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The Black Book
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
E. P. Dutton, New York, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Introduction by Gerald Sykes. Illustrated paperback binding with gold and red coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. This book was not published in the author's home country of Britain until 1973 (after the Lady Chatterley court case) due to the authorities disapproving of the sexual content of the book. This is the first paperback, American, edition of 1963. "It's setting is the mouldering Regina Hotel in London that shelters a group of strange, impassioned people – sensualists, idealists, self-searches, sex-seekers. In telling their story Lawrence Durrell has created a stunning, lustily humorous novel which savagely attacks the England of the 1930s." – from rear panel blurb. Creasing of the book corners, multiple. Rubbing a book edges and panels and the front panel has started to curl. A horizontal tear to the back strip, 2 inches from the top edge. Uniform tanning of the text block edges and pages. There is a stain to the front edge of the book to page 13. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [6], 250, [6] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1930s; Erotica. Inventory No: 0124293. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0124293
- Title
- The Black Book
- Author
- Durrell, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Literature, 1930s, England, sexual mores, antiestablishment Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1930s; Erotica. Unbranded Durrell, Lawrence The Black Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Blurb
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