Author: Lawrence Durrell
Title: Stiff Upper Lip; Sauve Qui Peut
Description: London, Faber and Faber , 1958-1966. First edition. Cloth. Two wonderfully funny volumes containing Lawrence Durrell's humorous short stories about life in the diplomatic corps. First editions. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. Price to 'Sauve' is covered by revised price sticker. Two works containing a humorous selection of stories, offering anecdotes and musings about life in the diplomatic corps. Written by Lawrence Durrell, who is best known for 'The Alexandria Quartet&apos.Both volumes are charmingly illustrated throughout by Nicolas Bentley, who illustrated more than seventy books in the course of a long career, including T. S. Eliot's 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats&apos.Narrated by Antrobus, who wittily tells these comic short stories of misadventures and diplomatic faux pas. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Price to 'Sauve' is covered by new price sticker. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrappers are also very smart, with edge wear and handling marks to the wraps. Scattered spots to the rear of 'Stiff Upper Lip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the endpapers of 'Stiff Upper Lip&apos. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Nicolas Bentley. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: Lawrence Durrell Humour Illustrated Stiff Upper Lip Humour Nicolas Bentley
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Title: Stiff Upper Lip; Sauve Qui Peut
Description: London, Faber and Faber , 1958-1966. First edition. Cloth. Two wonderfully funny volumes containing Lawrence Durrell's humorous short stories about life in the diplomatic corps. First editions. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. Price to 'Sauve' is covered by revised price sticker. Two works containing a humorous selection of stories, offering anecdotes and musings about life in the diplomatic corps. Written by Lawrence Durrell, who is best known for 'The Alexandria Quartet&apos.Both volumes are charmingly illustrated throughout by Nicolas Bentley, who illustrated more than seventy books in the course of a long career, including T. S. Eliot's 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats&apos.Narrated by Antrobus, who wittily tells these comic short stories of misadventures and diplomatic faux pas. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Price to 'Sauve' is covered by new price sticker. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrappers are also very smart, with edge wear and handling marks to the wraps. Scattered spots to the rear of 'Stiff Upper Lip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the endpapers of 'Stiff Upper Lip&apos. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Nicolas Bentley. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: Lawrence Durrell Humour Illustrated Stiff Upper Lip Humour Nicolas Bentley
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 930Y13
- Book number: 930Y13
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