American Appetites – Joyce Carol Oates
F/NF First Print

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of American Appetites by Joyce Carol Oates. First Edition stated, 1989 E. P. Dutton. First Printing, with complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Inset is the publisher’s review card.

The book is in Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a convex spine, light foxing on top page block, tight binding, mild  spine tilt, strong spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with a 1 x 2 inch dry stain on the half title page and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild edge wear. First state jacket with the $18.95 price on the front flap looks great in a new archival wrap.

Set in an affluent upper-class suburb in the late 1980s, this chilling tale by master storyteller Joyce Carol Oates reveals the dark side of the American Dream. A close-knit group of friends draws closer, and then apart, when scandal and tragedy erupt among them.