Carver, Raymond

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose (Uncorrected Proof) with: Ephemera

New York, NY: Vintage Books / Random House, 1998; 2000. Uncorrected Proof; First Printing Periodical. Softcover; Loose Folded Sheets. "A literary event: Raymond Carver's complete uncollected fiction and nonfiction, including the recently discovered "last" stories, found a decade after Carver's death and published here in book form for the first time. "Call If You Need Me" includes all of the prose previously collected in "No Heroics, Please," four essays from "Fires," and those five marvelous stories found recently among his papers, stories that range over the period of Carver's mature writing and give his devoted readers a final glimpse of the great writer at work. The pure pleasure of Carver's writing is everywhere in his work, here no less than in those stories that have already entered the canon of modern literature" (from back cover). The definitive compilation of prose writings by Raymond Carver (1938-1988, b. Raymond Clevie Carver Jr.), the canonical American poet, short story writer & essayist considered by some critics to be among the ever-most important & whose works are now enshrined in the Library of America series. Here we offer the Uncorrected Proof of this essential collection, trade-format softcover, "Tentative publication date: January 16, 2001" as stated on front cover, "First Vintage Contemporaries Original Edition, January 2001" as stated on copyright page (copyrighted 2000), First Printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. Edited by acclaimed critical biographer & academician William Stull & with an insightful foreword by Tess Gallagher, Carver's widow. We have included a piece of Carver ephemera: The August 13, 1998 issue of Sacramento (California) News & Review, a community newspaper, with the cover article "Raymond Carver: The Sacramento Years" by Ralph Brave (cover & pgs. 18-24). Large-format loose folded 76-page periodical, with many other contributions, contemporary local ads etc. in very fine condition with only inevitable mild browning, very slight edge & corner wear to sheets. A significant & rewarding Carver collectible in an especially rare pre-publication form & with enriching ephemera. Book in Very Fine condition with only light rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a hint of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at corners of a few page leaves. An extra handling fee will be added for shipping due to the size of this item. Very Fine. [Item #5778]

Price: $65.00