SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES - Octavo, violet boards backed by a violet cloth spine, titled in silver on the spine, in a printed purple dust wrapper. There is a minor crease along the bottom edge of the dust jacket. [x] & 196 pages. Near fine.

First edition. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page.

LITERATURE; STORIES; JOYCE CAROL OATES; FICTION; A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH-CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; MODERN; SIGNATURE.