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8vo. 260 pp., Soft Covers, Good with splitting along spine, marginal tears, toning, minor creasing. Errata sheet on title page. Most pages in second half uncut. (Brigham, p. 3)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).

Regarded by Durrell as the first book in his literary career, 'The Black Book' is an autobiographical novel with a blend of modernism and surrealism. It explores the life of Lawrence Lucifer in the gloomy atmosphere of London, full of vivid imagery and unique literary style.