Preface by Lawrence Durrell (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Covers are slightly smudged. ; Inscribed by the author on the half-title page.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Unexpurgated 1928 Orioli Edition. 360 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Lightly creased spine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Copyright © 1983. 420 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and crisp pages. Occassional pen markings on text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of First edition. Book is crisp and clean, b&w photographs and illustrations, tight binding and sharp corners. Protected, unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Previous owner's name neatly penned to front fly leaf. Historic photos and illustrations throughout. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Less common title. Moderate shelf wear and light age toning to the pages; interior clean.

Wraps. Condition: Good. First edition. Wide 8vo, 23 pp., illus. Designed and printed by Noel Young with page illustrations taken from Gustave Dore's engravings. Cover illustration by the author. Wrappers sunned, unevenly faded, and edgeworn, with light superficial insect damage visible at rear; corners lightly bumped, page edges tanned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4 to, unpaginated. five page preface by Durrell. Clean, glossy black covers with bright pink illustrations. title in white. Binding sound, no names or internal markings. all edges show wear, surfaces undamaged. This is a catalog of the ICC Antwerp (6th October to 4th November 1973) and Brussels (1st December 1973 to 26th January 1974) exhibitions. Each author is described along with notes about his/her exhibited work.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st ed. 193 pp.+(2, 4 book notices), top edge grey; no obvious faults at all though grey cloth overs not quite bright enough to justify Fine rating and a thin touch of fading across top spine edge, (but can grey be 'bright'?); jacket in protective wrapper as acquired price-clipped but otherwise appears clean and unworn, though perhaps a some slight dustiness to back. Apparently scarce.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 313 pp with archive monochrome photographs and maps throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 313 pp with archive monochrome photographs and maps throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Octavo; hardcover; 313pp., monochrome illustrations. Minor scuffing to dustwrapper. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Joseph McPherson was a classical scholar with an Oxford degree in Natural Sciences, a linguist, athlete and determined individualist, arrived in Egypt in 1901. He fell in love with the country, its people and customs and stayed there until his death in 1946. In his preface, Lawrence Durrell writes, "The author of this book which has been distilled from some twenty five volumes of his correspondence covering a long and various life in Egypt was one of the most singular and captivating personages it has been my fortune to encounter. Of McPherson himself it is hard to write in a way that does justice to his many-sided personality. But one saw him, as somebody said, 'ambling about Cairo on a white mule lost in thought and looking like 'God the Father'. He gave off the most extraordinary scent of human grace; had he wandered into Tibet he would at once have been recognised as a lama of superior attainments. He was of medium height and slightly built with a small and beautiful head which housed eyes of extraordinary luminosity and smiling kindness. He had a way of sitting passively in the oriental manner which was as eloquent as a whole speech. The Egyptians loved him and thought of him as some sort of seer, though his sense of humour and witty turns of phrase made him seem more approachable than the ordinary holy man. He carried out his modest functions with a delightful good grace and warmth which won all hearts. And of course the amazing thing was that as well as all this we had to do with a fine scholar, accomplished linguist, as well as a bon viveur and man of action. His long life covered a whole period of transition as well as two wars; when he arrived in Cairo the population was only 400,000. When he died it was over two million and still growing. Something of these great changes reflect themselves in his observations.".

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY. 8vo. dark blue clothbound hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 141pp. Presentation inscription in ink from the Author, dated 1988, to ffep. No other markings or inscriptions. Slight rubbing and scuffing to dust jacket (please see photos) else a VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 2) ISBN: 0905289358 Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Condition: Very Good. 1977. Hardback. First British edition. Preface by Lawrence Durrell. Fine in very good dust wrapper. DW faded and showing light shelfwear. Text is clear and remains a fine copy. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1977. Hardback. First British edition. Preface by Lawrence Durrell. Fine in very good dust wrapper. DW faded and showing light shelfwear. Text is clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: ISSUED WITHOUT. Limited Edition. THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO 750 SOFT COVER COPIES & 100 COPIES HANDBOUND BY EARLE GRAY NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE POET. THIS IS COPY NO. 24. Signed by Author(s).

Original green wrappers. Fine copy in very slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Kearney (2007) 5.77.1 This copy bears the printed price "Francs: 1.500" at the foot of the lower wrapper and this has not been overstamped or changed in any way. First Olympia Press Edition and First Edition with this preface.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First edition: One of 100 reserved author copies, numbered and SIGNED by the author. Bound in red and black printed wraps. Hint of soiling to the wraps, else near fine. Octavo. 155 pages; drawings and photographs. Text in French. Sommières is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Lawrence Durrell lived in Sommières from 1966 to 1990. The front endpaper of this copy has been additionally SIGNED by Durrell and Gaussen. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 14 pages, 90 plates : chiefly illustrations, photographs. This is a sound and satisfactory copy of Brandt's first published collection of nudes. The publisher's binding is unmarked, with mild toning at its edges; the contents are very good, the text clean and the photographic reproductions excellent. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is lightly worn at its top edge and worn with small losses at its bottom edge. 940 grams.