Jeffrey Miller — Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography

Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this illustrated bibliography of the works of acclaimed American author Paul Bowles. The first edition.In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. In an acetate dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and full page illustrations.A bibliography of the works of Paul Bowles, an American composer, author, and translator. Paul Bowles is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the twentieth century. He studied music with composer Aaron Copland before moving to Tangier, Morocco, with his wife, Jane. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was a bestseller in the 1950s and was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1990. Bowles's prolific career included many musical compositions, novels, collections of short stories, and books of travel, poetry, and translations. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding. In an acetate dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Just wrapper is smart, with shelf wear and creasing to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.