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The Spider's House
by Bowles, Paul
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Spider's House by Paul Bowles.. Octavo, [2], 406pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, light scrape along front cover, top edge dyed blue, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $3.95 retail price on front flap, some wear to front cover and spine, a very good example. Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was an American author. In 1947 he moved to Tangier, a city at the northwestern coast of Morocco. Bowles and his wife remained in Morocco for the next 52 years until he passed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12363
- Title
- The Spider's House
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Spider's House by Paul Bowles.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Paul Bowles, Paul Bowles first edition, Paul Bowles signed, Paul Bowles The Spider's House, The Spider's House first edition, The Spider's House signed, Bowles Tangier, The Sheltering Sky, Too Far From Home
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About the Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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