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Lawrence Durrell's First Book Pied Piper of Lovers

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Author: Durrell, Lawrence
Title: Pied Piper of Lovers
Place Published: London
Publisher:Cassell and Company
Date Published: [1935]
Description:

[viii] 374 pp. (8vo) 18.5x12.5 cm (7¼x5") newly bound in three-quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition.

The author's rare first book, a slow seller, many copies remained in the warehouse until the Second World War where they were destroyed in the bombings of London. It was never reprinted.

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Paper a bit browned, previous owner's address ink stamp on first page of text; in a fine modern binding.

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Name: Lawrence Durrell's First Book Pied Piper of Lovers
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Price: 3000 USD
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