New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the author's second novel. A square, clean very good copy. Half grey cloth covered boards with small photo inset to front panel. The price intact dustwrapper is worn and rubbed, but still presentable. A novel set in..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in clear acetate wrapper. 292 pp. First edition thus with a new preface by Bowles. One of 350 hand-numbered copies bound in boards and SIGNED by Bowles. A fine copy in acetate. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. One of 350 cloth copies SIGNED by Bowles. A collection of stories by the author of The Sheltering Sky. A fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. 162 pp. More
London: Peter Owen, 1982. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 92 pp. A book about Morocco. First UK edition. A handsome near fine copy in clipped dustwrapper that is sunned at spine. A common flaw for this title. More
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition of Bowles' third novel. A lovely fine crisp copy in bright price intact dustwrapper with a small triangular chip to top of rear panel. Much nicer condition than typically found. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. First Black Sparrow Press reprint edition of Bowles' 1955 novel. This copy from the clothbound trade edition. A near fine example with red cloth spine over decorated boards. The clear acetate wrapper has a small chip/tear near the base of the spine..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in acetate wrapper. 89 pp. A collection of short fiction by the author of The Sheltering Sky. One of 250 numbered and SIGNED copies. More
London: Peter Owen, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition of this collection of stories. 176 pp. A gorgeous copy in clipped, but otherwise fine dustwrapper. More
London: Peter Owen, 1990. First UK edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. 80 pp of journal entries by Bowles with a few black and white photos intersperced. A sharp clean near fine copy in dustwrapper. Publisher's review sheet folded and laid into this copy. More
Bolinas: Tombouctou Books, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Small trade paperbound volume. Includes seven previously unpublished stories by Bowles. 86 pp. A few faint pencil underlinings (easily erased) else a very good copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Bowles "for Mary, Paul, Tangier, 6/5/94" The inscribee, Mary Robbins has printed..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in gray cloth of this terrific novel of alienation in a South American country. Near fine price intact dustwrapper unfaded and unchipped to spine. Small chips and wear to top of rear panel. A nice copy of one..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Long string tied (using shoelaces, no less) galley proof in plain pale blue wrappers. Covers somewhat soiled. Internally clean. We have not seen another. More
New York: Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this short story anthology including contributions by Eudora Welty, Jessamyn West, Jean Stafford and Paul Bowles among others. Bowles has briefly inscribed his contribution (The Echo). Very good copy in very goodprice intact dustwrapper with fade to spine and general..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A collection of short fiction by five African writers edited and translated by Paul Bowles. One of 200 copies. SIGNED by Bowles and three of the contributors. Light foxing to top edge else a fine copy in acetate wrapper... More
New York: Viking Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. First edition of this novel by the author of Descent Of Man and other works. 364 pp. Trade paperbound book. The Advance Reading Copy. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the title page... More
New York: Viking Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of this novel by the author of Descent Of Man and other works. 364 pp. Light spotting to top of page edges else a clean very good plus copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. This copy has been SIGNED by the..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 275 pp. This is the stated First American Edition of the author's first book, a comedic novel in the tradition of Angus Wilson and Anthony Powell. A sharp near fine example in lightly used price-intact dustwrapper. Nice copy... More
London: The Richards Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A very good copy in decorated yellow cloth in about a good example of the rare dustwrapper. Wrapper unclipped, but shows considerable wear to edges. A collection of stories. More
New York: Sheridan House, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. A tight and clean near fine copy in a bright unclipped dustwrapper. A few small chips at top of spine. Nice copy. More
No Place: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Slender stapled booklet. 13 pp. No publication information stated. A narrative of a mountain climb by the author. Fine condition. No copies located in institutional (or other) hands. Presumed first printing. Reproduction of the author's signature on both the front cover..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. First UK edition. Cloth. 8vo. Presumed first UK edition with no additional printings noted on the copyright page. 320 pp. A collection of short stories by the author of The Wallet of Kai Lung. Offsetting / discoloration to the front panel. Light age spotting to..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1,062 pp. First printing of the Pulitzer Prize winning biography of King. A very good plus copy in very good clipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Grove Press / Evergreen, 1968. First edition thus. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 159 pp. An early novel by Brautigan. This is the first Evergreen trade paperbound edition published four years after the hardbound edition. A very good copy in bound wrappers with cover art by Larry Rivers... More
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition stated of this novel set in a village in New Mexico. Spine ends ever so lightly crimped else a fine copy in truly fine unclipped dustwrapper. Collector's copy. More
