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BOWLES, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Tall octavo. 11pp. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Age-toning on the wrappers, else near fine. Contains the first appearance in book form of nine poems written by Paul Bowles between 1934 and 1941. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by Paul Bowles (of a total edition 300 signed copies).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Scenes. Los Angeles; Black Sparrow Press;, 1968.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. No 246 from a signed limited edition of 250. Fine tall format paperback in oversized card dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
BOWLES, Paul.. Scenes.. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles., 1968.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Description: First edition. Royal octavo. 10 pages. Sewn wrappers.Out of a total edition of 300 numbered copies signed by the author this is one of 250 in sewn wrappers.Covers a little creased and faded at edges. Very good indeed.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Bowles, Paul. Scenes (Signed). Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall, slender sewn wrappers. 10 pp. #147 of 250 copies signed by Bowles. Fine in powder blue wrappers. Poems by the author of The Sheltering Sky. An early Black Sparrow Press publication.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Tall octavo. 11pp. Sewn illustrated wrappers. A bit of fading and a couple of light spots on the front wrap, else near fine. Contains the first appearance in book form of nine poems written by Paul Bowles between 1934 and 1941. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by Paul Bowles (of a total edition 300 signed copies).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 10pgs. Blue pictorial handsewn wraps. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being #162. Except for very minor wear to the extremities, as new copy. Nine poems by this major 20th century literary figure. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is copy number 29 of 50 copies in the limited, signed edition. Published by the Black Sparrow Press in 1968. Bound in publisher's blue boards and brick cloth spine. Woodcut by Henry Shire. A near fine copy of the book with a linear area of light fading to the rear board. ( as if something a few inches shorter sat next to it upon a bookshelf ). Lacking the acetate cover. The first edition, one of fifty copies, signed by Paul Bowles.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Tall octavo. 11pp. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Slight, barely noticeable fading at the extremities, else an about fine copy. Contains the first appearance in book form of nine poems written by Paul Bowles between 1934 and 1941. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by Paul Bowles (of a total edition 300 signed copies).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Tall octavo. 11pp. Sewn illustrated wrappers. A fine copy. Contains the first appearance in book form of nine poems written by Paul Bowles between 1934 and 1941. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by Paul Bowles (of a total edition 300 signed copies).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, hardcover issue. Tall octavo. 11pp. Quarter cloth and printed paper over boards. Age-toning on the boards else near fine. Contains the first appearance in book form of nine poems written by Paul Bowles between 1934 and 1941. One of 50 numbered handbound copies Signed by Paul Bowles.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, 1968.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the Limited Edition. Number 22 of 50 copies hand bound in boards. 250 were hand sewn in wrappers. Slight toning to boards. Signed and numbered on limitation page. Extra spine label laid in between first and second front endpapers. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Scenes. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is #35 of only 50 hardcover copies SIGNED by Bowles. Near fine with some offsetting to front board. Protected in fine clear acetate wrapper. One of the early hardcover limiteds from Black Sparrow. Quite uncommon. Extra spine label laid in. Poetry. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.