First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); neon green card wrappers, with titles printed in black; x,352,[2]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Gentle sunning to spine, else Near Fine. Collection of 24 short stories, selected by Bowles as the best of his short fiction, with a preface written from Tangier. Among Bowles's selections are "The Delicate Prey," "At Paso Rojo," "The Time of Friendship," and "A Distant Episode." Uncommon in this format, especially signed. Seller Inventory # 5165

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Title: A DISTANT EPISODE: THE SELECTED STORIES - ...

Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York

Publication Date: 1988

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

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