Little Bird of Heaven – Joyce Carol Oates
NF/NF First Print

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates. First Edition stated, 2010 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 bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with mild underlining in ink mostly in the first half and no 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 $25.99 price and the 0909 date code on the front flap looks great in a new archival wrap.

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates is a riveting story of love violently lost and found in late 20th century America. In this novel, Oates returns to the Buffalo, New York, region to brilliantly explore the dangerous intersections of romance and eroticism, guilt and obsession, desire and murder.