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

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

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] | M_Y F_ATHER’S L_IFE’, 22-27 ‘[rule 42 mm] | O_N W_RITING’, 28-39 ‘[rule 42 mm] | F_IRES’, 40-47 ‘[rule 42 mm] | J_OHN G_ARDNER : T_HE W_RITER A_S T_EACHER’, 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] | T_HE L_IE‘, 144 blank, 145-156 ‘[rule 42 mm] | T_HE C_ABIN‘, 157-163 ‘[rule 42 mm] | H_ARRY’S D_EATH‘, 164 blank, 165-171 ‘[rule 42 mm] | T_HE P_HEASANT‘, 172 blank, 173-183 ‘[rule 42 mm] | W_HERE I_S E_VERYONE?‘, 184 blank, 185-204 ‘[rule 42 mm] | S_O M_UCH W_ATER S_O C_LOSE T_O H_OME‘, 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)

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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] C_ATHEDRAL| 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] | F_EATHERS‘, 27-33 ‘[rule 43 mm] | C_HEF’S H_OUSE‘, 34 blank, 35-46 ‘[rule 43 mm] | P_RESERVATION‘, 47-58 ‘[rule 43 mm] | T_HE C_OMPARTMENT‘, 59-89 ‘[rule 43 mm] | A S_MALL, G_OOD T_HING‘, 90 blank, 91-109 ‘[rule 43 mm] | V_ITAMINS‘, 110 blank, 111-125 ‘[rule 43 mm] | C_AREFUL‘, 126 blank, 127-146 ‘[rule 43 mm] | W_HERE I’_M C_ALLING F_ROM‘, 147-156 ‘[rule 43 mm] | T_HE T_RAIN‘, 157-186 ‘[rule 43 mm] | F_EVER‘, 187-208 ‘[rule 43 mm] | T_HE B_RIDLE‘, 209-228 ‘[rule 43 mm] | C_ATHEDRAL‘; 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.

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

Mary Gaitskill – Bad Behavior (1989)

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89.05.W061: Gaitskill – Bad Behavior

104 leaves, pp. [2] 1–10 11-30 31–32 33-52 53–54 55-73 74–75 76-84 85–86 87-104 105–106 107-130 131–132 133-147 148–149 150-172 173–174 175-203 [3]

Edition statement: First Vintage Contemporaries Edition, May 1989

Contents: π1a blurbs, π1b blank, 1 title-page, 2 imprint, 3 dedication, 4 blank, 5 epigraph, 6 blank, 7 table of contents, 8 blank, 9-203 Bad Behavior: 9-30 ‘DAISY’S VALENTINE’, 31-52 ‘A ROMANTIC WEEKEND’, 53-73 ‘SOMETHING NICE’, 74-84 ‘AN AFFAIR, EDITED’, 85-104 ‘CONNECTION’, 105-130 ‘TRYING TO BE’, 131-147 ‘SECRETARY’, 148-172 ‘OTHER FACTORS’, 173-203 ‘HEAVEN’; χ1b about the author, χ2a- χ2b Vintage Contemporaries list.

Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover photograph by Benno Friedman; exterior author photo by William Coupon.

Copies: JDP 1.1 (later printing pictured)

Blurbs

(front cover) Wise beyond her years, utterly unsentimental, Gaitskill is…glorious. – The New York Times Book Review
Ferocious, terrifying stories, as skillful as they are scary. Gaitskill’s voice and talents are wonderfully new, as honest as rain, and as welcome in a long, dry season. – Alice Adams
Mary Gaitskill’s territory in this highly acclaimed collection of short stories is the bedrooms of the urban fringe, where tenderness melds with cruelty and pornography with romance. Etched in acid and touched with grace, Bad Behavior shows us rebellious, vulnerable men and women groping for human connection—knowing that any connection is fraught with danger.
A thrilling journey into the deepest ironies of romance and desire…Stunning. – Frederick Exley, author of A Fan’s Notes
Gaitskill writes with a razor-sharp brilliance which cuts through our pieties to the raw nerves. – D.M. Thomas
A breathtaking collection…graceful, brilliant. Gaitskill doesn’t stint in authenticity. Bad Behavior ranks as one of the year’s startling debuts…A literary feast. – Philadelphia Inquirer

Richard Yates – Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1989)

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89.04.W060: Yates – Eleven Kinds of Loneliness : Short Stories

ELEVEN | KINDS OF | LONELINESS | Short Stories By | RICHARD YATES | V_INTAGEC_{ONTEMPORARIES}| VINTAGE BOOKS | A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | NEW YORK

120 leaves, pp. [6] 1–3 4-20 21–23 24-38 39–41 42-58 59–61 62-73 74–77 78-93 94–97 98-112 113–115 116-125 126–129 130-144 145–147 148-168 169–171 172-188 189–191 192-230 [4]

Edition statement: First Vintage Contemporaries Edition, April 1989

Contents: π1a blurbs, π1b ‘Also by Richard Yates’, π2a title-page, π2b imprint, π3a table of contents, π3b blank, 1-230 Eleven Kinds of Loneliness: 1-20 ‘Doctor Jack-o’-lantern’, 21-38 ‘The Best of Everything’; 39-58 ‘Jody Rolled the Bones’, 59-73 ‘No Pain Whatsoever’, 74 blank, 75-93 ‘A Glutton for Punishment’, 94 blank, 95-112 ‘A Wrestler with Sharks’, 113-125 ‘Fun with a Stranger’, 126 blank, 127-144 ‘The B.A.R. Man’, 145-168 ‘A Really Good Jazz Piano’, 169-188 ‘Out with the Old’, 189-230 ‘Builders’; χ1a about the author, χ1b blank, χ2a- χ2b Vintage Contemporaries list.

Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Theo Rudnak; exterior author photo by Jill Krementz.

Copies: JDP 1.1

Blurbs

(front cover) Mere mention of its title is enough to produce quick, affirmative nods from a whole generation of readers.…Yates created…what is almost the New York equivalent of Dubliners. – The New York Times Book Review
Extravagantly gifted…Yates’ eye and ear are, I believe, unsurpassed; I know of no writer whose senses are in more admirable condition. It is they that make his characters live, make these stories move and beat—they…and the sure perfection of his writing. – Esquire
This collection of short stories—all written between 1951 and 1961—became a cult book for a generation. Today it seems even more powerful. Out of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver with visions of immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women, Richard Yates creates a haunting, subtly shaded mosaic of the 1950s, the era when the American dream was finally coming true—and just beginning to ring a little hollow.
The stories are sharply focused, beautifully written and powerfully moving. I know of no collection like it. Deservedly it has become a classic. – Ann Beattie
Vintage Books is proud to announce the publication of this and two other Richard Yates titles—Revolutionary Road and The Easter Parade—in Vintage Contemporaries.

Lewis Nordan – The All-Girl Football Team (1989)

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89.02.W058: Nordan – The All-Girl Football Team

72 leaves, pp. [14] 1-15 16-28 29-47 48-58 59-73 74-83 84-97 98-112 113-125 [5]

Edition statement: First Vintage Contemporaries Edition, February 1989

Contents: π1a author photo with blurbs, π1b “ALSO BY LEWIS NORDAN”, π2a half-title, π2b blank, π3a title, π3b imprint, π4a dedication, π4b blank, π5a epigraph, π5b blank, π6a table of contents, π6b blank, π7a fly-title, π7b blank, 1-125 The All-Girl Football Team: 1-15 Sugar Among the Chickens, 16-28 The Talker at the Freak-Show, 29-47 Sugar, the Eunuchs, and Big G. B., 48-58 The Sears and Roebuck Catalog Game, 59-73 The Farmers’ Daughter, 74-83 Wild Dog, 84-97 John Thomas Bird, 98-112 The Attendant, 113-125 The All-Girl Football Team; χ1b blank, χ2a about the author, χ2b blank, χ3a Vintage Contemporaries list, χ3b Vintage Contemporaries list, continued, with order form.

Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Chris Moore; interior author photo by Ed Sumrok.

Copies: JDP 1.1

Blurbs

(front cover) A stunning collection of stories. Mr. Nordan’s distinctive gift is for blending the grotesque and the ordinary. – The New York Times Book Review
Love and humor triumph in these often expert fictions. – Kirkus Reviews
Welcome to Arrow Catcher, Mississippi, a Delta town whose air is filled with “innocence and ripe apples.” But to Sugar Mecklin, a young boy who is the central character in many of these marvelous stories, it is also a place “where freaks grow like magic from the buckshot and gumbo, where eunuchs roam the Delta flatscape looking for Episcopalians.” Sugar’s mother spends her days creating imaginary lives for models in her Sears and Roebuck catalog. Daddy keeps a black suit with the words “Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” spelled out in sequins on the back hidden in his closet. Sugar searches for a way to grow up with dignity, and finds resources he never knew he had. While fishing for chickens in the yard, he lands a rooster on his head instead: “My parents were proud of me. They believed that a man who has worn a chicken on his head would never be a fool to geography or marriage or alcohol.”
Lewis Nordan’s magical, often sidesplittingly funny tales are triumphs of Southern storytelling.