Author: Lawrence Durrell
Title: The Tree of Idleness and Other Poems
Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Lawrence Durrell's collection of poems, including 'The Tree of Idleness&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Bookplate of L. A. Shilcof to the front free end paper, containing a reproduction of a print by Aubrey Beardsley. Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. This is his fourth book of poems, containing twenty-four poems, including 'The Tree of Idleness', 'Cradle Song' and 'Orpheus&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart and bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the end papers. Dust wrapper is a little sunned to the spine, with chipping to the head of the spine and an amateur tape repair to the verso of the wrap. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

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