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1st Edition. Soft cover. First True Edition - Uncut pages. Volume 1 in the Villa Seurat Series, edited by Henry Miller. First edition. First Issue. Original printed wraps. Octavo. 260pp. A cornerstone of prose fiction and long denied publication in the US until Lawrence gained recognition for his masterwork " .Quartet ." This is a near fine copy showing very light use of what has become a Durrell rarity. According to Alan Thomas's Illustrated Checklist/Bibliography, 1983, the first issue did not contain the erratum slip which was added later owing to a mistake in the pagination and only after "a number of copies had been dispatched".Front and end pages uncut. Stiff clear Mylar protective outer wrapper. Neat collector's bookplate of editor, [collector], Morley Kennerley. "The books I own are impeccable. The fine binding lie along the wall in the firelight, snoozing softly in richness." - Lawrence Durrell, The Black Book. Collectible copies of this title are few and far between.

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.