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The Dream at the End of the World: Paul Bowles and the Literary Renegades in Tangier
by Green, Michelle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060165715
- ISBN 13
- 9780060165710
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"The Dream at the End of the World: Paul Bowles and the Literary Renegades in Tangier" by Michelle Green. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, [1991]. First edition. pp. 383, Bibliography, Index. 41 b. & w. photo. illus. Hardcover, quarter black cloth, with maroon boards, gilt title on spine (notes in margins and text underlining, light foxing on top edge). unclipped dw. (price sticker on flap, foxing on the inside).
Very good condition.
Size: 9 1/2" x 6 3/8" (24cm x 16.5cm).
A really fascinating biography about the American writer and composer, Paul Bowles, and his wife Jane, and their life in Tangier, Morocco. Paul himself moved to Tangier in 1947 and lived there for the rest of his life, dying in 1999. The colourful people they were friends with included William Burroughs, Truman Capote, Allen Ginsburg, and the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton.
Very good condition.
Size: 9 1/2" x 6 3/8" (24cm x 16.5cm).
A really fascinating biography about the American writer and composer, Paul Bowles, and his wife Jane, and their life in Tangier, Morocco. Paul himself moved to Tangier in 1947 and lived there for the rest of his life, dying in 1999. The colourful people they were friends with included William Burroughs, Truman Capote, Allen Ginsburg, and the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton.
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- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A236
- Title
- The Dream at the End of the World
- Author
- Green, Michelle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, quarter black cloth, with maroon boards and gilt title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060165715
- ISBN 13
- 9780060165710
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 383
- Keywords
- Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, Michelle Green, Tangier, Morocco,, literary biography, William Burroughs, Truman Capote, David Herbert, Barbara Hutton
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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