Published by 10/18, 1990
ISBN 10: 2264013699 ISBN 13: 9782264013699
Seller: Planet's books, Viane, France
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. EDITEUR: 10/18 coll. 10/18 Domaine Etranger n°2073, DL. Janvier 1990, imp. en 1991. AUTEUR: Jane Bowles Auer. TITRE: Plaisirs Paisibles (plain pleasures) traduit de l'anglais par Claude N. Thomas. RELIURE: 180x110x20mm. 188p. couverture souple glacée illustrée. TEXTE: en français. DEWEY: 813 american fiction.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022
ISBN 10: 1474620434 ISBN 13: 9781474620437
Seller: BookOutlet, Thorold, ON, Canada
Paperback. Condition: New. Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge.
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Published by Arrow Books, London, 1985
ISBN 10: 0099359707 ISBN 13: 9780099359708
Seller: Bungalow Books, ABAA, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. Covers creased, and tanning to the pages. Includes material not included in the 1966 edition. ; Mass Market PB; 238 pages.
Published by Peter Owen, London, 1965
Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
8vo. Paper to boards. First UK edition. One bumped corner and some yellowing to edges, otherwise fine, good price clipped dj with some fading in permanent plastic protector, bubbling at spine.
Published by Peter Owen, London, 1966
Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
8vo. Paper to boards. First UK edition. One bumped corner and some yellowing to edges, otherwise fine, in fine price clipped dj in permanent plastic protector.
Published by Penguin Putnam~trade, 1966
ISBN 10: 0141181699 ISBN 13: 9780141181691
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.
Published by Peter Owen Ltd, 1966
ISBN 10: 0720666112 ISBN 13: 9780720666113
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Light wear and rubbing to price-clipped mylar-wrapped dust jacket. NO marks in text; binding is tight. A very nice copy. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Published by peter owen london 1966, 1966
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition 184pp NF (v sl bruise to lower edge of front board) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbing, small hole to front fore-edge above lower corner).
Published by Peter Owen, London, 1966
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++. First British Edition. Dustwrapper is price clipped and shows a light bit of scuffing to extremes (common). Overall, a tight, bright copy of a scarce first edition of this book of seven short stories by the author of "Two Serious Ladies".
Published by Peter Owen, London, 1966
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 8vo (19 x 12 cm). 184 pp. Gray covers with gilt titles to spine. Wear, discoloration to head/tail of spine. First printing (with misprint of extra "one" on p. 126, line 15). Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with 25s to front flap. In Mylar.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Correct first printing (with misprint of extra "one" on p. 126, line 15) of Bowles's only short stories, collecting "Plain pleasures," "Everything is nice," "A Guatemalan idyll," "Camp cataract," "A day in the open," "A quarrelling pair," and "A stick of green candy," ranging in place from North Africa to South American. Slim crown 8vo (185 x 116mm): 184pp. Original publisher's pale blue cloth, spine stamped in red; illustrated dust jacked by Keith Cunningham, priced 25s. An exemplary example, jacket mildly dust-soiled, else tight, square, and clean and bright throughout, only lightly read (if at all). Two of the short stories in this collection, "A Guatemalan Idyll" and "A Day in the Open," originally were conceived as part of Bowles's only novel, Two Serious Women. But her husband, the composer and writer Paul Bowles, advised her to remove them from the novel and publish them separately. Typically in Bowles's stories, as in "A Guatemalan Idyll." several plots are interwoven with inexplicable events and symbolic details into a multilayered narrative. Here, a woman has an affair with an unnamed male traveler; her daughter lets loose a snake in the middle of town, where it is squashed by a bus; accompanying the daughter is a boy whose head is wounded from falling on a rusty nail; later, the woman falls asleep near a convent, then seduces the boy who wakes her; the story ends when the traveler departs. The companion piece, "A Day in the Open," is no less puzzling, in its use of language and nontraditional narrative techniques. In an oft quoted review of her collected works ("Up from the Underground," The New York Times Book Review, February 29, 1967, p. 5), the poet John Asbury called Bowles "one of the finest modern writers of fiction, in any language." 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 Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by London: Peter Owen (1966), 1966
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First British Edition of this collection of short stories published when the author & her husband, Paul Bowles, were living in Tangier. Small 8vo. Near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown. Owner's discreet signature on f f e. One of the nicer copies we have seen.
Published by Peter Owen, London, 1966
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition (no equivalent U.S. edition). Fine in fine dust jacket that is price-clipped and has a publisher's price label affixed. A nice copy.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A first UK edition of this short story anthology by American writer Jane Bowles. A first UK edition, first impression copy with misprint of extra "one" on p. 126, line 15.This volume is an anthology of short stories written by Jane Bowles. The stories have the same wit, humour and characterisation as her novels, containing the stories Everything is Nice, Camp Cataract, A Day in the Open and others. The stories first appeared in various publications, including Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. With a Foyles sticker to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some light creasing to the folds and spine and light marks to the rear wrap. Fine. book.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First British edition. There was no American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (184pp. ) (5" X 7 1/2") Stories. Uncommon this nice. ; 5" x 7 1/2"; 184 pages.