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Durrell, Lawrence. Collected Poems. Faber & Faber, London, 1960.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 288. Endpapers a bit foxed, else a nice copy in DJ that is price-clipped and with a few tears. Warmly inscribed by Durrell in August of 1961.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. COLLECTED POEMS. Faber and Faber (1960), London, 1960.
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Description: First edition. Harry Blackmer's copy, signed on front endpaper, "Harry Blackmer/ Paris/ May '60." This presumably being the ownership signature of Colorado millionaire, Henry "Harry" Blackmer, who spent much of his life in self-imposed exile in Europe to avoid testifying in the Teapot Dome oil scandal investigation [Geneva, May 26 1962, Reuters/NY Times] after waging a losing Supreme court battle compelling him to return to the U.S. to testify [Blackmer v. United States, 284 U.S. 421 (1932)]. Near fine with light foxing to page edges and endpapers. In very good to near fine dust jacket with few small scrapes to spine lettering which is tanned and a touch of minor edge wear.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Lawrence Durrell. Collected Poems. Faber And Faber, (1960), London:, 1960.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 inches with stress cracks to the front hinge which remains tight and strong. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with three narrow and shallow chips at the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing and wear to the fore corners of the panels. Signed by the author on the first free end page and dated either 1960 or 1961 in Edinburgh. 288 pages including an index of first lines.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Red cloth, 288 pp., Dust-jacket Good with marginal tears & minor foxing inside covers. (Brigham, p. 18)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.
DURRELL, LAWRENCE.. Collected Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1960, 1960.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Some foxing; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, 'Autographed for James Jones by Lawrence Durrell. Paris 1960.' With the recipient's pencil signature. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.