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Bowles, Paul. THE THICKET OF SPRING: Poems 1926 - 1969. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1972.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Illustrated paper wrappers. 56 pages. Some sun darkening along top of rear cover. No names or marks. Issued concurrently with the signed, hard cover edition.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1972.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Wrappered issue. A trifle toned, else fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1972.
Price: US$30.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, 56 pp. Wrappers sunned, dustsoiled and edgeworn, foxing to wrappers and page edges, corners bumped.
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The thicket of spring; poems, 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, 1972.
Price: US$32.17 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The Thicket Of Spring Poems 1926 - 1969. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1972.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Simultaneous first trade paperbound edition. 56 pp. A handsome very good example.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The Thicket of Spring : Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, CA, 1972.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: | Fine -- illus. wraps. The simultaneous softcover issue.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Paul Bowles. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, 1972.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cover is slightly faded and yellowed. Some soiling near spine. Very small tear at the top of front corner.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: American literature; 56 pages of text ; 23.1cm; pictorial paper wrappers. First paperback edition; limited to1000 copies. Paul Frederick Bowles (1910-1999). Size: Octavo (8vo)
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Thicket of Spring. Black Sparrow, Los Angeles, 1972, 1972.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: hbk Limited 1st Edition of 200 hardbound copies ex university library in library acetate overlay with usual library markings otherwise internally an excellent clean tight text sometimes hard to find
Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition, Limited Issue of 200 copies signed by Bowles at colophon, this being #94. Octavo. 56 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with olive backstrip, paper title label to spine, brown endpapers. Two short tears to jacket crown. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, 1972.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Olive cloth spine over tan paper-covered boards, under clear plastic jacket assumed to be original. Fine copy with no flaws; #78 of limited edition, signed by Bowles at colophon.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969 (SIGNED). Black Sparrow Press, 1972.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: #189 of 200 copies signed on colophon page. In acetate dj, as issued.
Seller: Mark Gustafson's Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tall 8vo. 56 pp. A collected poems volume. Early Black Sparrow Press title. Top edge of boards lightly sunned. Hardbound copy with green cloth spine in clear acetate wrapper. One of only 200 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Thicket of Spring. Black Sparrow, Los Angeles, 1972.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Poems 1926-1969. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1972. Limited First Edition. Fine. Number 172 of 200 copies signed by the poet. Fine in acetate dust wrapper.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul.. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1972.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 56 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket, which has one short tear. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul.. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1972.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 56 pp. Light foxing along top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. This is copy #1. Original prospectus laid-in. Miller A21b.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1972.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, hardcover issue. Quarter cloth and decorated paper-covered boards. Fine copy in fine publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Paul Bowles.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 5 copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and those within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and orange ribbed cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-56,[4]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of poems written over four decades, several of which first appeared in the pages of The Messenger, Morada, The Virginia Spectator, This Quarter, and Pagany, et al. Miller A21c.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. THE THICKET OF SPRING; poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1972.
Price: US$252.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 56. One of 200 numbered copies, signed by Bowles. A fine copy in publisher's plain acetate.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1972.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, hardcover issue. Quarter cloth and decorated paper-covered boards. Fine copy in fine publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered handbound copies Signed by Paul Bowles.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul.. THE THICKET OF SPRING: POEMS 1926-1969.. BLACK SPARROW PRESS., SANTA BARBARA, 1972.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. #188 of 200 numbered copies. Fine in quarter cloth & decorated boards in a clear acetate wrapper as issued.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul.. THE THICKET OF SPRING. POEMS 1926-1969.. BLACK SPARROW. SANTA BARBARA 1972, 1972.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Copy #2 of 200 numbered copies. Fine in quarter cloth & boards, without dj. as issued in a clear acetate wrapper.; Signed by Author(s)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.