Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Bowles, Paul. Midnight Mass. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black Sparrow Press: 1981. Octavo. Hardcover with an acetate jacket. Limited edition; this is copy number 343/350 signed by Paul Bowles. A bit of moisture exposure along the top edge of the text block. Book and jacket are both in very good condition.
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, PAUL. Midnight Mass. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$75.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Quarter green cloth over yellow decorated paper covered boards. Wrapped in publisher's clear acetate. Limited edition of 1000 hardcover copies of which 350 are signed and numbered. This is number 312. Bowles has signed on the blank after the copyright page. Fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition, Limited Issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Bowles on tipped in sheet between second and third leaves. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Bound in paper-covered boards with green backstrip and paper title label to spine; gray endpapers. Dust jacket shows light creasing, mild surface scratching, arched smudge to rear. Boards with mild bumping along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better copy.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Midnight Mass. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The signed limited edition, published by the Bllack Sparrow Press in 1981. Copy number 198 of 350 copies signed by Bowles. A near fine copy of the book with previous owners signature and some spotting to the top edge in the original acetate wrapper.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Paul Bowles. Midnight mass. Black Sparrow Press January 1981, 1981.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition, Signed. Copy 204/350. A square, tight and unmarked copy with a light band of scuffing between green linen spine and yellow designed boards. In original publisherâs mylar wrap.
Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Midnight Mass (Signed Limited Edition). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. One of 350 cloth copies SIGNED by Bowles. A collection of stories by the author of The Sheltering Sky. A fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. 162 pp.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. Midnight Mass. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine unprinted glassine dustwrapper as issued. One of 350 numbered Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Midnight Mass. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1981.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardbound with Acetate Dust Jacket. First Printing. LIMITED SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION (#200 0F 350 COPIES). With color illustrated cover and title information on paper glued to green cloth spine. 165 pages. AS NEW. All corners pointed. Binding tight and square. Without tears, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. Acetate same but for slight shelf rubbing. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Midnight Mass. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book and protective acetate jacket both show minimal wear, if any. Former owner's small blind stamp on ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages; This is a signed and limited edition. It is signed by Bowles on a blank page after the title page and numbered, 329, in the back on a limitation page. Beautiful copy ; Signed by Author
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. MIDNIGHT MASS. SB, BLACK SPARROW, 1981, 1981.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY BOWLES
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. Midnight Mass. Santa Barbara, CA Black Sparrow Press 1981, 1981.
Price: US$131.89 + shipping
Description: First Limited Edition. 162pp. Octavo. Quarter green cloth over yellow decorated paper covered boards and wrapped in publisher's clear acetate. Some rubbing and light scratches on the acetate cover. Limited Edition #148 out of 350, and signed by the author on the blank page after the copyright page. Bright, clean book in fine condition. Collection of 12 short stories.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
BOWLES, Paul. Midnight Mass. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, lettered issue. Fine in fine unprinted glassine as issued. Copy letter E of 26 lettered copy Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.