Proems by Durrell Lawrence (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp 96. Original publisher's black cloth, ruled in blind on the front cover, lettered in gilt on the spine. Woodcut title-page and 8 head- and tailpieces by Rayner Heppenstall. Lacks d.j. Very good indeed, some minor toning to endpapers, small neat name from 1939 Durrell is the main contributor, his poems being on pp 23-44. The other contributors Oswell Blakeston, Ruthven Tod, Rayner Heppenstall (who also illustrates), Edgar Foxall and Patrick Evans. Very good indeed.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this impressive collection of heretofore unpublished poems by living writers, including examples of the poems of individuals including Lawrence Durrell and Patrick Evans. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"s original unclipped dust wrapper. Durrell was the principal contributor to this anthology, which included also works from Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall and Oswell Blakeston. A publication from the Fortune Press, which made most of its money selling pornography, providing its owner Reginald Caton with a method of avoiding tax. Caton would occasionally commission works of serious literature, such as this, to provide his pornographic publications with a veneer of respectability. With a small number of vignette illustrations by Rayner Heppenstall. With a contemporary owner"s inscription, dated 1939, to the front free endpaper, reading "To Jeffrey, with love. The hang dog look: the sneer of understanding, Take my heart for the bonfire burning. Jones. Donald. Christmas 1939". In the publisher"s original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, but with minor hole in cloth towards head of front joint. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper significantly age toned, with significant loss of paper to centre of back strip. Handling marks to wraps. Minor losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Further losses of paper to fold at rear flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Rayner Heppenstall (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good +. 1st Edition. 96pp. Black cloth covered boards with bright gilt lettering to spine. Dusty cream dust jacket with red lettering, protected in clear plastic cover. Sun darkened spine of dust jacket with slight wear to top and tail of spine and a tiny closed tear to top edge of rear cover. Price (6s.) on inside flap unclipped but with pencil mark crossed through price. Previous price (?) on ffep roughly erased. Light shadow to ffep and rfep. Untrimmed fore edge. Decorations to title page and facing Contents page. First publication of THREE poems by Lawrence Durrell as part of a short biography of his uncle entitled Unckebunck. The titles of the poems are: "The Argument" (complete with Author's Note), "Five Soliloquies Upon The Tomb" and selections from "Themes Heraldic". The other poets published in this volume are Patrick Evans, Ruthven Todd, Edgar Foxall, Oswell Blakeston and Rayner Heppenstall. All bar the last named are printed for the first time. Rayner Heppenstall (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine original printed dust jacket with a little age-toning and very small nicks and tears. A poetry anthology from Fortune Press featuring contributions from Lawrence Durrell, Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall, and Oswell Blakeston. Despite being established to published gay erotica, Fortune Press produced a number of mainstream literary works, most notably Dylan Thomas's first book, *18 Poems*.…

Condition: Near Fine. dj. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Durrell, Lawrence. PROEMS. [Durrell, Lawrence, Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall, & Oswell Blakeston]. London: The Fortune Press, 1938. 8vo., black cloth. First Edition. A fine fresh example - uncut pages which features woodcut title page and head- and tailpiece woodcut illustrations by Rayner Heppenstall. In a most uncommon original unprinted watermarked white laid paper dustwrapper. [From a comprehensive TBCL Durrell collection of first editions in superb condition].…

Condition: Good. 12mo. 96 pp., Black Cloth, Very Good with staining to end papers. Woodcuts. (Brigham, p. 37)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).…

First edition, first impression. The Fortune Press made most of its money through a steady output of pornography, and also provided its owner, Reginald Caton, with a convenient tax dodge for his activities as a slum landlord in Brighton. Caton would occasionally commission works of "proper literature" to provide his pornography list with a veneer of respectability (Bradford, The Odd Couple, Ch. 3). Scarce in this condition. Not in Fraser & Thomas. Octavo. Woodcut title-page and 8 head- and tailpieces by Rayner Heppenstall. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, twin rules to covers in blind, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. With dust jacket. Tanning to endpapers as usual. An excellent copy in the spine-toned dust jacket.…

First edition, first impression. An uncommon anthology to which Durrell is the main contributor. Scarce in this condition. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Bookplate, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown. Contents a little toned. An excellent copy in the rubbed and nicked jacket with a few short splits and tanned spine panel.…

First edition, first impression, of this uncommon anthology to which Durrell is the main contributor. Scarce in this condition. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Light partial tanning to front free endpapers, occasional faint spotting to contents. An excellent copy in a slightly rubbed jacket with a few minor marks.…

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Lawrence Durrell in black marker on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's slick black cloth ruled in blind on the front cover, lettered in gilt on the spine, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine, with a tiny scuff to the rear cover, offsetting to endsheers, and foxing to the edge of the text block, prelims and terminals. An anthology collecting the work of six poets, including Lawrence Durrell. Signed.…