Proems

London: The Fortune Press, (1938).

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Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine original unprinted watermarked white laid paper dustwrapper. A poetry anthology from Fortune Press featuring contributions from Lawrence Durrell, Ruthven Todd, Patrick Evans, Rayner Heppenstall, Edgar Foxall, and Oswell Blakeston. 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*. A beautiful copy, seldom found in jacket.

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Item #276658 Proems. Lawrence DURRELL, Edgar Foxall, Rayner Heppenstall, Patrick Evans, Ruthven Todd, Oswell Blakeston.

Lawrence Durrell
birth name: Lawrence Durrell
born: 2/27/1912
died: 11/7/1990

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English writer who is best known as the author of The Alexandria Quartet, a series of four interconnected novels. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Durrell's brother, Gerald, was a well-known naturalist who wrote several books on the subject.more

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