Oates, Joyce Carol — The Assignation: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

New York, The Ecco Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine collection of memorable short stories by the National Book Award-winning author of The Falls and The Accursed, Marya, The Gravedigger's Daughter, We Were the Mulaneys, and others. This collection features the eponymously titled short story, quite bracing. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Extensive frontis matter + 192 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,