Durrell, Transition: Poems, 1934, inscribed by the author to George Wilkinson

DURRELL, LAWRENCE

Transition: Poems. The Caduceus Press, 1934

8vo, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST THIRD VOLUME OF POETRY, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY DURRELL ON FRONT ENDPAPER TO GEORGE WILKINSON ("It's a sign, my sweets, that the delightful | genius which I derive from an holy age | of colonial [ ?], still [?] in | an unbroken torrent of capricious | continuity: | Love to Corfu. | Larry"), original black cloth, white label printed in black on upper cover, some foxing, some wear to covers including small nicks to cloth on spine

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE FELLOW WRITER WHO PERSUADED DURRELL TO MOVE HIS ENTIRE FAMILY TO GREECE FOLLOWING THEIR MEETING ON CORFU IN JULY 1934. Although the precise number of copies of Transition printed is not known (probably fewer than 100) much of the print run was destroyed, along with copies of the author's Ten Poems, in the same warehouse during the Blitz.

LITERATURE:

Fraser A4

PROVENANCE:

George Wilkinson, authorial inscription on front endpaper, his ownership signature on upper paste-down; Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lawrence Durrell, Sommieres (ink stamp)

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