Fortune Press Durrell Lawrence (3 results)

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.…

First edition, first impression. An uncommon anthology to which Durrell is the main contributor. Scarce in this condition. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Bookplate, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown. Contents a little toned. An excellent copy in the rubbed and nicked jacket with a few short splits and tanned spine panel.…

First edition, first impression, of this uncommon anthology to which Durrell is the main contributor. Scarce in this condition. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Light partial tanning to front free endpapers, occasional faint spotting to contents. An excellent copy in a slightly rubbed jacket with a few minor marks.…