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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.

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."

Light shelfwear, color faded around edges, gilt lightly rubbed at head of spine, textblock rippled on lower edge near spine with very minor corresponding edge wear to pages; dust jacket with light edge wear, spine lightly faded. Very good. LMM-214. Raymond Carver. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. Octavo. 159 pages. Publisher's blue paper covered boards over dark blue cloth with lettering to front board and spine in gilt, in unclipped dust jacket with listing price $9.95. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

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.

Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition, first edition. A few very small tears in the dust jacket (none more than 1 inch in size) and some very slight discoloration on the last two pages. Text is clean and unmarked. Book is tightly bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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. First edition, first printing. [x], 159, [3]pp. Bound in publisher's blue boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in gilt. Fine in a bright dust jacket with a tiny patch of laminate bubbling, else Fine and unclipped. An attractive copy of the major collection by the acclaimed American short story writer.

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 Knopf, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Cloth & Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered quarter blue cloth over light blue paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. Slight fade to top left edge of dj and top half inch of the book. Otherwise a near fine copy of Carver well received book of stories..

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.

Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/Fine. MINUTE STORAGE SHELF EDGE WEAR PHOTOS EMAILED WHEN ASKED FIRST PRINTING

London:: Jonathan Cape,, 2009.. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love' is Raymond Carver's most famous collection of short stories and remains one of the most influential pieces of modern literature to date. But the original unedited manuscript 'Beginners' - published here for the first time was almost fifty per cent longer than the published collection. This restored version of Carver's stories reveals what was previously unsaid filling in the narrative silences that have both inspired and mystified readers for so long. 'Beginners' is a fascinating insight into the aesthetic of a literary great and in the questions it raises may just spark off one of the great cultural debates of our times. There was no equiviaent US Edition.

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: Library of America. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2009. 1st Library of America Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1598530461 . Slipcased edition. Silk bookmark ribbon. ; LOA #195; 960 pages .

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