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Price: US$170.13 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. Signed by author Lawrence Durrell in black ink on limitation page, as called for. Number 137 of 200 signed copies of a total edition of 1200 (1000 were not signed). Of the 200 signed copies, 100 each for the US & UK. From colophon page: "Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies of which 500, together with 100 signed by the author, are for publication in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Limited, & 500, together with 100 signed by the author, are for publication in the United States of America by E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. This is copy number 137". The UK copies were numbered 1-100 & the US copies were numbered 101-200. Title page printed in red & black. Printed in England at The Curwen Press, Plaistow, London. Bound in original red buckram with bright gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers, in clear acetate dustjacket, housed in publisher's unprinted black slipcase, as issued. A very nice clean tight solid FINE copy in NEAR FINE slipcase box. 48pp. Scarce signed limited edition. RARE.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
DURRELL, Lawrence. The Red Limbo Lingo: A Poetry Notebook. Faber and Faber, London, 1971.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine, original acetate dustwrapper and fine slipcase with an almost imperceptible "22" written on the slipcase (by the publisher?). With publisher's information sheet laid in. Copy 22 of 100 numbered copies Signed by the author (there were also 100 signed copies of the American edition).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$226.13 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in fine Slip Case. 48pp. Limited edition of 1200 numbered copies. This is copy #315. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's note laid on top with protective clear plastic wraps. Black end papers and black slip case with slight wear to front edge. Inscribed by author: "Inscribed for Ray Mills by Lawrence Durrell 1980 in Edinburgh".
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$239.05 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 48pp. Limited edition of 1200 numbered copies of which 100 signed copies were published in Great Britain. This is copy #28. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's note laid on top with protective clear plastic wraps. Black end papers. Signed by the author on the colophon. Red and black lettering on the title page. Black cloth covered slip case with makers' name (Petapak) printed on the inside of the case. Some dusty shelf wear to the slip case.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Good in Wraps with marginal tear at head of spine, Unsewn Advance Proof Gatherings , 48 pp. Inscribed to Durrell's friend Jeremy Mallinson on Short-Title Page.Signed Uncorrected Proof. (Brigham, p. 24)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.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Red Gilt Cloth in Slipcase, 48 pp. Very Good with some sunning to spine, else Fine. (Brigham, p. 24)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. The red limbo lingo: a poetry notebook. Faber and Faber, London, 1971.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition limited to 1200 copies of which this is no. 629 of 200 copies signed by the author; large, slim 8vo, pp. 48; title page printed in red and black; original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, acetate dust jacket with publisher's information sheet, black cloth slipcase; fine.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 100 signed copies for distribution in the United Kingdom of which this is no. 79. Slim quarto (24.25cm.); publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, acetate dust jacket holding printed publisher's description, black cloth slipcase; 48pp. A few tiny chips to jacket extremities, else Fine. Signed by the author on colophon.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. THE RED LIMBO LINGO. A Poetry Notebook. Signed. Faber and Faber, London, 1971.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Limited to 1200 Copies, of which only 100 were Numbered and Signed by Lawrence Durrell. Fine in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in acetate dustwrapper, as issued, in the publisher's slipcase. 8vo. 48 pp. Publisher's prospectus laid-in. [From a comprehensive TBCL Durrell collection of first editions in superb condition].
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada