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London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 163 pages, notes, shorter bibliography; 8vo, frontis, blue cloth. Near fine, light dust jacket shadow end papers; dust jacket very good, light edge wear.

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. maroon cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 163 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A novelised biography of Pope Joan, as translated from the Greek by Durrell. Toning to stock and a little spotting to edge of block, but in general, all in good order. Blue cloth faded to spine and edges, with dulled gilt titling. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 164pp

Mayflower-Dell, 1965. Paperback. Good. First Mayflower-Dell edition paperback (no.7023), 1965, in overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - rubbing to edges and faint crease to front cover. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Andre Deutsch 1960. First edition thus (first revised edition), octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Derek Verschoyle Ltd., London, 1954. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First English Edition (first printing). 8vo. 163pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Portrait frontispiece. Some fox-spotting to the top- and fore-edge and also to a number of preliminary leaves and to a number of leaf margins. Light partial browning to the free endpapers. Quite a bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly dust marked at the rear panel and chipped at the head of the spine panel with a small area of loss. (The original edition of Royidis' "Papissa Joanna" appeared in 1886)..

London: World Distributors, 1962.. 12mo. 153 pp., Paperback. Very Good. (Brigham, p. 28-29)Provenance: Collection of Chiefly First Editions by Lawrence Durrell, most signed presentation copies, inscribed to his friend Jeremy Mallinson. Mallinson, was Gerald Durrell’s right-hand man from the early days of the Jersey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife Park).

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Burgundy cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 163, [1], plus frontispiece portrait. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly age-toned; some light wrinkling and a few small closed tears along the edges; presents very well in mylar, not price-clipped.

NY: Penguin, 1974.. 12mo. 157 pp., Paperback. Very Good. (Brigham, p. 28-29)Provenance: Collection of Chiefly First Editions by Lawrence Durrell, most signed presentation copies, inscribed to his friend Jeremy Mallinson. Mallinson, was Gerald Durrell’s right-hand man from the early days of the Jersey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife Park). Association copy.