The Sheltering Sky. [New York]: New Directions, [1949]

bowles, paul

bowles, paul.

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

The Sheltering Sky. 1949, cloth slightly torn; another copy, fifth printing, specially bound in red morocco gilt, [inscribed "for Bill with love. (This is probably the handsomest copy in existence.)..."]; The Delicate Prey and other stories. 1950, dust-jacket (torn); A Little Stone. London: John Lehmann, 1950, spine torn; Let  it Come Down. 1952; The Spider's House. 1955, dust-jacket; The Hours after Noon, London: Heinemann, 1959, dust-jacket; Their Heads are Green and the their Hands are Blue. 1963, dust-jacket; A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard. San Francisco: City Light Books, 1962, original paper covers; Up above the World. 1966, dust-jacket; some with ownership signature of Woods Gray; all New York: (New Directions, Random House or Simon and Schuster) and first American or first English editions and in original cloth except where stated; 8vo (10)

collection of ten works, all presentation copies inscribed to william ("woods") gray ("for bill g. come back again, love, paul...", "for bill, all my love, paul...", "for bill: anticipating his return visit..." etc):

Books &amp; Manuscripts

Engraved map, on two joined sheets, (22 5/8 x 38 3/8 in.; 598 x 975 mm), hand-colored in outline, dedication and title in cartouche upper left, large engraved vignette "A View of a State & also of ye manner of Fishing for Curing & Drying Cod at New Found Land," and small vignettes of "St. John's Harbour," "Boston Harbor," "New York etc.," "Ashley & Cooper River," "Port Royal Harbour," "The Bay & City of ye Havana," "The Bay of Pto Bella," "La Vera Cruz," "Cartegena Harbour and Forts," and "The Port of Acapulco" in lower left; mounted on old blue paper, 2 small mends in blank portion to the right of the Eskimoes, fold tear in left portion mended with light discoloration and washout of a bit of green outline color off coast of northern California, a few light spots. Matted, glazed and framed.

to the right honourable john lord sommers ... this map of north america according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated ... [london:] sold by h. moll ... in ye strand, printed for j. bowles ... at the black horse in cornhill and t. bowles ... in st. paul's church yard. and by p. overton ... fleetstreet and by john king ... in the poultry, [ca. 1730]

Fine Books and Manuscripts

An archive of 46 letters, comprising 37 autograph letters, 8 typed letters, 1 autograph postcard, all signed ("Paul", "Paul B."), Tangier and other places, 29 August 1982 — 10 March 1999, to Phillip Ramey, 50 pp. (most 11 x 8 1/2 in.; 279 x 216 mm); vertical and horizontal folds, with condition generally good.  Autograph and typed envelopes.

Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection (JONES, JOHN PAUL) Paul Jones Shooting a Sailor who had Attempted to Strike his Colours in an Engagement. London: Printed for and Sold by Carrington Bowles, 2 December 1779 Mezzotint print (14 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.; 358 x 257 mm) after a painting by John Collet, brilliantly handcolored. Some light browning, three marginal tears into image. Framed and glazed. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. "I have not yet begun to fight!" This is the first of three versions of this British propaganda print depicting the United States' first great naval hero as a maniacal pirate, armed with a saber and five pistols and shooting one of his own men who was attempting to surrender to the British. Collet's exaggerated image was inspired by an actual event scarcely two month before the print was published. During the brutal battle between Jones's flagship Bonhomme Richard and HMS Serapis off the Yorkshire coast, the American's gunner's mate, Henry Gardner, believing Jones killed and himself the ranking officer, called for quarter. "Unfortunately for Gardner, Jones was very much alive and on a rear deck, helping to man a cannon that blasted at the enemy’s mainmast. Hearing Gardner, Jones became infuriated, lunged after him, and threw one of his two pistols at the man, knocking him out" (Michael Schellhammer, "The Real Immortal Words of John Paul Jones," in Journal of the American Revolution, 2015).

(jones, john paul) | paul jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement. london: printed for and sold by carrington bowles, 2 december 1779

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