Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition, Limited Issue of 300 copies signed by Bowles on publisher's tipped in leaf, this being #77. Octavo. 417 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Paper-covered boards with purple backstrip and paper title label to spine; red endpapers. Dust jacket with mild scuffing and smudging. Boards lightly bumped along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. [Miller A35.c].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul.. Collected Stories 1939-1976.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1979.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 417 pp. Top edges foxed, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. This is copy #1.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Collected Stories 1939-1976. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1979.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, signed cloth edition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Octavo. 417pp. Quarter purple cloth and decorated paper-covered boards, Fine in fine publisher's unprinted acetate. One of 300 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
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Collected Stories 1939-1976 by Paul Bowles (First Edition) LTD Signed A firm square copy with some faint foxing and soiling to the boards and owner's name stamp to front endpaper. Faint spotting to the clear acetate cover. Signed cloth edition. One of the 300 copies numbered and signed by the Author. Purple cloth backed cream-colored boards with color title design to the cover.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Number 30 of 300 copies signed by Paul Bowles. AS NEW. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist to the book from improper shelving. Pages tight clean with no marks. no name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. In a clear mylar dust jacket showing no wear, no tears.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Collected Stories, 1939-1976. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1979.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 417 pages. First limited edition. One (168) of 300 numbered copies signed on a tipped in blank sheet before the Introduction. Introduction by Gore Vidal. His stories collected between 1939-1976. Fine book in a fine clear acetate dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 60 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Bowles and Vidal, this being copy no.56. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and teal patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[14],15-417,[7]pp. Upper rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), else very Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Comprehensive collection of Bowles's short fiction in its most limited state. Desirable in the deluxe issue. Miller A35d.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Collected Stories. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1979.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Quarter batik cloth and decorated paper boards in unprinted acetate dustwrapper. Fine. One of only 60 special numbered copies handbound and Signed by both Bowles and Vidal.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Special decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards in clear acetate wrapper. 417 pp. This is from the most limited edition; one of 60 hand-numbered copies and SIGNED BY BOWLES AND VIDAL on a special page tipped in. Light spotting to top edge else a sound very good copy in clear acetate wrapper. Scarce in this edition.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Collected Stories. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1979.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Printed wrappers. Small sticker shadow on front wrap, else near fine. Humorously Inscribed by Bowles with an odd sixty word inscription written when Bowles was under the influence of kif. The inscription was an addendum to his wryly hilarious "An Open Letter" written for the newspaper *Le Journal de Tanger,* which was reprinted in "Antaeus 38" which Bowles co-founded. Also present here is a copy of the issue of *Le Journal de Tanger*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Collected Stories.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1979.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Bowles. In fine condition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.