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DURRELL, LAWRENCE Two framed works, comprising: i) ['Easter golden fish from Crete'], c.195 x 305mm, ink, gouache and watercolour, signed ("Epfs") and dated 1974, framed and glazed (338 x 453mm), numbered 56, ink stamp ("Lawrence Durrell | Sommieres [etc]"), inscribed ("propriété de Francoise Kestsman-Durrell") ii) ['Little bulls asleep in the meadow'], c.145 x 190mm, gouache and watercolour, signed ("Epfs") and dated 1970, framed and glazed (313 x 360mm), numbered 43, ink stamp ("Lawrence Durrell | Sommieres [etc]"), inscribed ("propriété de Francoise Kestsman-Durrell") Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

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DURRELL, LAWRENCE Archive of correspondence and papers of the book dealer Alan Thomas, relating to Durrell, comprising: i) Literary manuscripts, including: notebook containing corrected draft poems, including untitled poems later published as 'Matapan', 'In Europe', 'The Pilot', and others, in black, blue, and red ink and pencil, 42 pages, dated 1941, small 4to, spiral bound in manila boards, with two corrected fragments in prose, 5 pages, loosely inserted, boards detached; notebook labelled 'Minerva' containing fragmentary prose drafts, c.25 pages, plus blanks, 8vo, blue wrappers; group of fair copy poems, chiefly autograph, including 'Female History', 'Ionian', and 'Unfinished Elegy on Time', 12 pages, folio, 1930s; original coloured ink design on card for the cover of The Black Book for Faber and Faber (unused), and another work on card dated 1973; also a corrected typescript of a tragedy, 'The Bridge of Arta', by Theodore Stephanides, Greek author and friend of the Durrells, large 4to, black boards, 1930, inscribed by the author to Alan and Shirely Thomas, 1974 ii) Letters to Durrell: 5 typed letters signed by Gerald Durrell, and 3 by his wife Jacquie, to Lawrence ("Larry") or Claude Durrell, on family affairs, prospective visits to Corfu, and Lawrence's success ("...I can see that if I do the sequel to 'My Family' and guy you once again, I risk being shot down on the steps of the Athenium [sic] by a group of your fans..."), with two retained copies of letters by Larry to Gerald, and a telegram, c.19 pages, 1959-77; two autograph letters signed by Henry Miller, to Durrell, one on Durrell's forthcoming visit ot Yugoslavia and the other on a possible Italian publisher for Justine, 2 pages, Big Sur, California, 5 January 1949 and 21 May 1957; M.J.T. Tambimuttu, typed letter signed ("Tambi"), to Durrell, on making money from autographs ("...Dylan [Thomas] himself when he was here wrote some fake letters to me so I could sell them!..."), 1 page, New York, 8 May 1957; and at least ten others, mostly by journalists and others, and a bundle of Lawrence Durrell's royalty statements, 1957 iii) Correspondence with Alan Thomas: c.22 letters and cards by Durrell, to Alan Thomas or his wife Shirley, chiefly on personal matters but including discussion of literary matters, mostly 1970s-80s; 2 letters by Gerald Durrell, to Thomas, 1972-73; three letters by Thomas, to Lawrence Durrell (two being retained copies); c.10 additional items; also an envelope with printed ephemera relating to the Durrell collector Larry Powell iv) Sappho Durrell: c.10 juvenile letters, most by Sappho Durrell, to her father, stepmother, and mother, with accompanying drawings; three letters to Sappho; Sophia Loren, 45rpm vinyl record inscribed on the sleeve ("For Saffo [sic] Durrell | Be nice to your Pa | Sophia Loren"); Sappho Durrell, funeral service sheet, 1985 v) Patrick Evans: Lawrence Samuel Durrell, autograph letter signed, to Evans, inviting him to Corfu as tutor to his son Gerald, 4 pages, 27 January [1936]; Alan Thomas, 9 letters and cards to Evans, with frequent references to Lawrence Durrell, 1935-36 vi) Photographs: 29 photographs, various subjects but including many of Lawrence Durrell, the majority by amateur photographers with some press photographs, various sizes vii) Two typescripts on Lawrence Durrell: television script "Out of Place: Lawrence Durrell's Egypt", mimeograph, 1978; "Lawrence Durrell: A Study", corrected typescript, 20 pages viii) Printed ephemera: cuttings and issues of magazines containing articles on Durrell PROVENANCE: The bibliophile and bookseller Alan G. Thomas (1911-92), close friend of Durrell Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

durrell, collection of letters, typescripts and related material

DURRELL, LAWRENCE Collection of 35 items, chiefly relating to Durrell: La Descente du Styx. Montpellier: La Murene, 1964, French edition, one of 250 copies, signed by the author, wrappers; Selected Poems. Faber, 1977, paperback edition; The Plant Magic Man. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973, wrappers; Collected Poems. Faber, 1960, cloth, dust-jacket; Lifelines. Edinburgh: the Tragara Press, 1974, limited to 155 copies, 1974, wrappers; with 29 other books or periodicals, most relating to Durrell or his brother Gerald, together with a record issued by Jupiter Recordings ("Poets reading no.6. Lawrence Durrell. Greek Poems", made from tapes recorded in Montpellier in April 1962) (35); chiefly 8vo PROVENANCE: The bibliophile and bookseller Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992), close friend of Lawrence Durrell Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

durrell, collection of works by and about durrell, 35 items

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) Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

durrell, transition: poems, 1934, inscribed by the author to george wilkinson

From the Collection of the Late E.F. Knight

From the Collection of the Late E.F. Knight MILLER, HENRY, AND DURRELL, LAWRENCE. A small archive of correspondence and printed ephemera of the collector E.F Knight, relating to publications by Miller and others, comprising: i) Letters to E.F. Knight: Henry Miller, 13 letters and cards (6 autograph letters, 5 typed letters, and a card), and one letter by his third wife ("Lepska Miller"), to White and his wife, discussing his bibliography and publishing activities ("...The Capricorn is finished and promised for publication in January or February...") and those of his intimate circle ("...As for Anais Nïn's diary, we are not definitely certain now if we will need to bring out the first volume. A N.Y. publisher wants to bring out an abridged edition (1200 pages) of the whole work..."), 15 pages, Paris and California, 1937-1945 (where dated); Lawrence Durrell, 10 letters and cards (2 autograph letters, 7 typed letters, and a card), to White, discussing his work and other literary subjects ("...in Black Spring there is vital material for such a spiritual orientation: to be WITH GOD, in his phrase, hangs on the hinges of the artist's eternal cry: I am becoming God..."), 15 pages, Corfu and Paris, late-1930s; letters by others about Henry Miller's publication, including Jack Kahane (3 letters and cards), Michael Fraenkel (2 letters), Emil White (2 letters), Alfred Perlès, H.E. Bates, and Anthony Dickens; ii) Typescript documents: including a prospectus for Booster, signed by Miller, Durrell, and Perlès (2 pages, incomplete), and a table of contents for Max and the White Phagocytes with authorial corrections (1 page), also a transcription, presumably in White's hand, of a printed review (altogether 12 pages) iii) Printed documents: printed ephemera including handbills, promotional material, publishers catalogues, order forms, 12 leaflets and cards with poems by Denis Botterill (many inscribed by Botterill to White) printed as cards Obelisk Press Notes and News (Winter 1935 and Spring 1936), and three issues of New English Weekly (1935-37) (altogether c.36 items) E. F. Knight was a journalist based in Bedford and an early admirer of Henry Miller and his circle. He corresponded with a number of authors, soliciting information on their activities and publishing plans, and sharing thoughts on literature. Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

henry miller, lawrence durrell, and others, correspondence with e.f. knight and related papers, 1930s

The Alexandria Quartet. London: Faber and Faber, [1962]

durrell, lawrence

The Library of an English Bibliophile Part VII

8vo, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, NUMBER 460 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original orange buckram, top edge gilt, slipcase

the alexandria quartet. london: faber and faber, 1962

English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations

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

transition: poems. london: the caduceus press, 1934

containing early drafts of the novel Monsieur, comprising portions of typescript cut into sections, laid down with adhesive tape, and heavily revised (40 pages), with additional manuscript drafts, as well as a draft of the poem 'The Grey Penitents' (2 pages), altogether c.58 pages, plus blanks, 4to, dated 1969-73, half black morocco, spine lettered ("MS") in gilt, 5 typescript sections loose where tape decayed, tape discoloured, a few stubs and blanks where additional material seemingly excised

notebook entitled "the prince of darkness"

i) ['Easter golden fish from Crete'], c.195 x 305mm, ink, gouache and watercolour, signed ("Epfs") and dated 1974, framed and glazed (338 x 453mm), numbered 56, ink stamp ("Lawrence Durrell | Sommieres [etc]"), inscribed ("propriété de Francoise Kestsman-Durrell")

i) ['Easter golden fish from Crete'], c.195 x 305mm, ink, gouache and watercolour, signed ("Epfs") and dated 1974, framed and glazed (338 x 453mm), numbered 56, ink stamp ("Lawrence Durrell | Sommieres [etc]"), inscribed ("propriété de Francoise Kestsman-Durrell") ii) ['Little bulls asleep in the meadow'], c.145 x 190mm, gouache and watercolour, signed ("Epfs") and dated 1970, framed and glazed (313 x 360mm),  numbered 43, ink stamp ("Lawrence Durrell | Sommieres [etc]"), inscribed ("propriété de Francoise Kestsman-Durrell")

two framed works by lawrence durrell:

i) Autograph manuscript notebook, entitled "poems in rough 1988" on the upper cover, containing draft poems in blue, black, and red fibre-tip, with titles including "Why Wait?", "Punks at the Parthenon", "Beziers Lines", "A Blue light at dusk", and "for Cunegonde at night", 28 pages, plus blanks, in a lined exercise book, 8vo, green wrappers, four leaves loose

i) Autograph manuscript notebook, entitled "poems in rough 1988" on the upper cover, containing draft poems in blue, black, and red fibre-tip, with titles including "Why Wait?", "Punks at the Parthenon", "Beziers Lines", "A Blue light at dusk", and "for Cunegonde at night", 28 pages, plus blanks, in a lined exercise book, 8vo, green wrappers, four leaves looseii) Autograph manuscript notebook, containing draft poems and prose fragments, in black and red fibre-tip, written in a somewhat shaky hand, with titles including "A Song for Cunegonde" and "A keepsake", 15 pages, plus blanks, with a typescript leaf and also a letter loosely inserted, c.1988-90, "Livre D'Or" notebook, 8vo, black leatheriii) File labelled "Unpublished Poetry" containing poetry on c.62 loose sheets, a mixture of autograph manuscript (16 pages), typescript (c.10 pages corrected), and copies, including poems in French and Greek, 1930s-1980s

manuscript poetry, comprising:

comprising aphorisms on a wide range of subjects including love, sex, poetry, as well as some verses and longer prose fragments, in black, blue, red, and green fibre-tip, with three pages of illustrations including a frontispiece (signed Oscar Epfs and dated 1988) and decorated title page, with a few cuttings laid down with adhesive tape, inscribed on the front endpaper ("for Francoise from Larry Durrell. 1988"), text mostly on rectos only, c.105 pages, plus blanks, dated 1985 to 1988, prebound lined notebook, 8vo, black cloth ("Poems | L.D. | 1988" on upper cover)

autograph manuscript notebook entitled "the asides of demonax. endpapers & inklings"

i) 40 files, primarily containing typescripts, many with covering notes in Durrell's hand: "The Vienniese [sic] Temper", two corrected typescripts of a travel article, 40 pages, 1980; "Ripeness is All", corrected typescript of a book review, 2 pages; "The Kneller Tape", typescript, 9 pages, 1960; "A Poet's Journal", typescript book review, 2 pages; "Reichel's Book", typescript preface, signed, 2 pages; "Arsenic and Old Smoky", corrected typescript of an Antrobos short story, with a duplicate, altogether 12 pages; "From an elephant's back", corrected typescript lecture, 8 pages, 1984, with French translation and related correspondence; "The Will-Power Man", typescript short story, signed, with two further copies, c.40 pages; Preface to The Black Book, typescript, 2 pages; "The Greek Light", typescript article, 2 pages, 1984; "Novel Notions", revised typescript, 5 pages; Preface to an exhibition catalogue on paintings by writers, corrected typescript and related material, 15 pages; "The Price of Glory", corrected typescript and fair copy, 15 pages; review of La Cendre et les Etoiles, typescript and autograph manuscript, 3 pages; "TSE LIO T", fair copy typescript, three copies, 32 pages, with copy of printed text; "Propaganda and Impropaganda", corrected typescript and fair copy typescript of a lecture, 52 pages, 1974; "Art and Outrage", corrected typescript, two copies, 6 pages; " A Poet in the Mediterranean", corrected typescript lecture, 21 pages; "The Hangman", corrected typescript of a play, 40 pages, c.1940; "The Mazt", corrected typescript preface for L'Heureux, with related material, c.6 pages; review of The Selected Poems of Cavafy, corrected typescript and related material, 12 pages; "what the butler saw", typescript play (unconnected with Orton's play of the same name), two copies, one with corrections, 23 pages ; "Magic of Islands", two corrected typescript copies of an article and related material, 9 pages, c.1981; "The Harem", corrected and fair-copy typescripts, 25 pages, c.1980; "Oedipus", treatment for a television play, corrected typescript and three other copies, c.106 pages; file of prose and verse fragments and research material relating to Caesar's Vast Ghost, c.35 pages, 1980s; "Larry's writings", containing various manuscript and typescript fragments and also some correspondence (including a letter of condolence by David Gascoyne to F. Kestsman), c.55 pages; and 12 others

i) 40 files, primarily containing typescripts, many with covering notes in Durrell's hand: "The Vienniese [sic] Temper", two corrected typescripts of a travel article, 40 pages, 1980; "Ripeness is All", corrected typescript of a book review, 2 pages; "The Kneller Tape", typescript, 9 pages, 1960; "A Poet's Journal", typescript book review, 2 pages; "Reichel's Book", typescript preface, signed, 2 pages; "Arsenic and Old Smoky", corrected typescript of an Antrobos short story, with a duplicate, altogether 12 pages; "From an elephant's back", corrected typescript lecture, 8 pages, 1984, with French translation and related correspondence; "The Will-Power Man", typescript short story, signed, with two further copies, c.40 pages; Preface to The Black Book, typescript, 2 pages; "The Greek Light", typescript article, 2 pages, 1984; "Novel Notions", revised typescript, 5 pages; Preface to an exhibition catalogue on paintings by writers, corrected typescript and related material, 15 pages; "The Price of Glory", corrected typescript and fair copy, 15 pages; review of La Cendre et les Etoiles, typescript and autograph manuscript, 3 pages; "TSE LIO T", fair copy typescript, three copies, 32 pages, with copy of printed text; "Propaganda and Impropaganda", corrected typescript and fair copy typescript of a lecture, 52 pages, 1974; "Art and Outrage", corrected typescript, two copies, 6 pages; " A Poet in the Mediterranean", corrected typescript lecture, 21 pages; "The Hangman", corrected typescript of a play, 40 pages, c.1940; "The Mazt", corrected typescript preface for L'Heureux, with related material, c.6 pages; review of The Selected Poems of Cavafy, corrected typescript and related material, 12 pages; "what the butler saw", typescript play (unconnected with Orton's play of the same name), two copies, one with corrections, 23 pages ; "Magic of Islands", two corrected typescript copies of an article and related material, 9 pages, c.1981; "The Harem", corrected and fair-copy typescripts, 25 pages, c.1980; "Oedipus", treatment for a television play, corrected typescript and three other copies, c.106 pages; file of prose and verse fragments and research material relating to Caesar's Vast Ghost, c.35 pages, 1980s; "Larry's writings", containing various manuscript and typescript fragments and also some correspondence (including a letter of condolence by David Gascoyne to F. Kestsman), c.55 pages; and 12 others ii) Lawrence Durrell, three cancelled British passports, 1971-1995 iii) Rank, Otto. Art and Artist. New York: Knopf, 1932. 8vo, with a lengthy inscription by Anaïs Nin to Lawrence Durrell on the front endpaper, dated Paris 27 February 1938, and with scattered marginal annotations and underlining throughout, original brown cloth, upper hinge splitting, loss to half title, binding worn

collection of typescripts and related material, comprising:

8vo, EDITION DE LUXE, NO.11 of 12 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, this copy with Durrell's circular stamp on colophon page ("Lawrence Durrell. Sommieres 15 Gard 30250 France"), further stamp "Centre d'Edtudes et de Recherches", and also of Françoise Kestsman, original buckram lettered in gilt, some slight spotting

ten poems. the caduceus press, 1932

with an introductory note recording that he "commences this .... in August 1955 after one year in the service of the Cyprus government during which he has had many experiences of different kinds the meaning of which has been lost owing to lack of time in which to record them for future use. Hence this attempt to record the everyday events of my life as from August 8th", including manuscript notes, quotations from Cavafy, family photographs including of his daughters Penelope and Sappho, his brother Gerald and wife Jacquie, and his friend Patrick Leigh Fermor, printed ephemera relating to Cyprus (including EOKA propaganda), envelopes, stamps, cuttings, and related material, c.55 pages, plus blanks, 8vo, 1955, bound in cloth covers of a copy of Pound's Cantos 

with an introductory note recording that he "commences this .... in August 1955 after one year in the service of the Cyprus government during which he has had many experiences of different kinds the meaning of which has been lost owing to lack of time in which to record them for future use. Hence this attempt to record the everyday events of my life as from August 8th", including manuscript notes, quotations from Cavafy, family photographs including of his daughters Penelope and Sappho, his brother Gerald and wife Jacquie, and his friend Patrick Leigh Fermor, printed ephemera relating to Cyprus (including EOKA propaganda), envelopes, stamps, cuttings, and related material, c.55 pages, plus blanks, 8vo, 1955, bound in cloth covers of a copy of Pound's Cantos  [with:] Magazine Littéraire, six issues, 1990s

autograph manuscript notebook and scrapbook entitled "diary and rough notes 1955"

[as Charles Norden]. Panic Spring. New York: Covici Friede, 1937, first American edition, inscription “Inscribed for Jeremy by Larry Durrell 1977”, original cloth, [Thomas A7], binding soiled; The Black Book. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938, signed “Lawrence Durrell 1973”, original wrappers, [Thomas A8, Pearson/Obelisk A56], some browning, abrasion to extremities of wrappers; a new edition, Faber, 1973, inscribed by Durrell to Jeremy Mallinson, cloth, dust-jacket; A Private Country. Faber & Faber, 1943, first edition, signed “David Wright”, inscribed “Dear Jeremy – where do you find these | things – and how marvellous to | find one with the signature of that | fine poet David Wright in it!! | Yours Larry Durrell | 1978”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomas A9], postcard sent by David Wright loosely inserted, dust-jacket slightly damaged; Cities Plains and People. Faber & Faber, [1946], first edition, inscription “Jeremy – a pleasure to | sign this long out of | print book for you - | Larry Durrell Jersey | 1978”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A 12], dust-jacket slightly faded; Cefalû. Editions Poetry London, [1947], first edition, inscribed “Human life | is a | damnable | labyrinth | out of which | one never | escapes | Jeremy from | Larry Durrell | 1974”, a maze is drawn next to the inscription, also signed “To Jeremy – | Love | Margaret | (Durrell)” and “For | Jeremy | from | Gerry | (Durrell)”, original light brown cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomas A15], slightly browned in margins, dust-jacket slightly damaged; Reflections on a Marine Venus. Faber & Faber, [1953], first edition, inscription “a long period in this island | at the end of the war – one of | the nicest and best periods of | my life – I tried to make | a small poem about it. | Jeremy, if it works, it is for you. | Yours Larry Durrell | 1974 | Sommières”, original green cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A21], minor spotting, some damage to dust-jacket; Monsieur. Faber, 1974, uncorrected proofs, loose gatherings, signed “from Larry”; Le Grand Suppositoire. Paris, editions Pierrre Belfond, 1972, uncorrected page proofs (incomplete) inscribed by Durrell, with copy of first edition in paper covers; The Passionate Epicure… Faber, 1961, proofs, signed and inscribed by Durrell “for Jeremy…for Xmas | Nimes | 1977”); The Red Limbo Lingo. A Poetry Notebook. Faber, 1971, one of 100 signed by the author, cloth, acetate dust-jacket, slipcase; On the Suchness of the Old Boy. Turret Books, 1972, illustrations by Sappho Durrell, one of 226 copies signed by author and artist, paper covers; Proems. The Fortune Press, [1938], first edition, signed “Lawrence Durrell | 1986”, original black boards, [Thomson D2], occasional minor spotting; Justine. Faber and Faber, [1957], first edition, “Autographed for | Jeremy Mallinson | by | Lawrence Durrell | Jersey | 1960”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A27], some spotting, spine of dust-jacket faded; White Eagles over Serbia. Faber and Faber, [1957], first edition, signed “Lawrence Durrell 1986”, original cloth, dust-jacket, dust-jacket slightly soiled; Balthazar. Faber and Faber, [1958], first edition, “Autographed for | Jeremy Mallinson | by | Lawrence Durrell | Jersey | 1960”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A29], some spotting, spine of dust-jacket faded; Mountolive. Faber and Faber, [1958], first edition, “Autographed for | Jeremy Mallinson | by | Lawrence Durrell | Jersey | 1960”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A30], some spotting; Pope Joan. Adapted from the Greek of Emmanuel Royidis by Lawrence Durrell. André Deutsch, [1960], revised edition, signed “Lawrence Durrell | 1986”, original red cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson D3], minor damage to dust-jacket, some spotting; Collected Poems. Faber and Faber, [1960], first edition, signed “Lawrence Durrell | 1986”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A34], minor spotting (another copy, also signed); The Ikons and other Poems. Faber and Faber, [1966], uncorrected proof copy, “Inscribed for Jeremy | by Larry Durrell”, original wrappers; Tunc. Faber and Faber, [1968], uncorrected proof copy, “Inscribed for Jeremy | by | Lawrence Durrell | 1977”, original wrappers, [cf. Thomson A45], wrappers slightly browned; Nunquam. Faber and Faber, [1970], uncorrected proof copy, “Inscribed for Jeremy | by Larry Durrell | 1977”, original wrappers, [cf. Thomson A47]; Vega and other poems. Faber and Faber, [1973], uncorrected proof copy, “Inscribed for | Jeremy by | Larry Durrell | 1977 | Nîmes”, original wrappers, [cf. Thomson A51], some browning; Selected Poems. Edited with an Introduction by Alan Ross. Faber and Faber, [1977], first edition, “Inscribed for | Jeremy | Happy Xmas! | from | Larry Durrell | 1977”, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine of dust-jacket slightly faded; Livia or Buried Alive. Faber and Faber, [1978], first edition, “Inscribed for | Jeremy Mallinson | by | Lawrence Durrell | 1979”, original green cloth, dust-jacket; The Greek Islands. Faber and Faber, [1978], first edition, inscribed “Lawrence Durrell | the great crested | Durrell for his | friend Jeremy | 1986”, original cloth, dust-jacket; Constance or Solitary Practices. Faber and Faber, [1982], first edition, signed “Lawrence Durrell | 1986”, original blue cloth, dust-jacket; Quinx or The Ripper’s Tale. Faber and Faber, 1985, first edition, inscribed “Dear Jeremy – a chance | to shake your hand | admiringly and wish you | all the best | Larry Durrell | 1985”, original olive green cloth, dust-jacket; An Irish Faustus. Birmingham: The Delos Press, 1987, number 46 of 75 copies, signed “Lawrence Durrell | 1987”, with an illustration by Oscar Epfs (Lawrence Durrell), original cloth; AND APPROXIMATELY 85 OTHERS, chiefly by Durrell, including MANY FURTHER FIRST EDITIONS of his major works (incuding Clea, Prospero’s Cell, Bitter Lemons, Nunquam, Tunc, Sebastian, Selected Poems, Mountolive and others), THE MAJORITY INSCRIBED BY HIM FOR JEREMY MALLINSON, also including works by Henry Miller (e.g. Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel, New Orleans: Loujon Prress, 1966, slipcase) and others, some limited editions, original bindings; chiefly 8vo (114)

collection of c.114 volumes, chiefly first editions by durrell, most signed by the author or presentation copies inscribed to his friend jeremy mallinson:

Justine. 1957, [Thomas and Brigham A27], head and foot of spine slightly bumped, head and foot of slightly soiled dust-jacket spine slightly frayed; Balthazar. 1958, [Thomas and Brigham A29], extremities slightly bumped, slightly soiled dust-jacket; Mountolive. 1958, [Thomas and Brigham A30], head of dust-jacket very slightly frayed; Clea. 1960, [Thomas and Brigham A33]; all 8vo, original cloth lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jackets (4)

[the alexandria quartet]. london: faber and faber, 1957-1960

Ten Poems. Caduceus Press, 1932, 8vo, first edition, number 5 of 12 de luxe copies signed by the author, device by the author's first wife Nancy Myers, original brown buckram, upper cover lettered in gilt, boards marked; Ballade of Slow Decay. [Bournemouth, n.p.], Christmas 1932, 8vo, a Christmas greeting, inscribed by the author ("All good wishes...Larry Durrell"), edges torn; 

Ten Poems. Caduceus Press, 1932, 8vo, first edition, number 5 of 12 de luxe copies signed by the author, device by the author's first wife Nancy Myers, original brown buckram, upper cover lettered in gilt, boards marked; Ballade of Slow Decay. [Bournemouth, n.p.], Christmas 1932, 8vo, a Christmas greeting, inscribed by the author ("All good wishes...Larry Durrell"), edges torn;  [together with:] four photographs of Durrell, one inscribed by Durrell to Betty Burgoine ("...Get well soon, Larry...), probably all from the early 1930s, two studio and two Velox snaps, captioned "The Bandmaster" (Durrell with golf clubs) and "The Harmony Team" (Durrell with a guitar) respectively, with a studio photograph of Betty Burgoine dated 1931 (inscribed "Fondest love Betty 1931"); autograph letter signed by Durrell to Betty Bernes (née Burgoine), "did you have in mind the thought of meeting me again after so many centuries? I am pretty venerable - an aged asthmatic... I always have remembered you vividly - your warmth and good looks, when we were all so young", 15 route de Saussine, Sommieres, France, with autograph envelope, postmarked 17 January 1979; and three other later postcards signed, probably late 1970s, one autograph and two typed, attempting to arrange a meeting ("bring as few people as possible. Sorry to act like Greta Garbo") and apologising when it fails to happen

two signed works and a collection of letters and photographs relating to durrell's relationship with betty burgoine.

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

8vo, first edition of the author's third volume of poetry, original black cloth, white label printed in black on upper cover, Poetry Society blind-stamp on front endpaper

8vo, first edition of the author's third volume of poetry, original black cloth, white label printed in black on upper cover, Poetry Society blind-stamp on front endpaper Although the precise number of copies 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.

transition: poems. the caduceus press, 1934

English Literature, History, Children's Books &amp; Illustrations

Norden, C. [pseud]. Panic Spring. New York: Covici Friede, 1937, first American edition, inscription “Inscribed for Jeremy by Larry Durrell 1977”, original cloth, [Thomas A7], binding soiled--Durrell, L. The Black Book. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938, signed “Lawrence Durrell 1973”, original wrappers, [Thomas A8, Pearson/Obelisk A56], some browning, abrasion to extremities of wrappers --Durrell, L. A Private Country. Faber & Faber, 1943, first edition, signed “David Wright”, inscribed “Dear Jeremy – where do you find these | things – and how marvellous to | find one with the signature of that | fine poet David Wright in it!! | Yours Larry Durrell | 1978”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomas A9], postcard sent by David Wright loosely inserted, dust-jacket slightly damaged -- Durrell, L. Cities. Plains and People. Faber & Faber, [1946], first edition, inscription “Jeremy – a pleasure to | sign this long out of | print book for you - | Larry Durrell Jersey | 1978”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A 12], dust-jacket slightly faded--Durrell, L. Cefalû. Editions Poetry London, [1947], first edition, inscribed “Human life | is a | damnable | labyrinth | out of which | one never | escapes | Jeremy from | Larry Durrell | 1974”, a maze is drawn next to the inscription, also signed “To Jeremy – | Love | Margaret | (Durrell)” and “For | Jeremy | from | Gerry | (Durrell)”, original light brown cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A15], slightly browned in margins, dust-jacket slightly damaged--Durrell, L. Reflections on a Marine Venus. Faber & Faber, [1953], first edition, inscription “a long period in this island | at the end of the war – one of | the nicest and best periods of | my life – I tried to make | a small poem about it. | Jeremy, if it works, it is for you. | Yours Larry Durrell | 1974 | Sommières”, original green cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A21], minor spotting, some damage to dust-jacket; together with c.111 others, original bindings, various with dust-jackets, many inscribed by Lawrence Durrell, some wear

Norden, C. [pseud]. Panic Spring. New York: Covici Friede, 1937, first American edition, inscription “Inscribed for Jeremy by Larry Durrell 1977”, original cloth, [Thomas A7], binding soiled--Durrell, L. The Black Book. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938, signed “Lawrence Durrell 1973”, original wrappers, [Thomas A8, Pearson/Obelisk A56], some browning, abrasion to extremities of wrappers --Durrell, L. A Private Country. Faber & Faber, 1943, first edition, signed “David Wright”, inscribed “Dear Jeremy – where do you find these | things – and how marvellous to | find one with the signature of that | fine poet David Wright in it!! | Yours Larry Durrell | 1978”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomas A9], postcard sent by David Wright loosely inserted, dust-jacket slightly damaged -- Durrell, L. Cities. Plains and People. Faber & Faber, [1946], first edition, inscription “Jeremy – a pleasure to | sign this long out of | print book for you - | Larry Durrell Jersey | 1978”, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A 12], dust-jacket slightly faded--Durrell, L. Cefalû. Editions Poetry London, [1947], first edition, inscribed “Human life | is a | damnable | labyrinth | out of which | one never | escapes | Jeremy from | Larry Durrell | 1974”, a maze is drawn next to the inscription, also signed “To Jeremy – | Love | Margaret | (Durrell)” and “For | Jeremy | from | Gerry | (Durrell)”, original light brown cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A15], slightly browned in margins, dust-jacket slightly damaged--Durrell, L. Reflections on a Marine Venus. Faber & Faber, [1953], first edition, inscription “a long period in this island | at the end of the war – one of | the nicest and best periods of | my life – I tried to make | a small poem about it. | Jeremy, if it works, it is for you. | Yours Larry Durrell | 1974 | Sommières”, original green cloth, dust-jacket, [Thomson A21], minor spotting, some damage to dust-jacket; together with c.111 others, original bindings, various with dust-jackets, many inscribed by Lawrence Durrell, some wear Please see online catalogue for further information.

collection of c.117 books, 66 signed or inscribed by durrell

i) "Justine", final typescript, with autograph revisions in red ink to 12 pages at the end of the novel,mock-up of title-page,  230 numbered pages, foolscap, [c.1956], presented to Mallinson by Gerald Durrell, housed in three plastic folders, seemingly lacking six leaves

i) "Justine", final typescript, with autograph revisions in red ink to 12 pages at the end of the novel,mock-up of title-page,  230 numbered pages, foolscap, [c.1956], presented to Mallinson by Gerald Durrell, housed in three plastic folders, seemingly lacking six leavesii) a group of material relating to Durrell’s preface to Conversations with Menhuin (1979), including Durrell’s corrected typescript (one page), two copies of an early draft typescript, an autograph letter signed by Durrell, to Mallinson, on Mallinson’s life in Jersey and sending him the typescript (one page, 24 February 1979), and four related items including an autograph note signed by Durrell and an autograph letter signed by Yehudi Menhuin, to Durrell, thanking him for the preface (two pages, 20 February [1979])iii) Corrected typescript of an article by Durrell on Cyprus originally entitled “Riding the Tiger” although published as “Must the Lemons Remain Bitter” (5 pages, dated 3 February 1979), with an accompanying typed note signed, presenting the article to Malinsoniv) Corrected typescript poem by Durrell, ‘Solande Bequille’, inscribed “For Jeremy by Larry Durrell 1977”, together with two further typescripts of the poemv) Watercolour by Durrell (signed “Oscar Epfs” and dated France, 1988), with autograph note signed presenting the work to Mallinsonvi) Nine further letters, Christmas cards and notes by Durrell to Mallinson, including a typed letter signed on the composition of his second novel, Panic Spring (“...my first ... had been such a flop ... that my agents implored me to change my name. This I did with the help of Faber who took me over from Cassel. In those days publishers did not buy ONLY if the book was a surefire masterpiece ... Panic S ... I began in Brindisi during a Greek revolution which had paralysed the boats. We lay up ... in the old Hotel Internazionali with the SAME HEADWAITER still there today ... His English was good and suave and he looked like an Italian-style Jeeves...”, one page, Sommières, 5 September 1975) and two autograph letters signed (“...I am keeping a low profile – not even scratching under the armpits for fleas...”), altogether nine pages, 1975-87 (where dated)vii) seven limited edition pamphlets, including three signed by the author: Deus Loci. Ischia, 1950, number 47 of 200 copies; Beccafico. La Licorne, 1963, number 70 of 150 copies; Ulysses Come Back. Turret Press, 1970, number 39 of 99 copiesviii) Other correspondence and ephemera, including nine letters and postcards by Penelope Durrell-Hope and other letters by family members, academics, and others connected with Durrell, as well as articles, cutting, pamphlets, invitations, and conference proceedings   The collection housed in three files, in addition to two items framed and the "Justine" typescript separately housed in three folders, with an illustrated printed checklist ("Durrelliania") and additional print-out listing of the collection 

a collection of corrected typescripts, letters, pamphlets, and ephemera, from the collection of jeremy j.c. mallinson, comprising:

durrell, lawrence. the alexandria quartet, comprising:, justine. 1957; balthazar....

Bibliophile III

8vo (210 x 135mm.), first edition of the author's scarce first book, printed in red and black, photographic portrait of the author, original red cloth with gold paper spine, collector's folding morocco-backed box with spine in compartments, some minor spotting, extremities of spine slightly chipped

quaint fragment. [london:] the cecil press, 1931

The Alexandria Quartet. Faber and Faber, 1962

The Alexandria Quartet. Faber and Faber, 1962 8vo, first collected edition, limited to 500 copies signed by the author of which this is number 4, original orange-red cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt., top edge gilt, original decorated slipcase

durrell, lawrence.

Justine, 1957; Balthazar,  1958; Mountolive, 1958; Clea, 1960; these four comprising the first editions of the author's `Alexandria Quartet', together with:  Numquam, 1970; Lawrence Durrell. Henry Miller. A Private Correspondence. Edited by George Wickes, 1963; Monsieur or the Prince of Darkness, 1974; Collected Poems, 1960; An Irish Faustus, 1963; Sebastian or Ruling Passions, 1983; Prospero's Cell, 1945; A Private Country, 1943 (two copies); Sauve qui Peut, 1966; The Ikons and other poems, 1966; The Greek Islands, 1978; Sicilian Carousel, 1977; Reflections on a Marine Venus, 1953; these all first editions, Faber & Faber, original cloth bindings, dust-jackets; The Black Book, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1960, first trade edition; and thirteen others by or about Durrell, chiefly new editions, reprints or paperbacks; 8vo (31)

durrell, lawrence.  first editions of the `alexandria quartet', and other volumes:

The Black Book. An Agon. Paris: the Obelisk Press, [1938]

The Black Book. An Agon. Paris: the Obelisk Press, [1938] 8vo, first edition,  volume I of the Villa Seurat series edited by Henry Miller, without errata slip present in later issues, original pale green printed wrappers, collector's folding box,  covers partially detached

The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part VI

8vo (183 x 122mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ("For Peter with | Brief | Salutations| Larry") on dedication page, original brown wrappers printed in black, inner wrapper priced at "One Shilling", collector's blue cloth folding case, wrappers restored on spine and on upper and lower panels, slightly browned

ten poems. london: caduceus press, 1932

8vo (185 x 124mm.), FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth printed in black, dust-jacket designed by Nancy Durrell, a few very minor nicks and tears and some minor spotting to jacket

pied piper of lovers. london: cassell and company, 1935

Justine. 1957; Balthazar. 1958; Mountolive. 1958; Clea. 1960; all 8vo (202 x 132mm.), London: Faber & Faber, original cloth bindings lettered in gilt on spines, dust-jackets, very slight foxing and offsetting, some very slight wear to jackets (4)

"the alexandria quartet", in four volumes:

The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part V

8vo (185 x 126mm.),  FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST THIRD VOLUME OF POETRY, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY DURRELL IN TO ALFRED PERLES ("To Fred with | all the best -- | as one Booster | to another | Larry ") on half-title, original black cloth, white label printed in black on upper cover, collector's black cloth chemise and quarter black morocco slipcase, minor wear to covers

The Alexandria Quartet. London: Faber and Faber, 1962

[The Alexandria Quartet]. London: Faber and Faber, 1957-1960

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