New York: The Ecco Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oates' story is the first of what The Ecco Press planned as a series of imaginative collaborations between authors and works of art; in this case between Oates and the 1891 painting by Fernand Khnopff with the same title as the story and which serves as cover art on the dustjacket. The story chronicles the life of an upstate New York woman, born Edith Margaret Freilicht in 1890 and known as Calla in the small town where she lives. A beautiful, eccentric individual who is a puzzle to her husband and children and whose life becomes defined by her association with an itinerant black water diviner and the community's superstitious racism. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only the slightest surface and edgewear. Collectable.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004093
Title: I LOCK MY DOOR UPON MYSELF
Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
ISBN 10: 0880012609
ISBN 13: 9780880012607
Publisher: The Ecco Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, ART, NEW YORK, PAINTING
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Novel; Art; Fine Literature;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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