Lot 1452 , Bowles, Paul - The Sheltering Sky. 1st edition, 2nd impression, with author’s presentation inscription - ‘’for Mr. Williamson with my sincere thanks for helping to make my stay in Ceylon a pleasant one. Paul Bowles’’, or

° Bowles, Paul - The Sheltering Sky. 1st edition, 2nd impression, with author’s presentation inscription - ‘’for Mr. Williamson with my sincere thanks for helping to make my stay in Ceylon a pleasant one. Paul Bowles’’, original grey cloth, in unclipped d/j, John Lehmann, London, 1949. Note: In 1952, Bowles bought the tiny island of Taprobane, off the coast of Ceylon. There, he wrote much of his novel The Spider's House and returned to Tangier in the warmer months.
£200-300

Condition:
Columbo Book Stall stamp to front free endpaper, fore edges of pp.261-end creased, small loss to top right and head of spine to d/j.