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THE DELICATE PREY AND OTHER STORIES
by Bowles, Paul
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1950. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Inscribed first edition of Bowles' first collection of short stories and second book, follow-up to his classic THE SHELTERING SKY - with an additional letter signed by Bowles. Containing seventeen short stories, almost all of them set abroad, Bowles once explained that the title story (and the book itself) referred to the idea that "the delicate prey is man himself" (quoted in Carr). Quintessential work from the legendry proto-Beat ex-pat writer and composer. Uncommon signed. Scarce with such excellent provenance - rare with a related letter. 8'' x 5''. Publisher's original red cloth. In original unclipped ($3.00) color pictorial jacket. 308 pages. Inscribed by Bowles to the half title: "For -- / - Paul Bowles / 18/IX/68." Laid in are two tickets to a reading by Bowles, given at the Gotham Book Mart in September 1968; tickets are stiff paper approx 3 ½ x 5 inches, with the single word "Bowles" stamped on one side. One card has recipient's name written on it. Also laid in is a typed letter to Bowles requesting permission to print his story "The Echo" (which appears in this collection) in the O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1947, with Bowles' signature on the "approval line." Bowles has additionally corrected his address in holograph. Letter folded twice. Jacket spine sunned. Mild edgewear, rubbing to jacket. Touches of shelfwear to book. Clean and sound overall.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50398
- Title
- THE DELICATE PREY AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- 1950s,Africa,Beats,20th century,Counterculture
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Fine
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