limited leather edition has very slight exterior shelf wear. The interior seems as new except for having absorbed enough moisture to have a very slight ripple to the pages. There is no staining or mustiness and no other evidence inside or out. Proceeds to the local library, priced to sell. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Art by Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). 1st Edition thus. 19500 shelf. Unread fine condition. Signed by author up front. A limited edition. Elaborately stamped full maroon leather, gilt all around. Moire endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Clean text. 601 p. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Fine. Illustrated By Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Original maroon leather, fine with gilt-stamped titles and designs to covers and spine, AGE with original silk ribbon book marker, contains ribbed spine with purple silk pastedowns. This copy in very neat and complete. By the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Signed by the author. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). Limited edition. 8vo. 601pp. Gold decorated maroon leather and spine. Raised bands. All gilt edges. Ribbon marker. Silk endpaper. Double-page frontispiece by Steven H. Stroud. Signed by author on second blank page in front. A "disturbing story of a young woman's struggle to rise above poverty and trauma of life with an alcoholic father and a murderous young brother." Near fine condition.

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Stroud, Steven H. (illustrator). Limited Edition. 601 pages, 8vo. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates. Limited Edition, privately printed and individually signed. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud. Bound in genuine leather. Two raised bands along hubbed spine. Includes bound ribbon bookmark. Silk moire free endpapers and inside covers. Gilt page edges. Minor shelfwear: light rubbing along edges, light fading along edges of front and rear endpapers and inside covers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Steven H.Stroud (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new copy. (see picture) 601 pages.Red leather.Gold gilt lettering and page edge.Silver page ribbon.Bottom cover has some mild wear on edge.All the rest is as new.Signed by "Joyce Carol Oates". Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Stroud, Steven H. (illustrator). Limited Edition. 601 pages, 8vo. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates. Limited Edition, privately printed and individually signed. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud. Bound in genuine leather. Two raised bands along hubbed spine. Includes bound ribbon bookmark. Silk moire free endpapers and inside covers. Gilt page edges. Shelfwear: some light foxing along spine and front cover, moderate fading along edges of silk moire free endpapers and inside covers. Spine is cocked slightly to left. Otherwise, tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Stroud, Steven H. (illustrator). Limited Edition. 601 pages, 8vo. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates. Limited Edition, privately printed and individually signed. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud. Bound in genuine leather. Two raised bands along hubbed spine. Includes bound ribbon bookmark. Silk moire free endpapers and inside covers. Gilt page edges. Minor shelfwear. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Limited Signed Edition. Near fine copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked leather with decorative gilt-tooling to front and rear boards . The Classic Franklin Library design. Raised bands. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Silk endpapers. All-edges-gilt. Copy is enclosed in unique Franklin Library beige cardboard wrapper with Franklin Library Seal. Signed Copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 601 pages; Description: [15], 601 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Working class families --Fiction. Young women --Fiction. Poor women --Fiction. Detroit (Mich.) --Fiction. Notes: "Privately printed and individually signed by the author"--Prelim. p. [1]. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). Limited ed. 8vo. 602 pp. Gilt decorated dark brown leather binding with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands, silk ribbon marker and silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Signed by the Author. Minor shelf rubbing. Else, a very tight copy in near fine condition.

Limited Signed Edition. Near fine copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked leather with decorative gilt-tooling to front and rear boards . The Classic Franklin Library design. Raised bands. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Silk endpapers. All-edges-gilt. Copy is enclosed in unique Franklin Library beige cardboard wrapper with Franklin Library Seal. Signed Copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 601 pages; Description: [15], 601 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Working class families --Fiction. Young women --Fiction. Poor women --Fiction. Detroit (Mich.) --Fiction. Notes: "Privately printed and individually signed by the author"--Prelim. p. [1]. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). Limited Edition. Special signed edition, part of the 60 limited edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Beautifully bound in leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a silk marker sewn in. Near fine book with just a touch of foxing / dustsoiling on the top edge. Tight binding and unread book. Collectable with author signature ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 601 pages; Signed by Author.

Full-Leather. Condition: As New. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). Limited Signed Edition. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Joyce Carol Oates in impeccable As New condition, a stunning collectible; Winner of the National Book Award, Them ranks as one of the most masterly portraits of postwar America ever written by a novelist. A novel about class, race, and the horrific, glassy sparkle of urban life, them chronicles the lives of the Wendalls, a family on the steep edge of poverty in the windy, riotous Detroit slums. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xx], 601, [5] pages; Signed by Author.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). Limited Signed Edition. A Fine Limited edition signed by Joyce Carol Oates; Winner of the National Book Award, Them ranks as one of the most masterly portraits of postwar America ever written by a novelist. A novel about class, race, and the horrific, glassy sparkle of urban life, them chronicles the lives of the Wendalls, a family on the steep edge of poverty in the windy, riotous Detroit slums. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; [xx], 601, [5] pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Steven H. Stroud (illustrator). Signed, Limited Edition. [20], 601, [6] pages. Illustrations. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. It includes A Special message to subscribers from Joyce Carol Oates. "Alone among my novels them is prefaced by an Author's Note, terse, equivocal, and possibly helpful--at the very least by directing the reader's attention to the fact, not a negligible one, that the title them refers to certain people and is not a shorthand "poetic" was of alluding to all Americans. Who are these People?--Loretta and her children, Jules and Maureen, and to a lesser extent their father, their stepfather, their uncle Brock, their lost sister Bette, their young brother Randolph? They are Americans--infected in part, by the glamour of America, the adventure of aggressive and futile dreams--but they are not Americans most of us know.Of course, I lived in Detroit at the time of the 1967 riots, and was shaken by the experience.Maurenne Wendall, like Jules, is a composite character.I see shadowy aspects of myself in her, I recognize my voice in hers in a way I would not have admitted when I wrote the novel. Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938) is a writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. She has won awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel them, two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize. In the book's foreword, Oates writes that them is based for the most part upon the life of a real family. The main character, "Maureen Wendall," contacted Oates by mail after she had failed a college course taught by the author, and these letters are included (presumably verbatim) in the novel, about two-thirds of the way through the text. Saying that "the novel practically wrote itself," Oates organized the story and recast it as fiction, but at certain points she revised the text to include "Maureen Wendall's" words verbatim. Oates noted that, rather than sensationalizing the story of the Wendalls to make slum life more lurid, she softened some sections so that they would not overwhelm the reader. She said that the confessional aspect was, at least temporarily, extremely therapeutic to "Maureen Wendall" and that all the family members were still living. In an addendum to the afterword, Oates said that the "realist" element was a literary device: all characters and events were entirely fictional. She wrote Maureen's letters, and the "Miss Oates" to whom the letters are written is also a fictional character. At the time (1962-1967), Oates used the name of Joyce Smith. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best. The Franklin Library was a division of The Franklin Mint that produced fine collector edition books over three decades ending in the year 2000. For this reason all Franklin Library editions are now considered "out of print" and are no longer available for sale from the Franklin Mint. The Franklin Library produced books in three different binding styles referred to as full genuine leather, imitation leather, and quarter bound genuine leather. The full leather bound editions were produced through out the Franklin Library's full life span and the other two styles (imitation and quarter bound) were only produced through the 1970's and 80's. Below are some of the characteristics found in all Franklin Library editions along with more detailed information about the different binding styles. All Editions: â ¢ High quality paper; â ¢ Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding; â ¢ Gold gilded page edges on all three sides; â ¢ Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. The genuine full leather bound editions are the highest quality of the three. While most characteristics remained constant through out the different series and years of production the style of end papers varied from silk moiré to decorative paper. Some of the characteristics that remained constant: â ¢ Full genuine leather binding; â ¢ 22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers; and â ¢ Attached silk page marker.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1979 LTD EDITION Privately Printing individually SIGNED by the author JOYCE CAROL OATES ( tissue paper cover) - NEAR FINE minor rubbing/corner wear - TIGHT BINDING - burg leather with gold accents on the cover/spine and page edging, includes an attached satin bookmark ribbon - includes "notes from the editors" - As New. Signed by Author(s).