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Lot 91
[FINE PRESS -- BLACK SPARROW PRESS]. BOWLES. Collected Stories. 1979. ONE OF 5 PRESENTATION COPIES. 

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$500 - 700
Lot Description
[FINE PRESS -- BLACK SPARROW PRESS]. BOWLES, Paul (1910-1999). Collected Stories 1939-1976. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979.

8vo. Original decorative velvet-backed boards, upper cover printed in various colors, printed spine label (spotting to top edge).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 5 PRESENTATION COPIES, signed by the publisher John Martin. This copy is presented to Martin by Bowles with his inscription: "for John Martin who believes in making books beautiful. (You must come and have tea at the Beach Café some day.) All best, Paul B. Tangier 3/x/79."

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