Bibliographical Description
89.06.W001: Carver – Cathedral
RAYMOND CARVER | [letters in negative space in printed black box 15.5 x 74 mm, i.e. letters not actually printed] CATHEDRAL | STORIES | VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES • VINTAGE BOOKS | A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. • NEW YORK
120 leaves, pp. [8] 1–3 4-26 27 28-33 34-35 36-46 47 48-58 59 60-89 90–91 92-109 110–111 112-125 126–127 128-146 147 148-156 157 158-186 187 188-208 209 210-228 [4][all verso pages–i.e. even numbered pages–unnumbered throughout text]
Edition statement: Vintage Contemporaries Edition, June 1989
Contents: π1a blurbs, π1b ALSO BY RAYMOND CARVER”, π2a half-title, π2b blank, π3a title-page, π3b imprint, π4a table of contents, π4b blank, 1 fly-title, 2 blank, 3-228 Cathedral: 3-26 ‘[rule 43 mm] | FEATHERS‘, 27-33 ‘[rule 43 mm] | CHEF’S HOUSE‘, 34 blank, 35-46 ‘[rule 43 mm] | PRESERVATION‘, 47-58 ‘[rule 43 mm] | THE COMPARTMENT‘, 59-89 ‘[rule 43 mm] | A SMALL, GOOD THING‘, 90 blank, 91-109 ‘[rule 43 mm] | VITAMINS‘, 110 blank, 111-125 ‘[rule 43 mm] | CAREFUL‘, 126 blank, 127-146 ‘[rule 43 mm] | WHERE I’M CALLING FROM‘, 147-156 ‘[rule 43 mm] | THE TRAIN‘, 157-186 ‘[rule 43 mm] | FEVER‘, 187-208 ‘[rule 43 mm] | THE BRIDLE‘, 209-228 ‘[rule 43 mm] | CATHEDRAL‘; χ1a about the author, χ1b blank, χ2a ‘[in stylized Vintage Contemporaries typeface] ALSO BY | RAYMOND CARVER’, χ2b
Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Garnet Henderson; exterior author photo by Marion Ettlinger; display typography by Stephanie Bart-Horvath.
Copyright: © 1981, 1982, 1983. ISBN: 0-679-72369-2 / 9780679723691. Price: 8.95. Cathedral was first published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1983. ‘The Train’ is dedicated to John Cheever.
Copies: JDP 1.2
Blurbs
- (front cover) One of the great short story writers of our time–of any time. – The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Cathedral contains astonishing achievements, which bespeak a writer expanding his range and intentions. – Boston Globe
- A dozen stories that overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life…Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty…his eye set only on describing and revealing the world as he sees it. His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart. – Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
- A few of Mr. Carver’s stories can already be counted among the masterpieces of American fiction….Cathedral shows a gifted writer struggling for a larger scope of reference, a finer touch of nuance. – Irving Howe, front page, The New York Times Book Review
- Clear, hard language so right that we shiver at the knowledge we gain from it. – Thomas Williams, Chicago Tribune Book World
- Carver is more than a realist; there is, in some of his stories, a strangeness, the husk of myth. – Los Angeles Times