Joyce Carol Oates
168 copies for sale · $20–$550 · 112 first editions · 41 signed
Notable copies for sale
By the North Gate (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$500
Season of Peril Limited Edition, Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$200
The Girl. A Short Story (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$125
THE STEP-FATHER Short Story (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$75
A Bloodsmoor Romance / Joyce Carol Oates (first edition, signed) — MW Books€60
You must remember this / Joyce Carol Oates (first edition, signed) — MW Books€50
Angel of Light / Joyce Carol Oates (first edition, signed) — MW Books€48
Marya A Life (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$40
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$35
A Sentimental Education (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$35
Son of the Morning: A Novel With Signed Bookplate Laid In (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$25
MARYA; Signed Franklin Library (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$198
Works on the market
AMERICAN APPETITES5 copies · $28–$73
THEM4 copies · $43–$168
SOLSTICE4 copies · $20–$58
THEM; SIGNED Franklin Library3 copies · $273
DO WITH ME WHAT YOU WILL3 copies · $48–$73
MARYA; A Life3 copies · $20–$73
MYSTERIES OF WINTERTHURN3 copies · $20–$73
WOMAN WRITER; Occasions and Opportunities3 copies · $20–$53
MARYA; Signed Franklin Library2 copies · $198–$273
The Hostile Sun. The Poetry of d.h. lawrence2 copies · $75–$150
CHILDWOLD2 copies · $48–$143
Luxury Of Sin Limited Edition, Signed2 copies · $75–$100
THE GODDESS AND OTHER WOMEN2 copies · $20–$77
WILL YOU ALWAYS LOVE ME? ; And Other Stories2 copies · $25–$75
BELLEFLEUR2 copies · $25–$63
THE PROFANE ART: ESSAYS AND REVIEWS2 copies · $47–$51
I LOCK MY DOOR UPON MYSELF2 copies · $48
Do with Me What You Will - 1st Edition/1st Printing2 copies · $40
Angel of Light2 copies · $20–$22
The Garden of Earthly Delights1 copy · $550
Market context
142 copies of Joyce Carol Oates's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $45 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
A Sentimental Education, first English edition, signed by the author, 1981; and 60 others, (forum, 2026-07-02)£260
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