Buy this book on-line

CARVER, RAYMOND: : Where I'm Calling From: THE SELECTED STORIES [with the author's foreword.]

LONDON.THE HARVILL PRESS/HarperCollinsPublishers,1998.

ISBN 1860465617.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,Memorial,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.Originally, first published in US (New York) by Atlantic Monthly Press (1988) and the last published book during his lifetime there. Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25,1938 – August 2,1988.Shortly before he died,he made this selection,revising the texts published them as this title.The first (UK) issue published postumously,by The Harvill Press,1993,This edn the (UK) Memorial,1st edn thus,1998,commemorating the 10th anniversary of his premature death.The 7 "new stories" are the last seven in this present volume,and were first published in Britain as a separate volume under the title 'Elephant.' (Harvill,1988.),though these were composed in the five years before his death.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, silver background with double-lined red border to centrally positioned,author's b/w portrait photograph with red+black lettering,similar lettering to spine/backstrip,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' red+black lettered reviews and a double-lined red bordered,black-lettered potted biography of the author; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents exceptionally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine - unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean, sharp-cornered,original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a silver/grey headband and sewn-in silk ribboned bookmark and immaculate/clean plain sets of burgundy endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,memorial 1st edn thus, xi-xvipp+1-430pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,37 chosen short stories,the last seven having been previously published in a volme entitled 'Elephant; by Harvill (UK) in 1988; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publsher's advert for author's other published titles to reverse,title page,a dedication page - to his parner Tess Gallagher,with whom he shared the last eleven years of his life - with acknowledgements to verso,an epigram (Milan Kundera - 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.') with a Note on the Text to it's verso,contents list/table,book's title separator page with blank verso,recto of last page with blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, Memorial,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.