Editore: Picador, 1986
ISBN 10: 0330293893 ISBN 13: 9780330293891
Condizione: USED_GOOD. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Editore: Vintage Books USA, 1984
ISBN 10: 039472299X ISBN 13: 9780394722993
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.
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Editore: Vintage Classic, 2009
ISBN 10: 0099530368 ISBN 13: 9780099530367
Da: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989
ISBN 10: 0679722394 ISBN 13: 9780679722397
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Editore: Harvill Press, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0002730103 ISBN 13: 9780002730105
Da: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: USED_GOOD. Clean, unmarked, light wear to corners, solid and crease-free spine. BP/Essays/Fiction/C.
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961966 ISBN 13: 9780884961963
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. First edition. 8vo. Glossy illustrated wrappers. 189 pages. Small clip to bottom corner of rear cover. No names or marks. The first trade printing, proceeded by a limited edition hardbound.
Editore: Harvill Press, London, 1984
ISBN 10: 1860464513 ISBN 13: 9781860464515
Da: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
softcover. Condizione: Fine copy. 1st edition. 8vo, 204 pp.
Editore: Picador, 1986
Da: Librairie Lalibela, Ckelles, PARIS, Francia
Prima edizione
Couverture souple. Condizione: USED_FINE. Edition originale. In-8° broché.
Editore: Vintage Books, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0688011748 ISBN 13: 9780688011741
Da: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
2nd printing. More than 60 short pieces in this wide-ranging collection. Bright tight clean copy. 5-1/4 x 8, 204 pp. VG+ unmarked, no spine creases, small dampstain to rear lwr edge. Hardback in red/cream boards, in author color-photo jacket.
Editore: New York: Vintage, 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 039472299X ISBN 13: 9780394722993
Da: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Pages foxed. Small knock on back cover. ISBN: 039472299X. [u].
Editore: Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Capra Pr, 1983, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961966 ISBN 13: 9780884961963
Da: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Paper Back.1st edition.very good.small crease on cover.(L4/4).
Editore: Capra Pr, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961966 ISBN 13: 9780884961963
Da: Stock & Trade LLC, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.
Editore: Vintage Books, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 039472299X ISBN 13: 9780394722993
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Vintage Books edition. Mass market paperback. Foxing to the top edge, and a touch of sunning to the spine, else near fine.
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1978
Da: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: About Fine. First Edition. About Fine in glossy red and yellow wrappers, the paperbound issue. 189pp. with an Afterword by Carver. Q16727.
Editore: Santa Barbara, CA Capra 1983., 1983
Da: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Sticker traces back cover, else about fine - illus. wraps. | The simultaneous softcover. 1st paper ed. Binding is SC.
Editore: Collins Harvill, London, 1985
Da: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+ dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Stephen Raw (illustratore). 1st U.K. edition. [solid copy with only light shelfwear, but offsetting to endpapers and age-toning and very light vertical streaking to the pages (due to the use of inferior paper stock); the jacket is slightly scrunched with a tiny tear at the top of the spine, bumped at lower left corner of front panel, some wrinkling to the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel]. Four essays (including "John Gardner: The Writer as Teacher"); fifty poems; and seven stories. The latter group: "Distance"; "The Lie"; "The Cabin"; "Harry's Death"; "The Pheasant"; "Where Is Everyone?"; and "So Much Water So Close to Home.".
Editore: The Harvill Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0002712431 ISBN 13: 9780002712439
Da: Our Kind Of Books, Liphook, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition. Grey cloth boards with a good price clipped dust jacket. Foxing present to the front end paper only. Otherwise a very good clean copy.
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Editore: Collins Harvill, London, 1985
Da: Browsers Books, Hamilton, NZ, Nuova Zelanda
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Collins Harvill London 1985 First UK Edition VG (grey cloth w title in gilt on spine, sl worn, edges sl discoloured) in VG DW (sl worn, some foxing on rear, price clipped and price sticker on inside flap).
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Da: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Softcover. First Edition. The standard trade issue in paperback. There were also a small number of copies bound in boards, similar to the limited edition and likely meant for libraries. A superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along with 50 poems and 7 stories, including "So Much Water So Close to Home," which figured prominently in Robert Altman's film SHORT CUTS. This copy belonged to poet William Heyen and is SIGNED by him on the front endpaper. Small bookstore label on inside of front cover. Near Fine.
Editore: Collins Harvill, 1985
Da: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, Regno Unito
FIRST EDITION, pages a little toned throughout, pp. 204, crown 8vo, original grey boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, near-contemporary ownership inscription to flyleaf, dustjacket slightly toned to rear panel with the odd tiny nick, very good.
Editore: Santa Barbara: Capra Press,, 1983
Da: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First trade edition. 189 pp. Small stains to fore-edge and bottom corner of text block, crease to front cover. In all, very good in glossy illustrated wrappers. Inked ownership name of poet W[alter] Pavlich on the front free endpaper, and INSCRIBED by Carver, "For Walter, / with warm wishes / Ray. Carver. / 2.24.87. / Davis.".
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Da: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Paperback. Condizione: Near fine. Signed first edition of Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories by Raymond Carver, inscribed three months before his passing. (illustratore). First Edition Thus. Octavo, 189pp. Paperback with title in black on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, worn corners, some shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Raymond Carver / May 1988." Raymond Carver (1938-1988) was an influential American writer and poet, renowned for his minimalist style and relatable depiction of working-class life. He published several acclaimed short-story collections, including "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," "Cathedral," and "Where I'm Calling From." Carver was widely admired for his writing, receiving five O. Henry Awards throughout his career and a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984.
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Da: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: near fine. First edition. 8vo. Hardbound book in clear acetate wrapper. 189 pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed acetate. Includes essays, poems and stories by the author of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?.
Editore: Harvill/Collins, 1985
Da: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. This edition is the only hardcover edition of this title. Raymond Carver's "Fires" is a quick introduction to the author who personifies literary minimalism. In this slim volume, the reader is treated to essays and poems, as well as Carver's trademark: taut short stories that, in remarkably few words, paint a vivid tableau of so much of American life. Carver's subjects are ones that other writers shy away from: working-class stiffs and the mundane lives they lead. But Carver's magic lies in his ability to fascinate the reader with seemingly unfascinating topics. The characters' souls are bared, the torment of their lives is revealed, the desperation of their economic situations is rendered so masterfully, and in so little space, that the reader marvels at how Carver manages to accomplish the feat. For students of the writer's trade, Carver offers a valuable lesson in how to use minimal syllables for maximum impact. This volume features seven short stories, fifty poems, and four essays.
Editore: Capra Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961958 ISBN 13: 9780884961956
Da: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
hardcover. 1st edition. Very Good in Hardcover & Slipcase.
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 189 pages. First limited Edition, one (217) of 250 copies signed by Carver on the colophon page at the end of the book. Contains the title essay and an essay called On Writing. Also 50 poems & 7 stories, including one called "So Much Water So Close to Home, which was used in Robert Altman's movie called Short Cuts. As new book without a dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy!. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Da: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. The standard trade issue in paperback. There were also a small number of copies bound in boards, similar to the limited edition and likely meant for libraries. A superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along with 50 poems and 7 stories, including "So Much Water So Close to Home," which figured prominently in Robert Altman's film SHORT CUTS. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page and rather uncommon as such.
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983
Prima edizione
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Oblong orange wraps, approximately 10.75" x 8.5" with title label, once presumably affixed to front cover, loose. Bound proofs (perhaps galley proofs), with "Raymond Carver" written by hand on spine. An uncommon format, with no similar copies in commerce, with only one similar copy in OCLC (Pierpont Morgan Library).
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
Da: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine in original glassine. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies in red boards SIGNED by Carver of this superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along with 50 poems and 7 stories, including "So Much Water So Close to Home," which figured prominently in Robert Altman's film SHORT CUTS.
Editore: Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1983
ISBN 10: 0884961958 ISBN 13: 9780884961956
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited edition - #189/250. Red cloth, no dust jacket as issued.