Published by Covici, Friede, New York, 1937
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by Lawrence Durrell on a tipped-in leaf. A very good or better copy in beige cloth, (discreet bookplate to the rear endpaper), red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 372 pp. The uncommon second book by the author of The Alexandria Quartet under the pseudonym of Charles Norden. Rare example.
Published by NY: Covici, Friede., 1937
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Good. 12mo. 372 pp., Beige Cloth, Very Good with some staining to covers & end papers. First Durrell book published by Faber, who suggested a pseudonym because Pied Piper of Lovers had been a failure. (Brigham, p. 2)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).