Paul Bowles
90 copies for sale · $15–$3,500 · 52 first editions · 16 signed
Notable copies for sale
THREE TALES - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$125
WITHOUT STOPPING: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$450
EL BEJUCO QUE SIGA, QUE SIGA EL GUSTO...... - SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$300
HUAPANGO NO.1, FOR PIANO SOLO - SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$300
BABY, BABY. FROM ON WHITMAN AVENUE - SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$250
Things Gone and Things Still Here (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$250
CARRETERA DE ESTEPONA HIGHWAY TO ESTEPONA - SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$200
THE THICKET OF SPRING: Poems 1926-1969 (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$150
NO EYE LOOKED OUT FROM ANY CREVICE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED (signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$100
In the Red Room (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$100
THE SHELTERING SKY (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$2,500
THE SPIDER'S HOUSE - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED (signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$550
What these are worth
The Spider's House15 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
LET IT COME DOWN5 copies · £47–£500
LET IT COME DOWN4 copies · $150–$1,500
A Little Stone4 copies · £300–£850
A Little Stone4 copies · £350–£750
WITHOUT STOPPING: ; An Autobiography4 copies · $15–$193
THE SHELTERING SKY3 copies · $950–$3,500
Spider's House3 copies · £40–£300
THE SPIDER'S HOUSE3 copies · $193–$300
THE SHELTERING SKY2 copies · $1,953–$3,500
UP ABOVE THE WORLD2 copies · $25–$30
THE SHELTERING SKY1 copy · $2,500
A LITTLE STONE - SIGNED1 copy · $650
The Sheltering Sky1 copy · $600
THE SPIDER'S HOUSE - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED1 copy · $550
A Little Stone1 copy · $500
The Delicate Prey1 copy · $400
Market context
21 copies of Paul Bowles's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $125 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
, W.H. Auden. Alan Sillitoe, contributors. Transatlantic Review 50, 1974; and 58 others, l (forum, 2026-09-03)£200
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