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The sheltering sky
- Title
- The sheltering sky / Paul Bowles.
- Author
- Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999
- Publication
- New York : New Directions, 1964.
- Brattleboro, Vermont : Belgrave Press, 1964.
- ©1949
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- Description
- 318 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner. The journey, initially an attempt by Port and Kit to resolve their marital difficulties, is quickly fraught by the travelers' ignorance of the dangers that surround them.
- Series Statement
- New Directions paperbook ; ND 158
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Fiction.
- Note
- "A New Directions book" -- title page.
- "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin" -- title page verso.
- Note on title page verso: "Fifth printing." According to Miller, this first American paperbound edition by New Directions was made from excess sheets of the fifth clothbound printing from 1950.
- Indexed In (note)
- Carruth, H. New Directions reader
- Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
- Miller, J. Paul Bowles: a descriptive bibliograpy
- Binding (note)
- is in publisher's original paperback binding; cover designed by David Ford, with a photograph by Roloff Beny.
- Contents
- Tea in the Sahara -- The Earth's sharp edge -- The sky.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-606
- OCLC
- 1355105545
- Author
- Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999, author.
- Title
- The sheltering sky / Paul Bowles.
- Publisher
- New York : New Directions, 1964.
- Manufacturer
- Brattleboro, Vermont : Belgrave Press, 1964.
- Copyright Date
- ©1949
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New Directions paperbook ; ND 158
- Indexed In:
- Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 221Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 58Miller, J. Paul Bowles: a descriptive bibliograpy, e, page 20
- Binding
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-606 is in publisher's original paperback binding; cover designed by David Ford, with a photograph by Roloff Beny.
- Local Note
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-606 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
- Added Author
- Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.Ford, David, 1934- cover designer.Beny, Roloff, photographer.New Directions Publishing, publisher.Belgrave Press, printer.Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.Javitch, Daniel, donor.Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-606