Lot 180
Lot 180
The Sheltering Sky

Paul Bowles, 1949

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    The Sheltering Sky

    Paul Bowles, 1949

    Price Realised USD 2,250
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    The Sheltering Sky
    Paul Bowles, 1949
    BOWLES, Paul (1910-1999). The Sheltering Sky. London: John Lehmann, 1949.

    First edition of the author’s first novel—an existential masterpiece. It was described in a contemporary review by Tennessee Williams as “an allegory of the spiritual adventure of the fully conscious person into modern experience.”

    Octavo. (A little foxing to edges.) Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (light wear to spine panel ends); custom box.
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