Description: My Family and Other Animals Author: DURRELL, Gerald (1925-1995) Title: My Family and Other Animals Publication: London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956 Description: [Corfu Trilogy] FIRST EDITION, third impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Ralph Thompson, priced at 16s. Top edge light blue. Small black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Spotting to edges, endpapers and facing leaves, otherwise internally clean. Light general wear to cloth. Jacket toned to spine, with moderate general wear and chipping to edges, and tape burns to reverse (tape now removed). Good. Describing the years spent by Durrell with his family, including his brother the novelist Lawrence Durrell, on Corfu. A mismatch of temperaments between the family members, and the trying circumstances of their life there, are transformed by Durrell into a comic masterpiece. Recently adapted into a popular TV series as The Durrells, featuring Keeley Hawes. Seller ID: 69339 Subject: Literature, Travel & Topography, History & Biography, The Arts & Sciences Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers on London's fashionable King's Road, after 40+ years of bookselling in the capital, Adrian relocated to Royal Tunbridge Wells. Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera. Terms All orders ship within two business days. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All books and dust-jackets are supplied in suitable archival quality protectors and orders are professionally packed in bubble wrap and high quality cardboard book packs to ensure that they arrive safely. OUR GUARANTEE. We endeavour to describe item as accurately as possible using industry standard grades and our feedback speaks for itself. It is not in our interests to 'overdescribe', but in the unlikely event of a problem we offer a no-quibble refund on all items. Please email if you have any questions, and please view our other items listed.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: DURRELL, Gerald (1925-1995
Publisher: London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original