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Additional authors

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
2. Ford, David, 1934-
3. Beny, Roloff
4. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
5. Belgrave Press, printer.
6. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

1. 318 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. 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

1. New Directions paperbook ; ND 158

Subject

1. Married people > Fiction
2. Americans > Morocco > Fiction
3. Married people
4. Marital status
5. Americans
6. Morocco > Fiction
7. Morocco

Genre/Form

1. Psychological fiction.
2. Fiction.

Contents

1. Tea in the Sahara -- The Earth's sharp edge -- The sky.

Call number

1. Berg Coll 22-606

Note

1. "A New Directions book" -- title page.
2. "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin" -- title page verso.
3. 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)

1. Carruth, H. New Directions reader
2. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
3. Miller, J. Paul Bowles: a descriptive bibliograpy

Binding (note)

1. is in publisher's original paperback binding; cover designed by David Ford, with a photograph by Roloff Beny.

Author

1. Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999, author.

Title

1. The sheltering sky / Paul Bowles.

Publisher

1. New York : New Directions, 1964.

Manufacturer

1. Brattleboro, Vermont : Belgrave Press, 1964.

Copyright date

1. ©1949

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New Directions paperbook ; ND 158

Indexed in:

1. Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 221
2. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 58
3. Miller, J. Paul Bowles: a descriptive bibliograpy, e, page 20

Binding

1. 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

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-606 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Added author

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
2. Ford, David, 1934- cover designer.
3. Beny, Roloff, photographer.
4. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
5. Belgrave Press, printer.
6. Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
7. Javitch, Daniel, donor.
8. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
9. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Research call number

1. Berg Coll 22-606