Carver, Raymond. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Signed, First Edition

Description: The Stories of Raymond Carver. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1976. Very good first edition book in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Tan boards with blue spine. Title of book is blind-stamped on front panel. Orange lettering on spine. Upper external page edges are light blue tinted. Corners and a bit of the edges at head and tail of board spine are rubbed but not fraying. Upper fore-edge corner tips have small bumps. Light foxing on external page edges. Previous owner's name/date on front paste-down, else book is internally clean. Text block is tight and appears to be unread. Dust jacket is lightly soiled overall, typical of white backgrounds in older books. Folds are creased and darkened, more so on the fore-edge folds. Back panel has a 1/4" closed vertical tear to the right of center along the lower edge with adjacent shallow diagonal crease. The reverse side has a small tape repair from a previous owner. Edges and corners at head and tail of jacket spine and fore-edge corner are creased and rubbed but with very minimal loss. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request.

Price: 900 USD

Location: Excelsior, Minnesota

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