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Babysitter – Joyce Carol Oates
VG/NF

Original price was: $45.00.Current price is: $30.00.

Very Good First Edition, First Printing with a bump in a Near Fine dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap. Please see below for more details.

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For sale: a Rare first hardcover edition, first printing of Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. First Edition stated, 2022 Knopf. First Printing, without subsequent printing.

The book is in Very Good condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a square spine and with a large dent/bump to the bottom edge of the front board. Also with, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition without any other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear and heavy edge wear. First state jacket with the $26.95 price on the front flap and the 08/2022 date on the rear flap that looks great in a new archival wrap.

Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated, and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work of contemporary fiction.

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Additional information

Weight 1.8 lbs
Dimensions 9.55 × 6.62 × 1.2 in
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