About this title: Author reads his celebrated collection of connected kif stories, A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. Printed insert with author's introductory essay for this production and reading.
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Description: Fine- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 1962, 1980, the seventh printing, 63 pages. "These are four tales of contemporary life in a land where cannabis, rather than alcohol, customarily provides a way out of the phenomenological world. " read more
Description: First edition, first printing; 63 pp., original illustrated wrappers (paperback), very good *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: City Lights Books, San Francisco
Date Published: 1952
Description: Probable bending of this copy has caused a slight vertical crease to covers, rear cover shows some mild rubbing and one-inch tear to bottom edge, still a tight, bright, clean and Very Good + copy in trade illustrated wrappers. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Glossy Pictorial Wraps
Publisher: City Lights, San Francisco
Date Published: 1962
Description: AS NEW in WRAPS. 12mo (4-1/8 x 7-1/4), 63 pp. This 1962 First Edition is, remarkably, AS NEW with one very minor exception. There is a half oval of pale tan discoloration (1/4" x 1/2") next to the spine on the back cover. Otherwise absolutely impeccable in glossy pictorial wraps. (h) Four stories about lives revolving around the use of Kif (powdered hashish pollen) for magical purposes, for protection against an enemy, and for inducing dreams to solve problems. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: CADMUS EDITIONS., SANTA BARBARA
Date Published: 1999
Description: Compact Discs. Reading time: 2 hrs. Housed in a plastic tray with pictorial cover. Fine. (Still in the original shrinkwrap) Paul Bowles reads his masterful tales of kif-smokers in Morocco. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: CITY LIGHTS BOOKS., SAN FRANCISCO
Date Published: 1962
Description: A paperback original. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. A collection of colorful and sometimes bizarre stories. Seldom located in the true first issue, and in such lovely condition. 3000 copies printed. (B) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Lp record.
Publisher: Cadmus Editions, Santa Barbara
Date Published: 1981
Description: Very fine. Bowles Reads Four Stories. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Bowles on the sheet printing both his introduction & the colophon. This limited set is scarce. 2 Lp records in cloth slipcase with inserted sheet. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: CADMUS EDITIONS., SANTA BARBARA
Date Published: 1981
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. One of an overrun of the 100 copy limitation, and noted as "Binder's copy No.1 for JudyL Mudfoot on the colophon. Ms. Mudfoot is noted as the binder for this edition on the colophon. There is also a warm inscription to her by Jeffrey Miller, the publisher, to the left of the colophon. 2 vinyl L.P. s housed in an oatmeal-colored Irish linen covered double sleeve, with an illustration by Brion Gysin on the front cover. The erratum slip connoting a mistake with the ... read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CADMUS EDITIONS. SANTA BARBARA ND (1980's)
Date Published: 1980
Description: First Edition. (Thus) 2 vinyl L.P. s laid-into a cloth sleeve with pictorial color label on front cover. One of an undetermined number of copies constituting an overrun from the 100 signed & numbered copies. This copy has been labeled "Binder's Copy #2. " It is INSCRIBED by Paul Bowles to a friend of the press or author's on a specially SIGNED colophon. The erratum slip is also laid-in. Fine. Very uncommon. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1962. Paperback. Used, good. Cover has some rubbing. Modest sunfade/discoloration on spine/cover. Cover has some edge wear. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cadmus Editions,, Santa Barbara:
Date Published: 1981
Description: As New in As New jacket. As new, still sealed. A fine recording. Am Here Books provided the work by Brion Gysin that served as the cover of the 100 signed copies. That work is now with the Bowles Archive at University of Delaware. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: City Lights, San Francisco
Date Published: 1962
Description: Small octavo, card covers. Small green ink price in corner of title page, VG otherwise. Cook City Lights bib. 37a. Short stories of Morocco. "A pipe of Kif before breakfast gives a man the stength of a hundred camels in the courtyard. " read more
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