DURRELL, LAWRENCE. Cefalu. Editions Poetry London, London, 1947.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tan cloth, gilt, with a little sunning. Dust jacket shows edgewear including a folded flap, bumped corners, head and heel, tears near the top edge front and rear, and soiling. Page edges darkened, o/w crisp and clean interior. First edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Cefalû was republished as The Dark Labyrinth in 1958. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. Tan Cloth, 238 pp., Dust Jacket Good with tears along spine, corners, and edges, with some creasing, & minor staining; toning throughout text block. Along with author's autograph and MS notes is an invoice to Mallinson for the purchase of his book from Bertram Rota. (Brigham, p. 5).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).
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.