The Delicate Prey and Other Stories by Bowles, Paul - 1950

Trade Paperback. Ecco Press 1950. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.

N.Y.: Signet. Very Good. 1952. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 192 pp.; illustrated wrappers. Minor wear to spine at edges; moderate even tanning to pages, slightly more at edges. .

Hopewell: The Ecco Press, 1992. 7th Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Octavo.

Ecco Press, 1990 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 307 pages. Moderate edge wear and soling. Binding good, text clean..

Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1956 . 1296 very good reprints 919 paperback,

Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1952 first edition . 919 good - very good, faint inside damp mark paperback,

New York: Signet, 1952. First Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 7" tall pocket paperback with glued binding. Outside page edges dyed red. Bumping along edges and corners of cover. Creasing to bottom front corner. Rubbing and general shelf wear to cover. Cover in Good or better condition. Signet #919; Cmplete and Unabridged. Stated First Printing, Jan, 1952. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. 192 pages. The cover shows a bit of wear but the interior pages are in Fine or better condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: Ecco Press Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 307 pages; very gently used ex-library copy with only tiny traces of shelf wear, pale faded old tape stains to covers, several library rubber stamps and labels, card pocket secured to free back endpaper, but text pages very clean and unmarked, fresh and white; DJ in far better condition due to previous library mylar protector (since removed), gently bumped but no chips or tears, two pale faded ghosts of interior tape marks, otherwise bright, clean and attractive. See also our listing for Bowles' The Spider's House.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good +.

Signet Books. First Thus. Paperback. Used - Very Good. First Edition Thus, First Printing (January 1952). Published by Signet, 1952. 12mo. Pictorial wraps with red stained page ends and vintage cover art. Code of #919 on cover and spine. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Binding tight, pages crisp. Spine unbroken and corners sharp. Covers have light shelf wear. A nice copy of this collection of suspenseful short stories by acclaimed author and composer Paul Bowles. 192 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

New York: Random House, 1950. Bound in decorated, rust colored cloth, stamped in black and silver, sans DW; 307pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.

1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve

2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve

First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More

Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.

Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.