Lovely, Dark, Deep – Joyce Carol Oates
NF/NF Inscribed

For sale: a Signed and Inscribed first hardcover edition, first printing of Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates. First Edition stated, 2014 Ecco. First Printing, with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a square spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition Signed by the author with very brief inscription on left side of two-page title design. without any marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild edge wear. First state jacket with the $25.95 price and the 0607 date code on the front flap looks great in a new archival wrap.

Insightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in Lovely, Dark, Deep display Joyce Carol Oates’s magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.