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1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Critic Lous Untermeyer's copy of the 1st US Edition of Durrell's BLACK BOOK. With his notes at the top of the ffe & corresponding marks on p41. A review of The Black Book by Leo Lerman pasted to the front pastedown, with LU's holographic note: "Saturday Review Of Literature / October 29th 1960". An essentially very good or better copy in dustwrapper. In a protective stiff Mylar clear wrapper. A very nice literary association copy. [From a comprehensive TBCL Durrell collection of first editions in superb condition].

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.