About this title: The publication by Black Sparrow in 1979 of Paul Bowles' Collected Stories sparked the rediscovery of Bowles' works that has brought world renown to the American expatriate writer, for decades resident in Tangier, Morocco. Gore Vidal's Introduction to this large collection remarks "His stories are among the best ever written by an American".
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 12th Printing
Binding: Pictorial Wraps
Publisher: Black Sparrow Books, Santa Rosa, CA
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780876853962ISBN:0876853963
Description: FINE in WRAPS. 8vo (5-3/4 x 9), 416 pp. Softecover book is Unread and AS NEW except for slight shelf smudge on the vertical page block. (h) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Black Sparrow
Date Published: 1981
Description: Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Neat former owner's signature to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. read more
Edition: Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Santa Barbara Black Sparrow Press 1979.
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780876853962ISBN:0876853963
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0876853963 VeryGood/quality size paper edition. Lightly soiled covers. First after limited Cloth Edition. Sticker shadow on front, small snag at top of front cover by spine. Paper Edition. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Black Sparrow Books
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780876853962ISBN:0876853963
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Limited First Edition in tight clean condition. Has plastic cover, not original plastic jacket though. A very collectible copy with introduction by Gore Vidal. 420 p.; 1.52" x 9.25" x 6.27". read more
Binding: softcover
Publisher: Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara
Date Published: (1989)
Description: The eleventh printing of the wrappered issue. The definitive collection of his short fiction, with an introduction and appreciation by Gore Vidal. Inscribed by the author: "For Mary/ my best/ Paul. " With the ownership signature of Mary Robbins and her pencilled notes throughout. Very good in wrappers. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BLACK SPARROW PRESS., SANTA BARBARA
Date Published: 1979
Description: First Trade Edition. Only 750 copies bound in hardcover. Close to fine in quarter cloth & boards in an unprinted acetate wrapper as issued. (Hint of slight rubbing at bottom edge of boards) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara
Date Published: 1979
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine. 0876853971 One of 750 copies published. A small label of the previous owner on the front pastedown ( inside front cover ) Two pages have been dog-eared. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BLACK SPARROW PRESS., SANTA BARBARA
Date Published: 1979
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy # 133 of 300 numbered copies. Fine in quarter cloth & decorated boards in a clear acetate protective wrapper. read more
Edition: 1st ed., ltd. to 300 hardcover, numbered copies, signed by Paul
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara
Date Published: 1979
Description: A fine copy in publisher's, fine, acetate dust jacket. BOWLES, Paul. COLLECTED STORIES 1939-1976. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Octavo, purple cloth spine, paper-covered boards, 417 pages. Gore Vidal's introduction is five pages. read more
Description: Good. 0876853963 Good Condition-1989 copyright-Black Sparrow Black-Eleventh Edition-cover is heavily worn with soiling and a crease on the front bottom corner as well as a nick along the spine-inside pages are lightly tanned but free of markings (Literature-16) read more
"Bowles is a master of the short story; of any short story writer he's the only one that's stayed with me since reading him. So much so that he was calling out to be read again."
"I'm not in love with every single story in this collection; in fact, there are a few I think are really mediocre. However, some of them are so damn good it just makes the whole thing worth it. "How Many Midnights?" is one of them. It's one of the strangest scary stories I've ever read -- b/c truly nothing happens. Every time I read it I try to work out how Bowles managed to convey such horror -- he did it so subtly it's almost impossible to figure out. That story sticks in my head as much as any short story I've ever read -- and I've read a whole lot of short stories!"
"okay look i am a sucker for short stories, and even though a lot of people consider bowles one of the premier beat writers, i resisted this collection because i couldn't get into shletering sky and thought he was just kind of boring. i can't say my opinion changed too terribly much, although the delicate prey was a horrifying read and a few of the other stories were upsetting, which i like. all in all i give this a "meh"."
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