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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: The H.K. Fly Company Publishers, 1919. First Edition. Collection of Boyle's Boston Blackie stories, first published in Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and American magazine, which he cobbled together and revised slightly to resemble a novel. His stories, featuring the explots of this gentleman safecracker, were wildly popular in their time..... More