Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Bowles, Paul. The boy who set the fire & other stories. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some age-toning and light staining to covers ; 123 pages
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: US paperback first impression. Good overall with some spotting to page edges.
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Paul Bowles. The boy who set the fire & other stories. Black Sparrow Press January 1974, 1974.
Price: US$19.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First softcover edition. Original decorated wrappers. Hard to find in nice condition.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Taped and Translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. Spine age-toned, top corners lightly bumped, near fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: US paperback first impression. SIGNED by Mrabet at title page. VG overall with some browning to covers and a couple of small previous-owner name stamps. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Bowles, Paul; Mrabet, M.. The Boy Who Set the Fire & Other Stories. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 123 pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The boy who set the fire & other stories. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$41.64 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: PAPERBACK - Minimal cover wear - clean unmarked text - tight binding.
Seller: Dewey Books PTMD, Port Tobacco, MD, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul and Mohammed Mrabet. THE BOY WHO SET THE FIRE.. Black Sparrow Press:, 1974.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 123 pages. "Taped and translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. This edition is is published in paper wrappers; there are 250 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author; & 26 copies hardbound in boards lettered & designed by the authors. This hardcover edition signed by both authors is #218/250 copies printed. VERY GOOD+ HARDCOVER, signed by the authors, ex-library withdrawn, with only 2 library markings. A nice clean, tight copy, cream boards, with a paper label on the black cloth spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boards (HB) in near fine condition with rubbing to top and bottom of covers. Limited First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by both Bowles & Mrabet. This is # 116. Translated from the Moghrebi by Bowles. Mrabet's third novel, following the success of Love with a Few Hairs (1967) and The Lemon (1969). 123 pages.
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 250 numbered copies signed by author and translator. Hardcover, bound in cloth backed boards. Unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition, Limited Issue of 250 copies signed by Bowles and Mrabet at colophon, this being #100. Octavo. 123 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with black backstrip and title label to spine; magenta endpapers. Mild general rubbing to dust jacket. Boards sunned along spine with a few smudges to rear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better copy in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed., limited to 276 copies, this being copy #45, signed by both authors. Octavo. Quarter cloth and boards with printed spine label. Fine in Fine, clear acetate d/j.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
MRABET, Mohammed and Paul Bowles. The Boy Who Set the Fire. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Taped and Translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. Fine in fine, original unprinted glassine dustwrapper as issued. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by both Bowles and Mrabet.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 123 pp. 8vo, publisher's printed cloth-backed with paper panel, in acetate. First edition; No. 92 of 276 copies signed by Bowles and Mrabet. Just about fine. The acetate is a little spotted at edges.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
MRABET, Mohammed and Paul Bowles. The Boy Who Set the Fire. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Taped and Translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. Fine in fine, original unprinted glassine dustwrapper as issued. One of 26 lettered copies handbound copies Signed by both Bowles and Mrabet.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author and translator, this being copy 'S'. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and maroon velour cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-123,[3]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Mrabet's third novel, following the success of Love with a Few Hairs (1967) and The Lemon (1969). Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Miller A24c.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Paul Bowles & Mohammed Mrabet. Fine in decorated boards, with quarter black buckram in plain protective acetate wrapper, as issued. (1"-inch tear in the plain acetate wrapper at head of rear cover) (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of six copies specially bound and designated for use by the author and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and maroon velvet backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; endpapers are shocking pink; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-123,[3]pp. While not called for, this copy is housed in a matching velvet slipcase produced by the Earle Gray Bindery. Fine in Fine dustjacket and slipcase. Mrabet's third novel, following the success of Love with a Few Hairs (1967) and The Lemon (1969).
Seller: Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Moab, UT, U.S.A.