New York: Dutton, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. About Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped jacket. The book is sharp, and notably absent the remainder mark which seems to have plagued most copies of this title. The jacket still retains the original $16.95 price, and the spine is completely unfaded..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 500 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and dark red cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-145,[3]pp. Lower board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine in..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors (except for Boulaich and Yacoubi, who did not sign), this being copy 'O'. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine;..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First Edition. Second volume in Bova's Grand Tour series, centered around the exploration and colonization of the solar system, inscribed to his long-time friend and fellow science fiction author Dean Ing. The accompanying letter discusses the possibilities of the Ing's visiting Bova in Connecticut ("Got..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Bowles's only novel, finished in 1941, centered around the theme of women and their attempts at independence. One of her protagonists, Christina Goering, "tries to earn salvation by leaving her home and her female companion to challenge the hate outside world. There..... More
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1943. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); orange wrappers, with text printed in green; 4pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper. Light wear to extremities, faint creases to upper corners of text, with a faint vertical stain toward left edge of front wrapper and an..... More
London: John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Bowles's second novel, centered around an American who arrives in Morrocco, who becomes consumed with the seedier side of Tangier's International Zone. Miller A6a. First Impression, one of 7,000 copies. Octavo (20.25cm); light blue-grey cloth, with titles stamped in maroon on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-318,[2]pp..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition Thus. One of 10 uncorrected proof copies, each rubber-stamped "Advance Copy" on front endpaper, with the publisher's slip mounted to front cover (numbered 1/10 in pencil at upper right corner of same). Octavo (23cm); publisher's light blue card wrappers; [6],7-292,[8]pp. Trivial wear..... More
London: John Lehmann, 1950. First Edition. A sharp copy of Bowles's first collection of short fiction, gathering a dozen short stories, several of which first appeared in the pages of Harper's Bazaar, Horizon, Life and Letters, Mademoiselle, Partisan Review, Penguin New Writing, and View. His stories "The Delicate Prey" and..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies (per Miller, not the 1,000 copies stated on the colophon). Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and purple cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-162,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of only 30 copies bound with black cloth, due to an insufficient quantity of purple cloth at the bindery. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'F'. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-162,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly..... More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Starstreams / Sharada Printing Press, 1976. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies, this being no.472. Small quarto (24.25cm); machine-sewn pictorial wrappers, printed in hand-made Nepalese paper and brown tissue leaves; cover illustration verifaxed by Maya; 17 unpaginated leaves; photographic frontispiece collage by Dana Young. While not called..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'A'. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-73,[7]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket..... More
San Francisco: Cadmus Editions, 1997. First, Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.52. Slim octavo (20.5cm); letterpress printed sheets with text printed in two colors, string-tied into black wrappers, with title label mounted to front cover; [16]pp. A Fine copy of this..... More
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1968. First Edition. First Impression, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (19.25cm); black textured paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-156pp. Touch of wear to base of spine, else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with publisher's £5.95 sticker over the..... More
New York: New Directions Books, 1949. First American Edition. Bowles's first novel, following a trio of Americans who travel deep into the Sahara desert after the conclusion of World War II, who embark seeking different things, but ultimately find only deception, despair, and death. Basis for Bernardo Bertolucci's 1990 film..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition Thus. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'E'. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and floral-patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [x],[3],4-406,[4]pp. A Fine copy..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition Thus. Limited Issue, one of 350 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.343. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and teal cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [x],[3],4-406,[4]pp. Fine in a...... More
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Attractive copy of Bowles's third novel, set in the Moroccan city of Fez. Miller A7a. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titling and author's initials blocked and titled in blue, green, and..... More
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titling and author's initials blocked and titled in blue, green, and gilt on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [viii],406,[2]pp. Signed by the author opposite the title page. A Fine copy, with the topstain bright..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'F'. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and orange ribbed cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-56,[4]pp. Fine in a...... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 500 copies. Octavo (22.25cm); decorative paper-covered boards and teal cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-89,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. The author's fourth collection of short..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'L'. Octavo (22.25cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; dustjacket; [6],7-89,[5]pp. Fine in a slightly wavy, Near Fine..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. The author's fourth collection of short fiction, gathering nine stories set in and around Tangier. Miller A33c. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.241. Octavo (22.25cm); purple cloth and illustrated paper-covered boards, with title..... More