signed first edition Softcover
1993 · (Hopewell, N.J.)
by BOWLES, Paul
(Hopewell, N.J.): The Ecco Press, 1993. Softcover. Near Fine. First American edition, wrappered issue. Edited and with a Preface by Daniel Halpern. Introduced by Joyce Carol Oates. Originally published under this title in 1992 in Zurich by Bruno Bischofberger with different illustrations and much reduced text. Large, thick octavo. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Binding has light soiling on edges of text block, slightly bumped at tips of corners, else a very good or better copy. Signed and inscribed by Paul Bowles: "for Mrs. Asselman... / Paul Bowles / 14/vii/95/ Tangier". Very scarce signed.
(Inventory #: 499477)