The Black Book

Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Famous Green Wrappers. Number 77 in the Traveller's Companion Series. 12mo., 301pp. This copy with the original colourful outer dustwrapper. First Traveller's Companion Edition, first issue/printing [green border to title page], of TC-77. Second, re vised edition, with a new preface by the author. Originally… Read more about this item

Paris: Obelisk Press, 1938.. 8vo. 260 pp., Soft Covers, Good with splitting along spine, marginal tears, toning, minor creasing. Errata sheet on title page. Most pages in second half uncut. (Brigham, p. 3)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… Read more about this item

Paris: The Olympia Press 1959. First Olympia Press edition. First Olympia Press edition. In the iconic green, black and white wraps of the Traveller's Companion series (no. 77), with the illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, clean, tight and square with a very faint crease to the centre of the spine. The tip of the bottom edge of the… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1960. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. Black cloth boards with light edgewear, small 8vo., in lightly edgeworn black dj with 1 in. closed tear at head of spine and crease at top front. Owner's small white address label to ffep. Interior clean and otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight and… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's original black coloured cloth with white title lettering to spine,in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has been Signed by the Author's sister '' Margo Durrell '' on the front endpaper.There… Read more about this item

Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/Near Very Good. Green printed wraps, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. 301, "Francs : 1.500 / Not to be sold in the U.S.A. or U.K." printed at bottom corner of back cover. Volume with bumps to spine ends and one corner, a few pages noted with underlining or brackets, small… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1973. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Type: Ex-Library Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Faber & Faber, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth, lettering stamped in white on upper board and spine; pictorial dust jacket; 8vo; pp. [244]. Signed by Durrell on the half-title page. Book is fine, in near fine dust jacket with just some light scuffing along the edges.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Topedge modestly soiled, spine ends lightly bumped with the spine slightly cocked, very good lacking the dust jacket. An English novel originally published in 1938.

E.P. Dutton, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($4.95 price intact). Published by E.P. Dutton, 1960. Octavo. Black boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with shelf… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, & Co., Inc, 1960. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), [1-6], 7-250 pages. Lawrence Durrell (1912 - 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. Born in India to colonial parents, he was sent to England at… Read more about this item

Paris, France: The Olympia Press, 1959. Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition THUS, First Printing. 253 pp 8vo. Original green and white wrappers, near fine dust jacket. This edition has a previously unpublished introduction by the author. Green border on title page, Very good plus, with some faint erased pencil to the front end page,… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 250pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's stamp to FEPs & title page, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. The author's first novel, which was written in 1936, but not… Read more about this item

E.P. Dutton, New York, 1960. First edition. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket, book has light toning, slightly bowed. Dust jacket has edge wear, nicks at corners and spine, creasing, small triangular tear at bottom rear cover. Durrell's third work, the original angry young novel, was first published by his good friend and long-time correspondent Henry Miller as the first… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books, 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback edition. Mass market paperback. Very good plus with a front corner crease and spine crease.

Paris: Olympis Press, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Wrappers. Slightly cocked with spine creasing, toning, and some edgewear else very good. Signed by the author. Number 77 in The Traveller's Companion Series. Published the year before the First American edition.

London : Faber and Faber, 1973. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 244p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Teachers ; Fiction.

London: Faber, 1973. First British Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Black boards with white lettering to spine and front. Book very good. Dust jacket rubbed at edges, a few light scratches, a small and faint stain near spine, with heavier rubbing to some spots of jacket spine. With previous owner's initials in pen to rear flap of jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Faber. An erotic novel unpublished in the UK until now. Originally published in Paris in 1936 . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1973.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1960. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 250pp. Spine ends and board edges lightly rubbed, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, edge-rubbed, with a 3/4" tear and associated creased at base of spine; Very Good+. First American edition of Durrell's mildly pornographic novel,… Read more about this item