Autograph PostcardSigned with initials ("L. D.") to P. Rodda.

DURRELL, Lawrence (1912-1990). Author.

Publication Date: 1958

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1 page oblong 8vo (10 x 14cm), n.p., n.d.�[22 January 1958]. Durrell writes�regarding�his recently completed novel, Mountolive, the third in the Alexandria Quartet, asking�Rodda, the recipient, to send more "carbon" sheets for copying, with all haste:�"Claude [Durrell's third wife] is just finishing Mountolive - 140,000 words. 3 weeks night and day. Do you think you could send a whole box of Pelikan carbons largely marked SERVICE D'AUTEUR to avoid customs? French carbon is hell and comes off on everything."� He continues "there's a nibble for serial rights on this 3rd volume - hence the speed and jostle to finish it and deliver." He also asks Rodda whether they can "trace" a book by Lord Frederick Hamilton (politician) titled "Vanished Pomps of Yesterday", "or any other of his diplomatic memories";�and�mentioning "Aldington" [likely Richard Aldington, poet and friend]. Durrell sent off�proofs and carbons of�Mountolive�to a few people whose opinions he valued shortly after completion; it is to this frantic copying this letter doubtless refers. In very good state. Seller Inventory # 24226

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Title: Autograph PostcardSigned with initials ("L. ...
Publication Date: 1958

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