Proems by Ruthven Todd Patrick Evans Rayner (5 results)
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Ruthven Todd; Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Lawrence Durrell; Oswell Blakeston
Published by The Fortune Press, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this impressive collection of heretofore unpublished poems by living writers, including examples of the poems of individuals including Lawrence Durrell and Patrick Evans. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"s or…iginal unclipped dust wrapper. Durrell was the principal contributor to this anthology, which included also works from Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall and Oswell Blakeston. A publication from the Fortune Press, which made most of its money selling pornography, providing its owner Reginald Caton with a method of avoiding tax. Caton would occasionally commission works of serious literature, such as this, to provide his pornographic publications with a veneer of respectability. With a small number of vignette illustrations by Rayner Heppenstall. With a contemporary owner"s inscription, dated 1939, to the front free endpaper, reading "To Jeffrey, with love. The hang dog look: the sneer of understanding, Take my heart for the bonfire burning. Jones. Donald. Christmas 1939". In the publisher"s original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, but with minor hole in cloth towards head of front joint. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper significantly age toned, with significant loss of paper to centre of back strip. Handling marks to wraps. Minor losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Further losses of paper to fold at rear flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Rayner Heppenstall (illustrator). book.
Published by The Fortune Press, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine original printed dust jacket with a little age-toning and very small nicks and tears. A poetry anthology from Fortune Press featuring contributions from Lawrence Durrell, Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall, and Oswell Bla…keston. Despite being established to published gay erotica, Fortune Press produced a number of mainstream literary works, most notably Dylan Thomas's first book, *18 Poems*.
Proems. Original First Edition Signed by Durrell on title page.
Lawrence Durrell; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall, and Oswell Blakeston.
Published by London: Fortune Press., 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 12mo. 96 pp., Black Cloth, Very Good with staining to end papers. Woodcuts. (Brigham, p. 37)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 Je…rsey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife Park).
Proems.
FORTUNE PRESS: DURRELL, Lawrence; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Oswell Blakeston.
Published by London: The Fortune Press, 1938, 1938
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketFirst 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.
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Durrell, Lawrence; Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Oswell Blakeston
Published by The Fortune Press, London, 1938
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Lawrence Durrell in black marker on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's slick black cloth ruled in blind on the front cover, lettered in gilt on the spine, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine, with a tiny scuff to the rear cover, offsetting to… endsheers, and foxing to the edge of the text block, prelims and terminals. An anthology collecting the work of six poets, including Lawrence Durrell. Signed.
