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Raymond Carver – Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories (1989)

Bibliographical Description

89.06.W063: Carver – Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories

RAYMOND CARVER | [letters in negative space in printed black box 15.5 x 64 mm, i.e. letters not actually printed] FIRES | ESSAYS | POEMS | STORIES | VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES | VINTAGE BOOKS | A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. • NEW YORK

104 leaves, pp. 1–13 14-21 22 23-27 28 29-39 40 41-47 48–52 53-71 72–74 75-79 80–82 83-98 99–100 101-127 128–131 132-139 140–141 142-143 144–145 146-156 157 158-163 164-165 166-171 172–173 174-183 184–185 186-204 [4]

Edition statement: Vintage Contemporaries Edition, June 1989

Contents: 1 half-title, 2 ‘ALSO BY RAYMOND CARVER’, 3 title-page, 4 imprint, 5 dedication ‘FOR TESS GALLAGHER’, 6 epigraph, 7-9 table of contents, 10 blank, 11-204 Fires: 11 section heading ‘[rule 12 mm] | ESSAYS | [rule 12 mm]’, 12 blank, 13-21 ‘[rule 42 mm] | MY FATHER’S LIFE’, 22-27 ‘[rule 42 mm] | ON WRITING’, 28-39 ‘[rule 42 mm] | FIRES’, 40-47 ‘[rule 42 mm] | JOHN GARDNER : THE WRITER AS TEACHER’, 48 blank, 49 section heading ‘[rule 12 mm] | ESSAYS | [rule 12 mm]’, 50 blank, 51 subsection heading ‘ONE’, 52 blank, 53 ‘DRINKING WHILE DRIVING’, 54-55 ‘LUCK’, 56-57 ‘DISTRESS SALE’, 58 ‘YOUR DOG DIES’, 59 ‘PHOTOGRAPH OF MY FATHER | IN HIS TWENTY-SECOND YEAR’, 60 ‘HAMID RAMOUZ (1818-1906)’, 61 ‘BANKRUPTCY’, 62 ‘THE BAKER’, 63 ‘IOWA SUMMER’, 64-65 ‘ALCOHOL’, 66-68 ‘FOR SEMRA, WITH MARTIAL VIGOR’, 69 ‘LOOKING FOR WORK’, 70 ‘CHEERS’, 71 ‘ROGUE RIVER JET-BOAT TRIP, | GOLD BEACH, OREGON, JULY 4, 1977’, 72 blank, 73 subsection heading ‘TWO’, 74 blank, 75-79 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS | (an evening with Charles Bukowski), 80 blank, 81 subsection heading ‘THREE’, 82 blank, 83 ‘MORNING, THINKING OF EMPIRE’, 84-85 ‘THE BLUE STONES’, 86-87 ‘TEL AVIV AND LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI’, 88-89 ‘THE NEWS CARRIED TO MACEDONIA’, 90 ‘THE MOSQUE IN JAFFA’, 91 ‘NOT FAR FROM HERE’, 92 ‘SUDDEN RAIN’, 93 ‘BALZAC’, 94 ‘COUNTRY MATTERS’, 95 ‘THIS ROOM’, 96-97 ‘RHODES’, 98 ‘SPRING, 480 B.C., 99 subsection heading ‘FOUR’, 100 blank, 101 ‘NEAR KLAMATH’, 102 ‘AUTUMN’, 103 ‘WINTER INSOMNIA’, 104 ‘PROSSER’, 105 ‘AT NIGHT THE SALMON MOVE’, 106 ‘WITH A TELESCOPE ROD | ON COWICHE CREEK’, 107 ‘POEM FOR DR. PRATT, | A LADY PATHOLOGIST’, 108-109 ‘WES HARDIN : FROM A PHOTOGRAPH’, 110-111 ‘MARRIAGE’, 112 ‘THE OTHER LIFE’, 113 ‘THE MAILMAN AS CANCER PATIENT’, 114 ‘POEM FOR HEMINGWAY | & W.C. WILLIAMS’, 115 ‘TORTURE’, 116 ‘BOBBER’, 117 ‘HIGHWAY 99E FROM CHICO’, 118-119 ‘THE COUGAR’, 120 ‘THE CURRENT’, 121 ‘HUNTER’, 122 TRYING TO SLEEP LATE ON A | SATURDAY MORNING IN NOVEMBER’, 123 ‘LOUISE’, 124-125 POEM FOR KARL WALLENDA, | AERIALIST SUPREME’, 126 ‘DESCHUTES RIVER’, 127 ‘FOREVER’, 128 blank, 129 section heading ‘[rule 12 mm] | STORIES | [rule 12 mm]’, 130 blank, 131-139 ‘[rule 42 mm] |131-139 ‘[rule 42 mm] | DISTANCE’, 140 blank, 141-143 ‘[rule 42 mm] | THE LIE‘, 144 blank, 145-156 ‘[rule 42 mm] | THE CABIN‘, 157-163 ‘[rule 42 mm] | HARRY’S DEATH‘, 164 blank, 165-171 ‘[rule 42 mm] | THE PHEASANT‘, 172 blank, 173-183 ‘[rule 42 mm] | WHERE IS EVERYONE?‘, 184 blank, 185-204 ‘[rule 42 mm] | SO MUCH WATER SO CLOSE TO HOME‘, χ1a about the author, χ1b continuation of imprint, χ2a- χ2b ‘Also available from Vintage Contemporaries’.

Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Garnet Henderson; exterior author photo by Marion Ettlinger; display typography by Stephanie Bart-Horvath.

Copyright: © 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 by Raymond Carver; © 1983, 1984 by the Estate of Raymond Carver. ISBN: 0-679-72239-4 / 9780679722397. Price: U.S. $12.95 / CAN. $16.95. Fires was first published in different form by the Capra Press, 1983, and was previously published in softcover by Vintage Books, 1984.

Copies: JDP 1.79B8

Blurbs

  • (front cover) He is one of the great short story writers of our time–of any time. – Philadelphia Inquirer
  • “More than sixty stories, poems, and essays are included in this wide-ranging collection by the amazingly gifted and versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories—later revised for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love—are particularly notable in that between the first and the final versions, we see clearly the astounding process of Carver’s literary development.”
  • You should read Fires now. These stories and poems…show the enormous talent of Raymond Carver beginning to take hold. – San Francisco Chronicle
  • Seminal in Carver studies…A disparate collection of work bound by a unity of vision and obsession. – Los Angeles Herald Examiner
  • Carver’s most revealing book….This collection confirms the worth of Raymond Carver’s work….Like bright birds in distant trees, Carver’s stories appear in flashes, glimpses; Fires reveals the arc of his purposeful flight. – Boston Globe

Raymond Carver – Cathedral (1989)

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