Let It Come Down

John Lehman, London, 1952. First edition, UK. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Book has light toning, unobtrusive previous owners name in ink on last page, slight bumping at corners and spine. Dust jacket has edge wear and creasing, dust shadow and light soiling on rear cover, tears at top edge, price clipped. Blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in… Read more about this item

First printing. 311 pp. Hardcover, bound in boards with dust jacket. Edge-wear, the jacket nicked and rubbed with several tears.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Limited Edition . Hardcover. As New. Hardcover with clear acetate dust wrapper as issued. Limited numbered and signed edition of 350 copies. This is number 212. Bound in light blue boards with cover illustration. Yellow cloth spine strip with title information pasted on. New preface by Bowles, "Thirty Years Later," written… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Paul Bowles and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page, "For Gregory Stephenson [,] inscribed in Tangier on the occasion of his first visit there. 15/VIII/79 [signed] Paul Bowles". Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth with spine decorated in… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Pale blue grey cloth boards stamped in vermillion, in D/W [designed by John Minton]. Minor ghosting from the D/W onto the spine of the book otherwise a VG+ copy in a D/W with some light darkening around dust wrapper and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Corners a little bumped else very good or better in very good dustwrapper with an internal tape repair and shallow chipping at the crown. Inscribed by Bowles to a Daniel Warden, using anagrams of both his and of the recipient's name: "for Aladdin Erwin - Companion in… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1953. First UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo; blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in maroon on spine; dustjacket; 318pp. Fading to board edges, with some very subtle offset from jacket illustration onto spine cloth; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly sunned at spine, with some minor edgewear and scattered soil to rear panel; Very Good+ to… Read more about this item

Paperback. Good.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine brown with yellow and white lettering. Dust jacket is protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: '$3.50'. Mild shelfwear. Chipping and tearing along edges of dust jacket. Rubbing to back cover. Light age-toning to… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hardbound octavo in clear acetate wrapper. 292 pp. First edition thus with a new preface by Bowles. One of 350 hand-numbered copies bound in boards and SIGNED by Bowles. A fine copy in acetate.

John Lehmann. First edition published by John Lehmann Ltd in 1952. This is a very good copy. The John Minton illustrated dustwrapper has around 1cm loss to the top of the spine and a tiny amount to the bottom. There is wear to the corner tips. The lower panel has the odd mark. The jacket in general is lightly toned. The… Read more about this item

Random House, 1952. Hard cover. Very good/Fair. First edition. Jacket is worn, stained, and chipped along edges. Two two-inch tears from bottom edge of jacket back cover. Cover boards and tanned and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is rubbed, bumped, and shaken, but binding is secure. Previous owner's ink writing on front endpaper. Text block is stained… Read more about this item

Hard cover, first U.S. edition and first printing. One of 15,000 copies published within weeks of the UK edition. notable jacket upper cover design by E. McKnight. The author's second novel following Sheltering Sky. The overall condition of this copy is very good. The dust jacket is fairly good, with some rubbing and small tears on top, one larger tear… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 292 pp. Limited to 350 numbered copies, this is copy 9 (on colophon in rear) and is signed by the author opposite the copyright page. Blue paper-covered covers with red/green titles and design to upper. Yellow cloth spine with blue paper label… Read more about this item

New York: Random House [1952], 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [9], 4-311, [1] pp. Half grey cloth over dark grey paper boards with green lettering on the spine and a small inset decoration on the front board; yellow topstain. Price of $3.50 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of Bowles' fifth… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1980.. First edition, numbered & signed issue.. 292 pp. Foxing along top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. New preface by Bowles, “Thirty Years Later,” composed for this reissue. One of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. Miller A6g. This is copy #1.… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition with a new preface by the author, hardcover issue. Quarter cloth and decorated paper-covered boards. Very slight suning at bottom of the boards else fine copy in fine publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket. Copy letter O of 26 lettered copies handbound and signed by Paul Bowles.

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Author's second novel, scarce in this condition.

New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. First edition, first printing of the author's second novel. A square, clean very good copy. Half grey cloth covered boards with small photo inset to front panel. The price intact dustwrapper is worn and rubbed, but still presentable. A novel set in Tangier.

Paperback. Acceptable.