THE BLACK BOOK
by DURRELL, Lawrence:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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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 page block is a little dusty; otherwise without marks or inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is bright and unfaded, with a couple of small, neat nicks to the head of the spine. Not price-clipped; correctly priced (FRANCS 1500) to the rear flap. A beautiful copy. Durrell's first novel was originally published in Paris by Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press in 1938. This is the second edition, with new preface by the author, also published in Paris, this time by Maurice Girodias' legendary Olympia Press. It is no. 77 in the Traveller's Companion series no. 76 was Burroughs' "Naked Lunch", no. 78 would be Genet's "The Thief's Journal". Owing to its explicit sexual content, Faber and Faber offered to issue an expurgated edition, an offer that Durrell declined. The novel wasn't published in the United Kingdom until 1973 (it was published in the United States in 1960). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17197
- Title
- THE BLACK BOOK
- Author
- DURRELL, Lawrence:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Olympia Press edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Paris: The Olympia Press 1959
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York, North Yorkshire
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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