Paul Bowles Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paul Bowles Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 29, 2024
PAUL BOWLES FIRSTS
Est: $60 - $80
7 books by Paul Bowles. Mostly firsts editions and Black Sparrow Press publications. All softcovers but one. Mixed lot in mostly good condition. Covers tanned and faded, with slightly foxed book edges. Includes 1) The Thicket of Spring. Poems 1926-1969. Black Sparrow Press,1972. 2) The Spider's House. Black Sparrow Press, 1982, 3) Let it Come Down. First UK edition published by John Lehmann, 1952. Cloth binding, poor copy.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Sep. 19, 2024
Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, first edition, 1950 & others by Bowles (10)
Est: £150 - £200
Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, endpapers with faint strip of toning, jacket spine faded, lower panel with one or two surface marks, otherwise excellent and very sharp, 1950; The Delicate Prey and Other Stories, jacket rubbed at extremities and discoloured, New York, 1950; The Spider's House, first English edition, jacket with repaired tears to upper edge of front panel, 1" split down upper joint, few other nicks and tears to extremities, 1957, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others by Bowles, 8vo (10)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 29, 2024
MUSIC - BOWLES Paul (1910 - 1999) - Typed letter signed
Est: £450 - £500
Typed letter signed, dated “26/V/80” by the American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier in the Interzone, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life. Addressed to the writer and editor Daniel M. J. Stokes: “…A description of something is never as good as the thing itself. Why not send me a copy of the East River Review, so I can see it ? I don’t mean to impy that automatically I’ll send something once I see the magazine: I never have any material lying idle because it’s promised before I writer it. Besided, I work slowly…”. 1 p. With lithographic letterhead “Hotel de la Paix - Lausanne”. Envelope included. - This item is under temporary import. If the item is delivered within the United Kingdom, it will be subject to a 5% Value Added Tax (VAT) on the hammer price.
L'Autographe Auctions
Jun. 08, 2023
Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, first edition, 1950 & others by or relating to Bowles (c.60)
Est: £200 - £300
Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, light toning to endpapers, jacket spine faded, 1950; The Delicate Prey, jacket spine faded, New York, 1950; Let It Come Down, cloth spine a little faded, 1952; The Spider's House, light spotting to first few pages, 1957; The Hours After Noon, 1959; Up Above the World, New York, 1966, first or first English editions, original cloth or boards, all but the third with dust-jackets, light chipping to extremities, still very good or excellent copies overall; and c.55 others, by or relating to Bowles, 8vo (c.60)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 26, 2023
Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky, first edition, 1949.
Est: £600 - £800
Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky, first edition, occasional light scattered foxing or spotting, slightly heavier to preliminaries, original cloth, spine lightly faded, ends a little frayed, dust-jacket, price-clipped, neat and expert restorations and repairs to head and tail, with small portion of spine supplied in facsimile, still in effect a sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, 1949. ⁂ Scarce 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."
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 19, 2023
Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky, third impression, October 1949; and others similar, many first editions (c.90)
Est: £400 - £600
Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky, third impression, original cloth, fractional bumping and fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, fractional chipping to spine extremities, 8vo, October 1949 § Spark (Muriel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, first edition, original cloth, faint mottling to spine and edges, dust-jacket, short tear to bottom edge, slight staining to verso, slight chipping to top edge, 1961 § Pinter (Harold) Plays: Three, signed by author to title, and cut signature loosely inserted, original paper wrappers, small paper price label to lower cover, faint crease to spine, else crisp, 1986 § Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, spotting to fore-edge as usual, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, small splits to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1974 § Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, first english edition, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, sunned spine, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, faint staining to verso, a little rubbed, 1962; and others similar, many first editions, 8vo (c.90)
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 01, 2022
Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky, first edition, 1949.
Est: £700 - £900
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed *** Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky, first edition, original cloth, slight staining to upper cover, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine tips and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1949. ⁂ The author's first novel.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 17, 2021
The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles, 1949 The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles, 1949 B
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles, 1949 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…
Christie's
Aug. 19, 2021
PAUL BOWLES. A Little Stone * Up Above the World.
Est: $300 - $400
PAUL BOWLES. A Little Stone * Up Above the World. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth, few small stains to rear board of first title; dust jackets, first title price clipped and with minor wear to head and foot of spine panel, else near fine copies. First editions, each signed by Bowles on the title-page. London, (1950); NY, (1966).
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 01, 2021
PAUL AND JANE BOWLES
Est: $100 - $200
Paul and Jane Bowles. Three Tales, Paul Bowles, Frank Hallman, 1975, signed on the title page by the author, 1/1000. Deux Dames Serieuses, Jane Bowles, Gallimard 1969, wrappers, 15/26.
Ashcroft and Moore
Apr. 30, 2020
Bowles (Paul) Let It Come Down, first edition, 1952; and another by the same (2)
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Bowles (Paul) Let It Come Down, ink gift inscription, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1952; The Spider's House, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1957, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 14, 2019
Bowles (Paul)
Est: £200 - £300
Bowles (Paul) Seven first editions novels by the author, comprising: The Delicate Prey, first printing, Random House, New York, [1950]; Let it Come Down, first printing, Random House, New York, 1952; The Spider's House, first printing, Random House, New York, [1955]; Up Above the World, first printing, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1966; The Time of Friendship, first printing, Holt, New York, 1967; Love with a Few Hairs, first American edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, George Braziller, New York, 1968; The Lemon, first British Commonwealth edition, Peter Owen, 1969; with Mrabet (Mohammed) M'Hashish, ed. by P. Bowles, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, original wrappers, City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1969, and 2 copies of 'Let it Come Down' & 'The Spider's House', second printing, all in dust jacket, minor creasing and chipping, occasional soiling or toning, 8vo (10)
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 20, 2019
PAUL BOWLES (1910-1999) Archive of 17 items Signed, "P. Bowles" or in full, two in red ink, to young poet Mark Dery: 15 Typed Letters
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
"YOU CAN'T USE THE WORD 'NORM' OR 'NORMAL' IN DEALING WITH HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS" PAUL BOWLES (1910-1999) Archive of 17 items Signed, "P. Bowles" or in full, two in red ink, to young poet Mark Dery: 15 Typed Letters * Autograph Letter * Autograph Postcard. The letters, giving advice in writing surreal poetry, correcting errors in Dery's interview with him, and helping with an exhibition of drawings by Mohamed Mrabet at City Lights bookstore in San Francisco. Together 22 pages, 4to or 12mo, written on rectos of separate sheets; generally good condition. Each letter with the original envelope. Tangier, Morocco, 1980-88.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 31, 2014
Four volumes by Paul Bowles
Est: $10 - $100
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PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Dec. 05, 2013
No Eye Looked Out From Any Crevice
Est: $250 - $350
Black wrappers, printed paper cover label. No. "L" of 26 lettered copies.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Dec. 05, 2013
Midnight Mass
Est: $100 - $150
Cloth-backed boards. No. 140 of 350 numbered copies. First Edition.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Dec. 05, 2013
Collected Stories, 1939-1976
Est: $100 - $200
Introduction by Gore Vidal. Purple cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, acetate cover. No. 88 of 300 numbered copies. First Edition.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Sep. 26, 2013
2 signed, limited Paul Bowles book Black Sparrow Press
Est: $150 - $250
Includes: Collected Stories, 1939-1976. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Decorative cloth-backed boards. No. 42 of 60 copies specially bound by Earle Gray and signed by Bowles and Vidal. 1979. Let it Come Down. Decorative cloth-backed boards. Signed by author. Letter "D" of 26 numbered copies specially bound by Early Gray and signed by the author. 1980.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
May. 09, 2012
SIEGFRIED SASSOON AND PAUL BOWLES
Est: $100 - $150
SIEGFRIED SASSOON AND PAUL BOWLES Two A.L.S. from acclaimed twentieth-century writers, the first SIEGFRIED SASSOON (1886 - 1967) English writer, an author of anti-war and devotional literature and verse: A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Sept. 24, 1930 declining to accept any further engagements. Very good. Together with PAUL BOWLES (1910-1999) American expatriate writer who achieved success with his 1949 novel The Sheltering Sky: A.L.S. on verso of a postcard, Morocco, Jan. 12, 1987, writing in response to a question about literary influences. In part: "...The matter of influence has never preoccupied me. I've simply written without thought of such a thing. No point, I think, in worrying about other people's work. It would be a hindrance.... Very good. Two pieces.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Jun. 17, 2011
BOWLES, PAUL
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
BOWLES, PAUL 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.
Sotheby's
Apr. 20, 2011
BOWLES, PAUL. 1910-1999.
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
37 Typed Letters Signed, 3 Autograph Letters Signed ("Paul," "Paul Bowles," and "Paul B.") and 1 Typed Letter, 44 pp, 4to, various places (Tangier, Chiengmai, Marrakech, etc), 1965-1984, to JAMES LEO HERLIHY, marginal chip to two letters with loss of several words, 2 signatures very smudged, with 9 letters of copy correspondence from Herlihy to Bowles or Mrabet. Densely written correspondence, chock-full of anecdotes about and descriptions of life in Tangier; what Bowles is reading, writing and publishing; visits from fellow writers and hippies; and his travels in Morocco and to the Far East. More than half of the letters date from the 1960s. "Burroughs is in London, waiting, he says, for the rainy season to begin in Tangier before returning here. Perversity knows no bounds ... Do you really think of coming this way? It would be fine if you did,--fine for me, I mean. For you, God knows" (Oct 11, 1965); "When life is unbearable, I apply the principal of the counterirritant: I invent something still worse, beside which the actuality seems fairly benign. I suppose the necessity is to persuade the reader of the impossibility, or even of the undesirability, of happiness" (Apr 30, 1966); "Yes, here I am, back under bright skies. (Thailand never had such a sky as we have here) ... Only Jane is very ill, having been for the past six months or so in a really bad depression ... I am going to have to take her to Spain and leave her in a hospital, I'm afraid" (Mar 25, 1967); "I reread MIDNIGHT COWBOY once again a fortnight ago; each time I read it I admire it more, but that's certainly not why I read it. It's just one of those books that it's fun to reread once in a while, like A PASSAGE TO INDIA or ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS" (Jul 31, 1967); "Do you think the jacket [of Love with a Few Hairs] should be removed? The reference to homosexuality misrepresents the book, I think, making the reader expect something that isn't there" (Sep 21, 1967). Letters mentions Brion Gysin, Alfred Chester, Susan Sontag, James Baldwin, James Purdy, Andreas Brown, Timothy Leary, Jean Genet, Tennessee Williams, Mohamed Mrabet, et al. See illustration.
Bonhams
Dec. 19, 2010
ART & LITERATURE: Small selection of A.Ls.S. and
Est: £150 - £200
ART & LITERATURE: Small selection of A.Ls.S. and one T.Ls.S. by various writers, some composers etc., comprising Paul Bowles (1910-1999, American Author and Composer) A.L.S., Paul Bowles, two pages, small 8vo, n.p. (Tangier, Morocco), 21st October 1986, to Bob Sharrard, regarding some drawings, accompanied by the original envelope; Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997, American Poet of the Beat Generation) A.L.S., Allen Ginsberg, one page, 4to, New York, 20th January 1990, to Roberto Vargas, being a letter of introduction for a Hungarian poet and playwright, accompanied by the original envelope; Edward Albee (1928- , American Playwright) Autograph Invitation signed, Edward Albee, in the third person, on one side of a 12mo card, n.p. (New York), n.d. (December n.y.), being an invitation issued by Albee and William Flanagan to an evening party at their apartment; William Flanagan (1923-1969, American Composer) T.L.S., Bill, two pages, 4to, New York, 4th July 1964, to Morris Golde, a good, social letter to his friend with various references to Edward Albee ('He's on the wagon, hard at work on a new play and my libretto, exhuding (sic) confidence, high spirits and much mental health....He looks fifteen years younger, bright-eyed, high-colored and terrific.') and Ned Rorem, accompanied by the original envelope; and Cecil Beaton (1904-1980, English Photographer & Costume Designer) A.L.S., Cecil, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to Vera (?), referring to the death of a mutual friend, 'Oh what sadness! Do tell me a little of his last minutes.'. Written in an infirm hand in later years. Generally VG, 5
International Autograph Auctions
Jul. 15, 2010
BOWLES, PAUL.
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
BOWLES, PAUL. 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): 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)
Sotheby's
Dec. 17, 2009
BOWLES, PAUL.
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
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): 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) The academic and teacher Dr William ("Woods") Shelton Gray, Jr (1926-1993) was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and received his Ph.D from the University of Exeter. He established a correspondence with T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden (who dedicated his poem "The Aliens" to him) and a number of other English and American writers and poets. His most intimate correspondent appears to have been Paul Bowles, whom he visited a number of times in Tangier.
Sotheby's
Jun. 20, 2007
BOWLES, PAUL.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
The Sheltering Sky . [New York]: New Directions, [1949]. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket by Lustig. A tiny water-spot to top paper edge, mildest darkening to lower panel of jacket; fine in fine jacket. First American edition of the author's first and most important work.
Bonhams
Nov. 16, 2004
BOWLES, PAUL
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
The Sheltering Sky. [New York]: New Directions, [1949]
Sotheby's