London: Peter Owen Ltd., 1985. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. A set of unbound uncorrected page proofs; 96 leaves (rectos, measuring ca.11.75" x 8.5"). Light wear and a few faint creases to first and last leaves, else Fine. Together with a short TLS from Michael Levien at Peter Owen Ltd..... 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. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 6 copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and those within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned..... More
San Francisco: Cadmus Editions, 1997. First, Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.29. 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
New York: Ecco Press, 1984. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 5,000 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); beige paper and maroon cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and initials stamped in blind on front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [8],9-92,[4]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped ($12.50)..... More
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1981. Second UK 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 of..... 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
London: Peter Owen, 1985. Second UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; grey endpapers; dustjacket; [11],5-406,[2]pp. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (£10.95), with trivial shelf wear on rear panel. Attractive copy of Bowles's third novel, set in the..... 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 5 copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and those within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and orange..... 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. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.225. Octavo (22.25cm); decorative paper-covered boards and purple cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-89,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed and wavy..... More
New York: Frank Hallman, 1975. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, ths being copy no. 11. Octavo (19cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in brown on spine and front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [4],5-27[3]pp. A Fine copy. A volume..... More
New York: Frank Hallman, 1975. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue, one of 1,000 copies. Slim octavo (18.5cm); original letterpressed card wrappers; [ii],[4],5-27,[3]pp. While not called for, this copy has been signed by the author on the title page. Hint of sunning to spine, else very Near Fine. A volume..... More
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
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