Proems.

FORTUNE PRESS: DURRELL, Lawrence; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Oswell Blakeston.

Published by London: The Fortune Press, 1938

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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.

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Title
Proems.
Author
FORTUNE PRESS: DURRELL, Lawrence; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Oswell Blakeston.
Publisher
London: The Fortune Press, 1938
Edition
1st Edition

Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.

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Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller has grown to become one of the largest and best known rare booksellers in Europe. Member of the ABA and ILAB. Visit us in the UK at 100 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6HS Phone +44 (0)20 7591 0220 Fax +44 (0)20 7225 7054 www.peterharrington.co.uk

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