Paul Bowles / THE SHELTERING SKY 1st Edition 1949

Description: THE SHELTERING SKY Author: Bowles, Paul Title: THE SHELTERING SKY Publication: New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 1949 Edition: First American Edition, First Printing Description: Octavo, 318 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Aged white and black spotted spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$2.75", has moderate shelving wear, moderate bending wear along the edges, moderate chipping along the tail edges, small tears along the rear head edge, a small tear along the front cover, a large chip/tear along the front fore tail corner, stains on the covers, moderate wear and chipping along the fore corners, moderate wear along the spine head and tail edges, and large tears out of the spine head and tail edges. Boards have mild staining, mild wear along the edges, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear and bending along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock is lightly cocked, mild adhesive wear along the pastedowns, moderate age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns, a stain opposite the title page, moderate age-toning along the edges, stains along the edges, and mild wear along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. NOTES Paul Bowles was born December 30, 1910 in Jamaica, Queens, NYC. He had a difficult childhood, his father supposedly having attempted to kill him as an infant by leaving him out on a snowy balcony, something which encapsulated his entire relationship with his father. Bowles took an early interest in reading and poetry, writing stories by age 4 and having written his first published poem "Spire Song" by age 17. Bowles took an interest in music during his short tenure at the University of Virginia, but by 1929, Bowles had dropped out and sailed to Paris where he would make his first musical composition which premiered in New York in December of 1931. In Paris, Bowles met Aaron Copland, the pair becoming lovers for many years, Bowles taking his first trip to Tangiers with Copland in the summer of 1931. Tangiers would remain in Bowles' heart for his whole life, as he would come to live there for over 55 years of his life and into death. In 1947, upon receiving an advance from Doubleday to write a novel, Bowles would move to live permanently in Tangiers alongside his wife Jane Auer, herself an author and playwright. Bowles credits Auer with being his inspiration to begin writing fiction as an adult, crediting her 1943 novel "Two Serious Ladies" as the spark. "The Sheltering Sky" was named for a song Bowles heard throughout his childhood called "Down Among the Sheltering Palms". It was initially rejected by Doubleday who didn't consider it a novel, and instead had to be first published by a British house called John Lehmann Limited. Doubleday supposedly later attempted to walk back their rejection, but only after the novel began selling well. "The Sheltering Sky" was first published in America under New Directions Publishing in 1949. This edition of "The Sheltering Sky" comes with a first state dust jacket. "The Sheltering Sky" was a great financial and critical success. It would be placed on the "TIME Best 100 English-language Novels from 1923-2005, and received a film adaptation in 1990 in which Bowles made a cameo appearance. The film would win several awards for cinematography, Best Director, and it's original score. Seller ID: 1386766 Subject: Literature Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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