Durrell, Lawrence.

A Private Country. Signed First Edition.

London: Faber & Faber, 1943. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 79 pp., Grey Gilt Cloth, Very Good. Text block letterpress on laid deckled rag. No DJ. Inked note inside cover appears to be in Durrell's hand "Believed Loves (?), Haifa, Spring 1942." (Brigham, p. 3)

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). Item #63-5761

Price: $300.00