New York and Barnstable, MA: Holt, Rinehart & Winston / Crane Duplicating Service, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); photomechanically reproduced sheets, comb-bound into peach printed wrappers, with holograph publication date and price highlighted at upper right corner of front wrapper, and holograph number in grease pencil at lower right..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1990. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 75 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.28. Octavo (20.5cm); cream paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-80pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £12.95), with some pinpoint wear and rubbing..... More
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou Books, 1988. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (20.25cm); pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-86,[6]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else a Fine, unread copy. "In these seven new stories Paul Bowles ranges widely in time, in form, and in geographic space - from Massachusetts to Morocco, from 1932..... More
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou Books, 1988. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [10],11-86,[6]pp. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), tiny scuff to upper front board edge, else Near Fine. "In these seven new stories Paul Bowles..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm); publisher's long galley sheets (rectos), trimmed, hole-punched, and string-tied at left margin into unprinted blue paper covers, with holograph title and publication information in blue grease pencil to front cover. Some wear, toning, and creasing to wrappers, along with a...... More
London: Peter Owen, 1987. Second UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [9],10-377,[7]pp. Rough erasure on front pastedown, otherwise Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £18.50). An autobiography by the noted expatriate author, composer and translator. More
New York and Barnstable, MA: G.P. Putnam's Sons / Crane Duplicating Service, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Tall octavo (27.75cm); publisher's original printed card wrappers, with trial dustjacket attached to covers; [6],7-254,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Holograph note and date of publication (in pencil) to front wrapper..... More
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1946 [but 1947]. First Separate Edition. Slim quarto (30.25cm); original printed wrappers; 5,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some very faint foxing to front wrapper; Near Fine. A collaborative work between Bowles and Stein. The..... More
New York: Hargail Music Press, 1947. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Bifolium (31cm); printed wrappers; [4]pp. Some light wear, creasing, and toning to extremities, with a small, faint stain to lower edge of front wrapper; Very Good+. A collaborative work between Bowles and Williams, first performed at Town Hall..... More
London: Peter Owen Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author on the copyright page, this being copy no.98. Octavo (22.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's original unprinted white tissue dustjacket; [8],9-93,[3]pp; illus. Tiny scuff..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 60 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Bowles and Vidal, this being copy no.56. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and teal patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[14],15-417,[7]pp. Upper rear..... More
Zurich: Memory/Cage Editions, 1995. First Edition. Trade Issue, one of 1,500 copies. Square quarto (22.75cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; [10],11-54,[6]pp; illus. A Fine copy of this short story, first written in 1962, illustrated throughout with photographs by Vittorio Santoro. More
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this collaborative work between Bowles and Swiss photographer Peter Haeberlin, who capture in text and images accounts of daily life among the desert and hill country tribes of Northwestern Africa. Miller A8b. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Quarto..... More
[North Pomfret, VT]: Elysium Press, 1997. First Edition. An exquisitely produced volume gathering the collected correspondence between Bowles and Rorem, spanning the years 1949-1995. "For more than fifty years, the writer/composer Paul Bowles and Ned Rorem have exchanged letters on a wide variety of subjects that encompass much of the..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Collects 12 separately issued chapbooks, trimmed and bound in a single volume. Morrow & Cooney 246. Deluxe Issue, one of 50 copies specially bound and signed by (almost) all contributors (with exception to Charles Olson and Norman Glass). Octavo (23.75cm); full coarse..... More
[New York: Heddaoua / The Great Society], 1967. First Edition. Small quarto (24.25cm); pictorial card wrappers; [4],5-87,[3]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, some faint surface scratches, and a few mild creases to wrappers; Very Good+ or better. Debut issue of this short-lived art and poetry magazine produced by Cohen and..... More
London: Dennis Dobson Limited, 1947. First U.K. Edition. "A collection of surrealistic material verging on dada, presented in experimental modes...The book is designed with collages, secondary use of 19th century prints, and a few original (though minor) works by Yves Tanguy, Pavel Tchelitchew, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, and Max Ernst"..... More
New York: Zero Press, 1956. First Edition. The final iissue of this short-lived literary magazine, published first from Paris, then from Tangier, and later from New York by Albert (Asa) Benveniste and Themistocles Hoetis (pseud. of George Salamos). Includes "From Notes Taken In Ceylon" by Paul Bowles, "The Smeraldina's Billet..... More
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New York: Ecco Press, 1979. First Edition. Notable issue of this long-running literary journal, containing "Burial," a 13-page excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's fourth novel, Suttree, written prior to publication. The issue also includes contributions by Paul Bowles ("Midnight Mass"), Italo Calvino ("Preface - Story"), and Carlos Fuentes ("These Were The..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1989. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-125,[3]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £12.95). The autobiography of Mohammed Mrabet, as told to Paul Bowles, which was first published in 1976 by Black Sparrow..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1989. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, a trade paperback original. Octavo (21.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-77,[3]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine and unread. The first UK edition of Mrabet's 1977 novel set in Morocco, a "hallucinatory tale of love, madness, sorcery, and superstition..." (from rear wrapper)..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author and translator, this being copy 'N'. Octavo (22.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and floral-patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-77,[7]pp, with illustrated..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author and translator, this being copy 'S'. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and maroon velour cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-123,[3]pp. Fine..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1967. First Edition. First Impression, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (19cm); dark brown textured paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-176pp. Spine ends gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced 30s.), with light wear to extremities and a touch..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author and translator, this being copy 'T'. This copy bears an original ink illustration signed by the author, tipped onto the page following the copyright page. Octavo (23.75cm); pictorial..... More