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5 beat titles, 1 signed by Paul Bowles

Sold for $110 at PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers on Feb 19, 2026.

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Heading: (Beat Literature) Author: Title: Five Beat volumes Place Published: Various places Publisher: Date Published: Various dates Description: 5 volumes. Comprises: Kerouac, Jack. Big Sur. Mass market paperback. First Bantam Edition. Bantam, 1963. Kerouac, Jack. Maggie. Mass market paperback, First Edition, Avon, 1959. Bowles, Paul. The Spider‘s House. Black cloth, jacket, top edge blue. First Edition. Random House, 1955. In the Red Room. Red and gold cloth. No. 235 of 300 copies. Signed at colophon by the author. Sylvester & Orphanos, 1981. Knight, Arthur et al. The Beat Diary. Illustrated from photographs. Pictorial wrappers. Arthur Knight, 1977. A selection of Beat-related titles, with one signed by Paul Bowles.

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