Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography
by Miller, Jeffrey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Livingston, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo (22.5 cm), pp. 323. Limited edition signed by Bowles and Miller (#35/200). Decorative boards with paper spine label, no jacket as issued. Small spot of glue on free front endpaper, two small white paint spots on lower board. Covers Bowles' work from his first published article in the baseball issue of The Oracle in 1926, through 1985. Includes black and white reproductions of Bowles' book jackets. Bookplate laid in from Gore Vidal's Italian Villa, "La Rondinaia Ravella." Vidal wrote the introduction to Bowles' Collected Stories, and the two were friends.
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- Bookseller
- Elk River Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17701
- Title
- Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography
- Author
- Miller, Jeffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1986
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Livingston, Montana
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Elk River Books offers a curated selection of used and collectible books, specializing in outdoor literature, western history and authors from the Rocky Mountain West.
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