New York: Putnam, 1955. 319 pages. 8vo, handsomely rebound in half black morocco; gilt-ruled and lettered spine with raised bands and red leather labels. New York: Putnam, [1958] with 1955 printed on copyright page. First American edition. Top page edges are red (with some light spotting), else a fine copy. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. 8vo, brown cloth backed orange boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1973). First Edition. Fine. Signed by the author on the dedication page. More
New York: Knopf, 1999. 66 photographs by Lynn Davis, 132 illustrations in color and black-and-white, 7 maps. x + 275 pages, square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w.; gift inscription on front endpaper, light wear to dust wrapper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1979. Introduction by Gore Vidal. 8vo, 7, decorative paper-covered boards with patterned turquoise cloth spine. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1979. Limited first edition. A fine copy in the publishers acetate dust wrapper. One of 60 numbered copies signed by both Paul Bowles and Gore Vidal. More
New York: Abrams, 1985. Foreword by Pupul Jayakar. 223 illustrations, 204 in color. 240 pages, folio, red cloth, d.w. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1985). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981. 8vo, 73 pp., decorative paper-covered boards with patterned cloth spine. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981. Limited first edition. A fine copy in the publishers acetate dust wrapper. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Bowles. More
London: Dobson, 1948. Frontispiece portrait. 208 pages. Slim 8vo, black cloth, d.w..London: Ernest Dobson, 1948. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: Peter Nevill, 1950. Frontispiece portrait. 268 pages., 8vo, gray cloth, dust wrapper. London: Peter Nevill Limited, (1950). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Selections by T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Wyndham Lewis and others. More
Venice: Regione del Veneto / Marsilio, 2006. Well-illustrated throughout with color photographs. 318 pages with text in Italian. Square 4to, gray boards, d.w. Venezia: Regione del Veneto / Marsilio / Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, 2006. First edition. First several pages folded at upper corner, still a near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. Scarce. More
New York: Grove, 1975. Introduction by Wallace Fowlie. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Grove Press, (1975). First Edition. A fine copy but for a tiny red stamp on the bottom edge of pages. Autographed by Henry Miller on the half title. More
New York: New Directions, 1956. 12mo, yellow cloth backed black boards with 2 small carved out windows. (New York): New Directions, (1956). A fine copy with the publishers acetate wrapper. More
New York: Charterhouse, 1973. 249 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, lightly worn at foot and a touch faded along backstrip. New York: Charterhouse, (1973). First Edition. A very good solid copy copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1955. Some illustrations. 502 pages. 8vo, silver-lettered green cloth, pictorial d.w. (minor wear to extremities). Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1955. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Roma: Editalia, 1977. Well-illustrated throughout, much in color. 226 pages with text in Italian. Square folio, red-lettered black cloth, d.w., matching cloth slipcase with pictorial labels. Roma: Editalia, 1977. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper & slipcase. Scarce. Maestri del XX Secolo. More
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2001. Illustrated throughout in color & b/w. 167 pages. Square 4to, black boards, d.w. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz/Menil Collection, 2001. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Illustrated with 67 photographs, some in color, by Eustachy Kossakovski. 104 pages with text in French. Small 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (lightly edgeworn and with one tear at lower fold). Paris: Fondtion le Corbusier/Philippe Sers, 1984. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this rather scarce book. More
Edinburgh: Hodder & Stoughton, 1901. Tipped-in color frontispiece, and 21 tipped-in color illustrations and many black and white text illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 198 pages. Small thick folio, gilt-stamped vellum with elaborate cover design, lettered tissue guards, t.e.g. Edinburgh: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901. A near fine copy, lacking the silk ties. Limited Edition -- number 559 of 1000 copies, signed by Hugh Thompson on the limitation page. More
London: Cresset Press, 1930. Illustrations in dry point by J.R. Hodgkins. 107 pages. Short slim 4to, vellum-backed marbled boards, top edge gilt. London: Cresset Press, 1930. Limited First Edition. Board edges lightly rubbed as usual, still a near fine copy. Number 102 of 350 copies signed by Warner. More
New York: Vendome, 2009. Hundred of illustrations, 319 pages, folio, pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Vendome Press, (2009). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild, 1933. Illustrated in b/w by Artsybasheff. 86 pages. Slim 8vo, black cloth (worn at spine ends). New York: The Junior Literary Guild, (1933). A very good(-) copy. More
New York: Dial Press, 1971. Illustrated. ix + 277 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: The Dial Press, 1977. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. 336 pages, blue cloth, chipped d.w. sunned spine. Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Elek Books, 1961. Frontis. 171 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, chipped d.w. London: Elek Books, 1961. Owner inscription on front end-paper, still a very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1956. First Edition. 254 pages, 12mo, black cloth, chipped d.w. London: Andre Deutsch, 1956. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty, 2004. 590 illustrations, 400 in color. 368 pages, folio, green cloth, d.w.; tail of spine bumped. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (2004). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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