[FINE PRESS -- BLACK SPARROW PRESS]. BOWLES. The Spider's House. 1982. ONE OF 4 PRESENTATION COPIES.
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$500 -
700
Lot Description
[FINE PRESS -- BLACK SPARROW PRESS]. BOWLES, Paul (1910-1999). The Spider's House. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
8vo. Original decorative cloth-backed boards, printed label on spine (spotting to top edge).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 4 of 4 PRESENTATION COPIES, signed by the publisher John Martin. This copy is presented by Bowles to Martin: "For John Martin, Greetings from the Third and Fourth Worlds. 'But what was the past of her to which she mattered?' Best, Paul Bowles, Tangier, 9/III/82."
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