Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Octavo. 272 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped along edges with neat but amateur tape repair to verso; general soiling. Boards show light shelfwear with general rubbing and scuffing. Slight..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition, Limited Issue of 200 copies signed by Bowles at colophon, this being #94. Octavo. 56 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with olive backstrip, paper title label to spine, brown endpapers. Two short tears to jacket crown. Boards..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Second American Edition, Limited Issue of 350 copies signed by Bowles on publisher's tipped in leaf, this being #155. Octavo. 292 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with yellow backstrip and green endpapers. Light wear and creasing to extremities of..... More
[North Pomfret, VT]: Elysium Press, 1997. First Edition, Limited Issue of 300 numbered copies, this being #56. Octavo. 141 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with paper labels to spine and front. Set in Bembo and printed by hand on Somerset paper. Mild surface scratching to..... More
![Item #27436 The Spider's House [Limited Edition, Signed by Bowles]. Paul Bowles](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27436.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695590598)
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Second American Edition, Limited Issue of 350 copies signed by Bowles on publisher's tipped in leaf, this being #167. Octavo. 406 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with green backstrip and paper title label to spine; black endpapers. Light surface..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition, Limited Issue of 300 copies signed by Bowles on publisher's tipped in leaf, this being #77. Octavo. 417 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with purple backstrip and paper title label to spine; red endpapers. Dust jacket with..... More
New York: Red Ozier Press, 1982. Limited Edition of 185 copies signed by Rey Rosa, Bowles, and Craven, this being #180. Tall octavo. [16] pp. Illustrations. Gray paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and illustration and lettering to front. Light wear and fading along spine and edges. Binding is sound..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition, Limited Issue of 300 copies signed by Bowles, this being #69. Octavo. 73 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with blue backstrip and paper title label to spine; yellow endpapers. Light scuffing and smudging to dust jacket. Boards..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition, Limited Issue of 250 copies signed by Bowles and Mrabet at colophon, this being #100. Octavo. 123 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with black backstrip and title label to spine; magenta endpapers. Mild general rubbing to..... More
San Francisco, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1985. First Edition, Limited Issue of 100 numbered copies signed by Bowles, this being #52. Octavo. 91 pp. Unprinted dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with illustration mounted to front; title label to spine; brown endpapers. Two short tears to dust jacket at crown..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition, Limited Issue of 250 copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles, this being #107. Octavo. 125 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with dark blue backstrip and paper title label to spine. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Boards with..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition, Limited Issue of 200 copies signed by Choukri, Layachi, Mrabet, and Bowles on publisher's tipped in sheet. Octavo. 145 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Bound in paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip and paper title label to spine; charcoal endpapers... More
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou Books, 1983. First Edition, Limited Issue of 100 copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles at colophon. Dark blue cloth stamped in silver. No dust jacket as issued. A few very minor scuffs to boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine. More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition, Limited Issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Bowles on tipped in sheet between second and third leaves. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Bound in paper-covered boards with green backstrip and paper title label to spine; gray endpapers. Dust jacket..... More
unknown place: unknown publisher, 1940. First Edition. Unbound brochure, 4pp. Dimensions: 6x3.5 inches. Printed, black, white and red illustrations and text. Schedule of Swartchild & Company radio broadcasts in 1940. Swartchild & Company were one of the largest watchmaker's and jeweler's warehouse supply companies int he US in..... More
![Item #27411 A Little Stone: Stories [Signed]. Paul Bowles](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27411.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695474810)
London: John Lehmann, 1950. First Edition, one of 3500 copies. Signed by Paul Bowles at half title without personalized inscription. Octavo. 222 pp. Keith Vaughan-illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt with dark green title label to spine. Manufacturer's flaw and final two leaves of text glued together..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Limited First Edition of 200 numbered copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles on a tipped in lead following copyright page, this being #28. Octavo. 86 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Bound in light brown paper-covered boards printed in red, white, and blue with..... More
![Item #27408 Unwelcome Words: Seven Stories [Signed]. Paul Bowles](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27408.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695384299)
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou Books, 1988. First Edition, Limited issue of 100 copies signed by Paul Bowles at colophon. Octavo. 86 pp. Black cloth stamped in gilt; no dust jacket as issued. Boards show light shelfwear and bottom of spine slightly nudged. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very..... More
![Item #27407 Marriage with Papers [Signed by Mrabet and Bowles]. Mohammed Mrabet, Paul Bowles, trans](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27407.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695385002)
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou Books, 1986. First Edition; Limited Edition of 100 copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles at colophon. Small octavo. 79 pp. Black cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Boards show very light shelfwear along bottom edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine. More
San Francisco, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1997. Limited Edition of 150 copies signed by author and translator at colophon, this being #48. Octavo. 117 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly creased at crown and spine sunned. Spine ends of boards mildly nudged. Binding..... More
New York: HarperPerennial, 1994. First Edition, wrapper issue. Signed by Anderson "hello!" at half title. Quarto. 288 pp. Color and b&w illustrations throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Wraps rubbed along edges and curl at corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy. More
Thompson, CT: George Roberts, 1834. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 56pp. Light foxing throughout, remnants of original blue wrappers along spine edge, rubber stamp on second leaf, else Very Good and sound. An attack by the Yale-educated pastor Daniel Dow on the unorthodox Evangelical (or Evangelical-leaning) teachings of Timothy..... More
Albany: Hoffman & White,1838. First Edition. Octavo; removed self-wrappers; 38pp. Moderate soiling and wear, otherwise a Very Good and sound copy. An essay by Tayler Lewis on expounding the need of an underlying current of religion to be applied to the scientific field. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 51269. More
Manchester: George Simms, 1853. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 16pp. Light wear and toning, otherwise in clean, stable condition, Very Good. Pamphlet on the need for education reform and advocating for the development of a national education system in 19th century Britain. More
Liverpool; Thomas Brakell, 1867 [-1868]. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 14 ;14 ;20pp. Light wear, some foxing and dust soil. Very Good condition. Three bound pamphlets with identical titles of a regional archaeological society. Topics range from preservation of archaeological finds, future outlook of the field, and the impact..... More