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Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light scuffing to cover edges and bumping to corner and spine edges. ; "A pipe of kif before breakfast gives a man the strength of a hundred camels in the cortyard." ; 5 x 7 1/4"; 63 pages.
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$6.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
Seller: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$6.25 + shipping
Description: 1969 fourth printing. City Lights Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
Seller: Best and Fastest Books, Wantage, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$6.25 + shipping
Description: 2001. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good.
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$6.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.85
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard Format: Paperback. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$8.01 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Unread copy in mint condition
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard Format: Paperback. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$8.11 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$8.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$8.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$11.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Laminated covers, the rear one peppered with small brown spots and some soiling, and both browned on their blank undersides. Name and soiling to title page; rest of contents clean. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$16.65 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Book is in NEW condition.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$16.66 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Special order item direct from the distributor
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$20.82 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$21.12 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition with no statement of later printing. Softcover, white spine with black lettering, 7-1/4" tall, 63 pp. No flaws to note.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, 1962 (no other printings indicated). Price of $1.25 on rear cover. Clean and bright. 63 pages. A fine copy.
Seller: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover is worn along edges. Small worn area on covers and spine from torn-off tape, but affecting legibility. Inside pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$27.38 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of 3,000 copies. Octavo (18cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; [4],5-63,[1]pp. Light wear, with a faint, shallow tide mark to lower wrappers (affecting lower margins of first and last few pages), and upper rear wrapper; Very Good. A collection of four short stories "of contemporary life in a land where cannabis, rather than alcohol, customarily provides a way out of the phenomenological world" (from rear wrapper); MILLER A11.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$30.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A HUNDRED CAMELS IN THE COURTYARD. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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." Book is clean and tight with only light edgewear at corners and all-edges lightly tanned. A nice copy of this title. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Bertram Books And Fine Art, West Point, VA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Hundred camels in the courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Wraps are soiled & creased from handling; firmly bound. Pages are unmarked throughout. A good solid reading copy that was originally printed in this paper edition.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul.. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard.. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. First Issue with $1.25 price on back cover. About Fine in black smooth wrappers, a paperback original. Small label shadow on back cover from sticker. Text clean and unmarked. 63pp. Q17968
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 63pp. "A pipe of kif before breakfast gives a man the strength of a hundred camels in the courtyard." Fine in wrappers with photo on front, photo of Bowles on back.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$44.50 + shipping
Description: 63p., 7x5 inch first edition small trade paperback original in glossy pictorial wraps with author photo credited to Allen Ginsberg, original price of $1.25 on rear cover, light chipping to fore-edge of front cover.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Priced at $1.25. 63 pages. 12mo. Near fine with a small tear to the base of the spine. Four stories about men using cannabis to provide a way out of the "phenomenological world."
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original wraps, photographic front wrap. Photograph on rear wrap of Bowles by Allen Ginsberg. Nice copy.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights, San Francisco, CA, 1962.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Small softcover. 63 pages. A paperback original. A very good copy in photo illustrated wraps with some creasing to the corners and other light wear. The covers features a portrait of Bowles by Allen Ginsberg. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this terrific book.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$51.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Front endpaper has been removed. Small spot on back of inside cover and on title page. Wear to cover. 64 pages. "A pipe of Kif before breakfast gives a man the strength of a hundred camels in the courtyard." -- Nchaioui Proverb
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$55.50 + shipping
Description: 63p., 7x5 inch very good, tight first edition small trade paperback original in glossy pictorial wraps with author photo credited to Allen Ginsberg, original price of $1.25 on rear cover.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A HUNDRED CAMELS IN THE COURTYAR. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$59.47 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.28
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.95 + shipping
Description: Very good paperback with Allen Ginsberg photo at rear. Small spot a center of ph oto. printed Price 1.25.
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard [FIRST STATE]. City Lights, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5" x 7 1/8", 63 pp., wraps. Scarce FIRST STATE/printing copy in about Very Good to VG- condition. See photo enlarged. Overall a very good copy but with a a FO name "Don" [?] at top of TP and a thin stain at the upper leading edge of the first 7 pages (half centimeter deep and 2cm long); also some scattered light discolorations on the cover (most on rear cover), a narrow crease at the lower leading edge of the front and some mild surface creases to the back cover; otherwise a good copy with no other issues. Collection of stories by Bowles about the glories of hashish ("kif") smoking, told through the experiences of four men. Begins with the now-famous first line, "A pipe of kif before breakfast gives a man the strength of a hundred camels in the courtyard." Scarce in its first state.
Seller: Seacoast Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul.. A HUNDRED CAMELS IN THE COURTYARD.. CITY LIGHTS BOOKS., SAN FRANCISCO, 1962.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A paperback original. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. First issue with $1.25 printed price on rear cover. A collection of colorful and sometimes bizarre stories. 3000 copies printed. (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, 1962.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed on title page - possibly to actor Terence Vliet. First printing. Spine tanning. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. A HUNDRED CAMELS IN THE COURTYARD. City Lights Books, [San Francisco], 1962.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, pp. 63. Pictorial wraps, A very good copy. Only 3000 copies printed (Miller A11). A collection of stories about kif (hashish) smoking. "A pipe of Kif before breakfast gives a man the stength of a hundred camels in the courtyard."
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 12mo. Pictorial wrappers. Small creases and tiny closed tear on front cover, lightly toned spine, very good. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. City Lights Publishers, 1962.
Price: US$666.66 + shipping
Description: Book may contain some writing, highlighting, and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably!
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.