Lot 119
Durrell (Lawrence) Bitter Lemons, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Faber and Faber, 1957.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Durrell (Lawrence) Bitter Lemons, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Robin and Renée Fedden to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, 3 neatly repaired tears to foot, still an excellent example overall with the publisher's original wraparound band, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1957.
⁂ A good association, inscribed to a close friend and fellow poet. Robin Fedden (1908-77), writer, diplomat and mountaineer, one of the Cairo Poets, he co-edited the literary journal Personal Landscape with Durrell.
Description
Durrell (Lawrence) Bitter Lemons, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Robin and Renée Fedden to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, 3 neatly repaired tears to foot, still an excellent example overall with the publisher's original wraparound band, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1957.
⁂ A good association, inscribed to a close friend and fellow poet. Robin Fedden (1908-77), writer, diplomat and mountaineer, one of the Cairo Poets, he co-edited the literary journal Personal Landscape with Durrell.
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