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Their Heads are Green
by Paul Bowles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 6" . None . First UK edition of this autobiographical work telling of Paul Bowles' life and experiences, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work, first published in the same year in the US under the title Their Heads are Green and Their Hands are Blue. A fascinating book recounting of the author's life and experiences in Morocco and travels through the Sahara desert as well as in other parts of the world including Mexico, Turkey, and Ceylon. Written by Paul Bowles, American expatriate composer and author, who lived most of his life in the Moroccan city of Tangier. Illustrated with photographic plates in black and white. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound, fairly chipped to extremities of wraps and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. With photographic plates in black and white. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 818A41
- Title
- Their Heads are Green
- Author
- Paul Bowles
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- travel morocco sahara desert explore morocco
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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