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Lawrence Durrell. On Seeming to Presume Poems. Faber & Faber, 1948.
Price: US$5.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1948. First Published. 60 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Lawrence Durrell. On Seeming To Presume. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$11.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. 60pp. VG/Fair. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Wear to cloth at tail of spine. Untrimmed fore edge pp9-16. Single dot mark to rear paste down. Original book shop label tipped to front paste down - Union Booksellers Ltd of Pretoria (SA). Price clipped dust jacket with browning due to age. Small loss to top edge of rear panel. Wear to top and tail of spine and general shelf wear. Now protected in archival wraps.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 59 p. 23 cm. Red paper under mylar-covered dustjacket. Offsetting to endpapers.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming To Presume; Poems. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 60 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (94086).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
DURRELL, Lawrence.. On Seeming to Presume: Poems. London: Faber & Faber (1948)., 1948.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 48 pp. Offsetting to front and rear free endpapers (endemic to this title), else near fine in fine dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume: Poems. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Endpapers are moderately foxed else a near fine copy in spine-toned, very good or better dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
DURRELL, Lawrence.. ON SEEMING TO PRESUME.. Faber & Faber,, London,, 1948.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 60. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Very slight browning to endpapers, otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. London; Faber;, 1948.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Very good in red boards in very good dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume: Poems. , 1948.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Description: DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume: Poems. Original cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. London: Faber and Faber, [1948]. First edition. Stone B.13. Faint scattered foxing to endpapers, else fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. ON SEEMING TO PRESUME. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Description: First printing. Red cloth, silver lettering in dust jacket. Usual offsetting to endpapers, small bookseller ticket, else fine in a near fine complete (not price-clipped) dust jacket with one short closed tear and slightly thumbed crown. Lovely copy of this volume of verse by a prolific poet best known for his novels.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume; Poems. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 60 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (87732).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence Durrell. ON SEEMING TO PRESUME. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 60p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Faint foxing on endpapers, but otherwise clean and tight. The jacket's spine is lightly tanned; otherwise, jacket is intact. A collection of 23 poems.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber, 1948.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first British edition, published in London by Faber and Faber in 1948. An uncommonly nice copy, both book and dust jacket fine. Poetry from Durrell.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Lawrence Durrell. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 59, [1] pp., 8vo, burgundy cloth, silver gilt title on spine, dustjacket. This copy SIGNED, with a presentation inscription by the author, poet and novelist Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) to John Waller, presumably the author, poet and journalist Sir John Stanier Waller, 7th Baronet (1917-1995). Also, with the contemporary, dated ownership signature of John Waller of Kensington. On the rear pastedown is the small faint stamp of "The [illegible] Book Club, Kensington W, 8." Fine copy of the book in a near fine/very good dustjacket that is toned at the edges but otherwise fully intact. An overall very well-preserved copy.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. Faber, UK, 1948.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright, clean and complete. It is unclipped. It shows a trace of overall soiling and a hint of rubbing at the top edges and the spine ends. Looks sharp in protective plastic. THE BOOK : The book is square, fresh and tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are very clean, the corners are sharp. The spine ends are insignificantly bruised. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are bright. The binding is solid - no cracked hinges. No dog-eared pages. No remainder marks. A nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
DURRELL, Lawrence.. On Seeming to Presume.. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 60 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a very near fine jacket with the slightest of browning to the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume, Poems. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red cloth, lettering stamped in silver on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 60. Some faint off-setting from dust jacket onto endpapers, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, and a little wrinkled at corners; nice in mylar, not price-clipped. An excellent copy.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Durrell (Lawrence).. On Seeming to Presume; poems. Faber and Faber Limited,, 1948.
Price: US$80.81 + shipping
Description: End-papers with some browning, otherwise a very nice copy in dust-wrapper
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming To Presume. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with a little foxing on the front endpapers in a near fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming To Presume. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Slim octavo; red cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 60pp. Touch of the usual offsetting to endpapers, else Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustjacket with a hint of sunning at spine.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
DURRELL, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper but for a short tear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lawrence Durrell. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber, London UK, 1948.
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: On Seeming to Presume is a near fine collection of twenty three poems with unclipped dust jacket. Original burgundy coloured cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Clean contents. Bright dust jacket with very mild browning of the rear cover of the jacket. Two very small closed tears on the top rear edge of the jacket.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. London Faber & Faber 1948, 1948.
Price: US$173.17 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Faber & Faber in London, 1948. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is slightly toned throughout and there are some slight spots of red ink to the front panel, mingled with some mild handling marks. The corners and spine tips are also slightly worn. It has not been price clipped, showing the original 8s. 6d. net price. The boards, in the publisher's red cloth, are free from notable chips and marks though with some light spots to the front panel. The text blocks are white throughout and it is free from previous owner's ink. This is a near fine copy. A collection of poems by Lawrence Durrell.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original crimson cloth and tan dust jacket. Provenance: Jonathan Goodwin. Very fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. On Seeming to Presume. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Slim 8vo. [6], 9-59, [5] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of 8s. 6d. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Russell 216. A beautiful copy of Durrell's book of poems. A close to Fine book with a touch of darkening to the gutters in a Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Lawrence Durrell. On Seeming to Presume Poems. Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Larger 8vo pp 60.Dustwrapper unprice clipped. Signed and dated by Lawrence Durrell on front end page.A superb copy .See our other Lawrence Durrell titles
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 60 pp., Red Cloth, Dust Jacket Good with perforation tear to cover, marginal small tears, light edge wear & staining, else Very Good+. Letterpress. (Brigham, p. 6-7)Provenance: Collection of Chiefly First Editions by Lawrence Durrell, most signed presentation copies, inscribed to his friend Jeremy Mallinson. Mallinson, was Gerald Durrell's right-hand man from the early days of the Jersey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife Park). Association copy.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence Durrell. On Seeming To Presume. Faber, 1948.
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a first edition in wrapper published by Faber in 1948. Boards are bright and clean with very little shelfwear. There is a brown stain to the bottom of the pastedown and front free endpaper (see photo). Wrapper is unclipped and has no tears or loss but does have a small mark to the bottom of the front. Signed and inscribed by author to front free endpaper. (8)
Seller: Alder Bookshop UK, Oban, United Kingdom