FIVE EYES - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED
by Boulaich, Abdeslam, Mohamed Choukri, Larbi Layachi, Mohammed Mrabet, and Ahmed Yacoubi (stories); Bowles, Paul (translation)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors (except for Boulaich and Yacoubi, who did not sign), this being copy 'O'. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-145,[3]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of stories and folk tales told by five native Moroccans, recorded by notebook or on tape and translated by Bowles, who provides "Notes on the Work of the Translator" by way of a foreword. Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Miller A36c.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5612
- Title
- FIVE EYES - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED
- Author
- Boulaich, Abdeslam, Mohamed Choukri, Larbi Layachi, Mohammed Mrabet, and Ahmed Yacoubi (stories); Bowles, Paul (translation)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1979
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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