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Durrell, Lawrence; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Oswell Blakeston. Proems. The Fortune Press, London, 1938.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Lawrence Durrell in black marker on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's slick black cloth ruled in blind on the front cover, lettered in gilt on the spine, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine, with a tiny scuff to the rear cover, offsetting to endsheers, and foxing to the edge of the text block, prelims and terminals. An anthology collecting the work of six poets, including Lawrence Durrell.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Lawrence Durrell; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall, and Oswell Blakeston.. Proems. Original First Edition Signed by Durrell on title page.. London: Fortune Press., 1938.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo. 96 pp., Black Cloth, Very Good with staining to end papers. Woodcuts. (Brigham, p. 37)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.