Falls, The – Joyce Carol Oates
F/NF Signed Early Print

For sale: a Signed first hardcover edition, first printing of The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates. First Edition stated, 2004 Ecco. Sixth Printing, with partial number line 10 9 8 7 6.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the author’s signature on the half title page without inscription or 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 edge wear. First state jacket with the $26.95 price and the 0904 date code on the front flap looks great in a new archival wrap.

The Falls is a love story gone wrong and righted, and it alone places Joyce Carol Oates definitively in the company of the great American novelists.