Item #29 Boy Who Set the Fire, The. Mohammed Mrabet, Paul Signed Bowles, Binder's Copy, novel, translation.
Boy Who Set the Fire, The

Boy Who Set the Fire, The

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1974. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of six copies specially bound and designated for use by the author and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and maroon velvet backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; endpapers are shocking pink; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-123,[3]pp. While not called for, this copy is housed in a matching velvet slipcase produced by the Earle Gray Bindery. Fine in Fine dustjacket and slipcase. Mrabet's third novel, following the success of Love with a Few Hairs (1967) and The Lemon (1969). Item #29

Price: $500.00