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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet 919
Date published: 1952
Description: G + At Paso Rojo/Pastor Dowe At Tecate/Call At Corazon/Under The Sky/Senor Org And Senor Ha/The Circular Valley/The Echo/The Scorpion/The Fourth Day Out From Santa Cruz/Pages From Cold Point/You Are Not I/How Many Midnights/A Thousand Days For Mokhtar/Tea On The Mountain/By The Water/The Delicate Prey/A Distant Episode. Paperback. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061137341ISBN:0061137340
Description: New. New books small to none shelf wear A brand-new, unused, unread copy in perfect condiion. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061137341ISBN:0061137340
Description: New. New books small to none shelf wear A brand-new, unused, unread copy in perfect condiion. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: A Signet Book / New American Library [1952], [New York]
Date published: 1952
Description: Good. First edition thus. Signet 919 with [25] cents cover price. Collects 17 stoires ["violent passions-horror-suspense"]. 192 pages. Otherwise VG+ copy [cheap text paper tanning] with bowing to the body of the book and a 1/2" fore-edge tear to the rear cover. read more
Edition: Re-issue
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press
Date published: 1972
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Originally published in 1950 by Random House, and here reissued. It was published after his first novel, The Sheltering Sky (1949), but its short stories represent Bowles first literary efforts. The stories with their exotic settings, strange characters, and evident literary genius, won him immediate recognition. It is fitting that he mentions the stories of Edgar Allan Poe in his dedication. 307 pages. -------------------------------------- ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press, New York, NY
Date published: 1972
Description: Octavo (8vo). 307 pages of text; re-issue; 20.3cm; blue cloth very slightly rubbed; photo portrait of author on rear panel of dustjacket. read more
Edition: 1st ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random, New York
Date published: 1950
Description: Book: Good. DJ: Good. 8vo. 307 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in black and gold on spine. Lightly worn. Green and brown dj, edgeworn. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE., NY
Date published: 1950
Description: Near fine in a good only priceclipped dj. (A few small spots on black stained top edge. Edges of dj. flaps trimmed. Spine on dj. discolored green as usual with this title, with shallow chipping at spine ends. Faded tape ghost at bottom of spine on dj. Several edge tears) Author's SECOND book. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, NY
Date published: 1950
Description: Fine. NF+/VG-1st edition, 1st printing. Author's second book. Book has toned page edges and small stain on bottom edges. Jacket has paper loss at spine and flap fold ends, dampstain along spine and tears along folds. We offer a LIFETIME GUARANTEE. See KHBOOKS for details. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1950
Description: Very Good+ in Fair jacket. This is the First Printing of this book from an author who was an adventurer in real life. This book is a collection of seventeen stories all with the theme of violence between the Westerner and the world of the East. The condition of this rust colored cloth book is Very Good+, the jacket is Fair+. This is the First Printing (Stated) of this book. The cover has the spider web design. The binding on this book is very good, and the spine is straight. The pages are ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date published: 1950
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. New York: Random House, 1950. First edition. Paul Bowles (1910-99) once said that a story should remain taut throughout, like a piece of string. That tense, stretched tone is the key to this collection of 17 eerie tales by the author best known for his novel The Sheltering Sky (1949). Original brick cloth binding, with decorative gilt, black, silver, and gray stamping. Light soiling to the fore-edge. The dust jacket is edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with a lengthy ... read more
Edition: First edition [Miller A4a].
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, (New York)
Date published: 1950
Description: Owner's contemporary ink name on second front flyleaf, else a near fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed, evenly faded on spine (as usual), with light wear and few small nicks at tips of spine, else quite bright. BOWLES, Paul. THE DELICATE PREY and Other Stories. Octavo, cloth, 307 pages. read more
Edition: First edition [Miller A4a].
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, (New York)
Date published: 1950
Description: A near fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket. Jacket is evenly faded on spine (as usual), with light wear and few small nicks at tips of spine, light wear and two tiny nicks at extremities of front panel, else quite bright. BOWLES, Paul. THE DELICATE PREY and Other Stories. Octavo, cloth, 307 pages. read more
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