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London: Collins, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Jacket has two edge tears and crease to upper front fold. Signed by Carver on the title page and additionally inscribed by him, on the front flyleaf, to his British editor and publisher, Peter Straus. Good association copy.

New York: KNOPF. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by Raymond Carver on the half-title page. Near fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (Faint trace of soiling at bottom edge of front board. Tiny nick in jacket. ) Author's widely praised collection of stories. ; 6" x 8 1/2"; 159 pages .

London: Collins, 1982. First British Edition. hardcover. Small stains to bottom bulked edge of text. About Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. This copy SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Much less common than the American edition which was published the previous year.

New York: Vintage Books, (March 1982) and (March 1984). First Vintage Books Edition. Paperback. Fine, both housed in a specially made stiff, archival paper case. First Paperback printings of both books, each copy INSCRIBED "For Bert(?)" and SIGNED by the author "Ray Carver/Sacramento" on the half-title pages, the first title also dated "2-24-87."

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Review copy. (Publisher's slip and promotional placard laid-in. ) Close to fine in fine dust jacket. (Excess glue on rear paste-down has caused a tiny loss of paper of about a sixteenth of an inch along bottom edge where opened. ) Despite this minor flaw a very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket. Author's breakthrough book. Stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

New York: KNOPF.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Virtually indiscernible erasure at bottom edge of front end-paper. Trace of light rubbing to upper edge of boards. ) Author's widely praised collection of stories. ; 6" x 8 3/4"; 159 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. APR" in ink on bottom bulked text edge. Mild staining to the rear. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof in cream wraps of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. Reproduces many corrections in the text. Publisher's notations in black and red ink on the front cover giving a publication date of April 1981 and a price of $9.95 along with a statement of 7500 in the first printing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Mild darkening to the spine. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof in cream wraps of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. Reproduces many corrections in the text.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. First Printing of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. This copy with an interesting provenance with the SIGNATURE of poet William Heyen dated 1981 on the front pastedown underneath the dustwrapper flap.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($9.95). Quarter blue cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Possibly the best collection of Carver stories. Includes the much anthologized "Gazebo," "Little Things," and the titular "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. hardcover. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. First Printing of Carver's second major collection of short fiction and his first book to go into further printings. Included is the story "Why Don't You Dance?," basis for the 2010 Will Ferrell film EVERYTHING MUST GO. This copy with an interesting provenance with the SIGNATURE of Canadian critic and short story writer John Metcalf dated Nov. 1982 on the front endpaper and the SIGNATURE of novelist Leon Rooke on the following blank. John Metcalf is a long-time critic of Canadian cultural and educational inadequacies and published KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS in 1982 to showcase this frustration. Leon Rooke, a Canadian novelist born in North Carolina, has written many books including LAST ONE HOME SLEEPS IN THE YELLOW BED.

New York: Borzoi Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Toning to dust jacket.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1981 Cloth, 8vo. Stated 1st edition. 163 pp. 1/4 cloth over blue paper boards, with gilt at spine. Colorful un-clipped DJ, $9.95 on front flap.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Slim Octavo. 159 pp, 17 short stories. stated first edition. 5.9" x 8.6" black cloth backed spine, gilt spine letters, dark blue papered boards, in colorful, unclipped DJ. Square, tight, clean. DJ with 1" closed tear up lower hinge, minor edgewear top/bottom spine. upper rear forecorner. soft wrinkles across lower 1" fr panel. Carver's second collection of short stories. .

Library of America, 2009-08-19. Stated first edition. hardcover. fine/slipcase fine. 5x1x8. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark green binding. Clean pages, ribbon marker. Slipcase has no splits.

New York: Vintage Books, 1982. First Vintage Books Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Near fine. Small stain on fore-edge of pages, else fine and unread.. First Vintage Books Edition, First Printing. Softcover. First paperback edition of this collection of stories, originally published in hardcover by Knopf a year earlier. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

London: Panther/Harvill, (1996).. First printing of this trade paperback edition.. 134 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

Random House Vintage, 1982-03-12T00:00:01Z. First Paperback Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8x98x147. Minor shelf wear to binding with scuffs, creases & small scratches. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Several pages have creased corners.