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The Delicate Prey; And Other Stories
by Bowles, Paul
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1950. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/good. First edition of The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowles in the publisher's scarce dust jacket.. Octavo, 307pp. Brick red cloth, title in gilt on spine, black topstain. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to corners, a near fine example. Previous bookseller's label affixed to read endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, sunned spine. Dampstain and tape remnants to verso. A well-presenting example of a scarce dust jacket. The Delicate Prey was first published in 1949 in Paris, in the literary journal Zero. In 1950, Random House published the story, along 16 other short works by Bowles.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15141
- Title
- The Delicate Prey; And Other Stories
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowles in the publisher's scarce dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Paul Bowles, Paul Bowles first edition, Paul Bowles signed, Paul Bowles The Spider's House, The Spider's House first edition, The Spider's House signed, Bowles Tangier, The Sheltering Sky, Too Far From Home
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- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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