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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. ESSENTIAL: POWERFUL: HALLUCINATORY: DIABOLICALLY FUNNY: AS-NEW stated LOA First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2002) Stated First Printing, EXCELLENT slipcase w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW sand-tan Brillianta silk-finish fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & Library of America colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT unblemished smooth-cut text-block exterior w/ brown-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps & bronze silk ribbon page-marker bound-in from top, IMPECCABLE white-on-brown LOA patterned end-papers on heavy stock, NEW Smythe-sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB Domtar Literary Opaque archival paper * 5.0" x 8.12" x 1.36", 0.69 kg, 1059 pp. * CONTENTS: The Delicate Prey & Other Stories (5), A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (227), The Time of Friendship (279), Things Gone & Things Still Here (425), Midnight Mass (487), Selected Later Stories (609), Their Hands Are Green & Their Hands Are Blue (705), Up Above the World (863); Chronology (1021), Note on the Texts (1041), Glossary (1047), Notes (1053), Index of Titles (1061) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Paul Bowles had already established himself as an important composer when at age 39 he published "The Sheltering Sky" & became recognized as one of the most powerful writers of the postwar period. From his base in Tangier he produced globally ranging novels, stories, & travel writing. This LOA Bowles set, the first annotated edition, offers the full range of his achievement: the portrait of an outsider who was one of the essential American writers of the last century. In addition to his novels --"The Sheltering Sky" (1949), "Let It Come Down" (1952), "The Spider's House" (1955), "Up Above the World" (1966)-- & his collected stories --including such classics as "A Distant Episode" and "Pages from Cold Point" -- they contain his masterpiece of travel writing, "Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue" (1963). Throughout, Bowles shows himself a master of gothic terror & a diabolically funny observer of manners as well as a prescient guide to everything from the roots of Islamist politics to the world of Moghrebi music. W/ a hallucinatory clarity as dry & unforgiving as the desert air, Bowles sends his characters toward encounters w/ unknown & terrifying forces both outside them & within them. * The LIBRARY of AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this EXCELLENT copy for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.