Boy Who Set the Fire, The
by Mrabet, Mohammed (novel); Bowles, Paul (translation) Signed, Binder's Copy
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1974. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of six copies specially bound and designated for use by the author and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and maroon velvet backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; endpapers are shocking pink; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-123,[3]pp. While not called for, this copy is housed in a matching velvet slipcase produced by the Earle Gray Bindery. Fine in Fine dustjacket and slipcase. Mrabet's third novel, following the success of Love with a Few Hairs (1967) and The Lemon (1969).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29
- Title
- Boy Who Set the Fire, The
- Author
- Mrabet, Mohammed (novel); Bowles, Paul (translation) Signed, Binder's Copy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1974
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Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA
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Moab, Utah
About Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Colophon
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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