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The Boy Who Set The Fire & Other Stories, Taped and Translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles [Limited Edition, Signed by Bowles and Mrabet]
by Paul Bowles; Mohammed Mrabet
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0876851758
- ISBN 13
- 9780876851753
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Very Good +/Near Fine. Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition, Limited Issue of 250 copies signed by Bowles and Mrabet at colophon, this being #100. Octavo. 123 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with black backstrip and title label to spine; magenta endpapers.
Mild general rubbing to dust jacket. Boards sunned along spine with a few smudges to rear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better copy in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Mild general rubbing to dust jacket. Boards sunned along spine with a few smudges to rear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better copy in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27427
- Title
- The Boy Who Set The Fire & Other Stories, Taped and Translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles [Limited Edition, Signed by Bowles and Mrabet]
- Author
- Paul Bowles; Mohammed Mrabet
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0876851758
- ISBN 13
- 9780876851753
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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