Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Bowles, Paul. The Spider's House. Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus, limited to 350 signed numbered copies, of which this is number 226, SIGNED by the author on the page before the title page. Bright, square copy, quarter bound green cloth spine and orange paper decorated boards. Touch of wear to bottom page edges where they contact the shelf and to the spine. Includes clear acetate dust jacket protecting the book, which is a bit rubbed with some scratches and a few small pinprick indentations.
Seller: Third Season Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul, SIGNED. The Spider's House. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 350 numbered and signed copies. This is number 175
Seller: Carrington Bookshop, South Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Spider's House. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus, with new preface by the author, the novel was originally published in 1955. Cloth and papercovered boards in unprinted acetate dust jacket as issued. Boards slightly slanted, else near fine in fine dust jacket. One of 350 numbered hardcover copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The Spider's House (Limited Edition Signed by the Author). Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardbound with Clear Acetate Dust Wrapper. First printing thus. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 NUMBERED COPES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOUR. This is number 184. Bound in orange illustrated boards with blue cloth strip to spine, with paper title strip attached. 406 pages. FINE. All corners pointed but for slight bump to bottom left rear corner. Binding tight and square. Without tears, creases, other bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. Acetate dust wrapper same but for some rubbing. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Spider's House. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus, with new preface by the author, the novel was originally published in 1955. Cloth and papercovered boards in unprinted acetate dust jacket as issued. One of 350 numbered hardcover copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. THE SPIDER'S HOUSE [SIGNED]. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; Limited edition, 287/350; Originally published New York, Random House,1955; Reprint 1982; VG; Hardcover; Spine, blue with red and black print on orange label; Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and orange paper to boards, in clear plastic protective cover, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on page following title page; 406 pages, writer's portrait (b&w) on final page. 1335207. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Spider's House. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus, with a new preface by the author, wrappered issue. Wrapperes a trifle soiled, just about fine. This copy Inscribed by the author's photo in the rear of the book to a friend: "For Dan Wardin, Welcome to Morocco. best, Paul Bowles. 25/vi/83."
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bowles, Paul. The Spider's House (Inscribed). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Black Sparrow Press reprint edition of Bowles' 1955 novel. This copy from the clothbound trade edition. A near fine example with red cloth spine over decorated boards. The clear acetate wrapper has a small chip/tear near the base of the spine, else near fine. This copy has been INSCRIBED briefly by Bowles on the title page, dated in 1990 and noted that the inscription took place in Bowles' beloved Tangiers.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Spider's House by Paul Bowles (Limited Edition) Signed Copy #222 A firm square bright copy. Very light toning along upper edge of the clear acetate cover. One of 300 copies numbered & signed by the Author. Limited Edition. Reissue. First published by Random House, 1955.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
BOWLES, Paul. The Spider's House. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus, with new preface by the author, the novel was originally published in 1955. Cloth and papercovered boards in unprinted acetate dust jacket as issued. Fine in fine dust jacket. Copy letter R of 26 lettered copies handbound in hardcover and Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.