Bitter Lemons, First Edition (44 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. book is tight with no markings, foxing and soiling to page edges.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Marloww & Comany Edition. 5.75 X 1 X 8.5 inches; 256 pages; Foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. No writing or major defects. Otherwise in Very Good condition.; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First U.K. Edition. 1st UK edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front free end page dated 1957. Minor wear to board edges & corners, otherwise very good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 84 pages; three-line ink name/address on free front endpaper, book otherwise essentially as new; DJ has very light bumping along edges, but no chips or tears. See also our other poetry books McClelland & Stewart, or use keyword poetry to view all of our listings (buy two or more and save on postage!).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages. DJ rubbed, some wear, one closed tear on front.

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 255 pages. Yellow paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine.

Condition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Book has slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt decoration to front board. Contains black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning and rubbing to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean.

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, third printing Nesr Very Good condition Red cloth, pictorial gilt, No dust jacket Octavo hardback 256 pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions.

Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Surfaces detached at spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated first edition. Binding is a little weak at front hinge, but holding nicely. Pages unmarked and only a little aged. Red cloth cover has minor wear to edges, and otherwise okay. Dustjacket is price-clipped, stained/foxed and worn at edges, with a few small tears and chips. Interior jacket is tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Aside from the library markings, pages are clean. Dust jacket pasted down with a protective cover by the previous owner. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.25.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover - first edition. Jacket is slightly marked on rear; a little worn at upper edge and spine ends. Text is clear throughout, and pages are sound and clean. TS. Used.

Hard covers, no dust jacket. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Owner's name on ffep. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

First edition thus. 8vo.255 pp. Illustrations, Cloth binding, no jacket, else very good copy. (93595).

Cloth. Condition: Fine -. No Jacket. First Edition. yellow end papers, 84 pp., {00}.

Etat correct. in8. 1961. Broché. 344 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London. Faber & Faber Ltd. 1957. First printing. No later impressions shown. Hard Cover. Demy 8vo 8¾" x 5½" [22.2cm x 13.9cm]. 252 p. Red textured cloth boards with gilt vignette to the upper board and yellow blocked portion to the spine panel with gilt titles. A little rubbing to the boards. Fore edge a little marked. 11 photographic plates in the text as well as a number of line drawings. Book is in very good condition. Durrell's perceptive, often humorous, story of his experiences on Cyprus between 1953 and 1956-first as a visitor, then as a householder and teacher, and finally as Press Advisor to a government on the verge of revolution. Here are unforgettable pictures of the sunlit villages and people, the ancient buildings, mountains and sea-and the sombre political tragedy that finally engulfed the island. The boards will be protected with a new inert archival 100 micron sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

255pp. 8vo. With 11 b/w illus.Original cloth with slightly chipped dustwrapper. A very good copy. . A descriptive and personal account of Cyprus during the troubled years 1953-56. With an index and select bibliography. First edition ( Book Society issue).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition (so stated). New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1957. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Copyright 1957. This is the First American Edition, published 1958. Bound in the original black-stamped red boards. Thomas/Brigham A25. Fraser/Thomas 25. Potter/Whiting 203. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 256pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Former owner's name on flyleaf, which is corner-clipped; else a somewhat worn, very good copy, lacking the dustjacket.

[1967], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Embossed dust jacket. Illustrated title page. (Poetry--Canada).

first edition 255pp ills. octavo hardcover VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.minor bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and minor losses).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Durrell's perceptive, often humorous, story of his experiences on Cyprus between 1953 and 1956-first as a visitor, then as a householder and teacher, and finally as Press Advisor to a government on the verge of revolution. Here are unforgettable pictures of the sunlit villages and people, the ancient buildings, mountains and sea-and the sombre political tragedy that finally engulfed the island. 1st edition 2nd printing. 255p. Illus.index.Clean and crisp copy, Red cloth embossed with yellow & gold.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First French Edition. French ed. is paper original. Bookseller sticker inner fr. cover; spine-darkened w/ small stain at base; else a moderately worn, very good copy. 'Traduit de l'anglais par Roger Giroux'. Bound in white wrappers printed in red and black. Top edge trimmed, fore and bottom edges untrimmed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Unclear. On the back cover: 'He writes as an artist, as well as a poet; he remembers colour and landscape and the nuances of peasant conversation . eschewing politics, it says more about them than all our leading articles . in describing a political tragedy, it often has great poetic beauty.' Kingsley Martin in the New Statesman. 'Mr Durrell possesses exceptional qualifications. He speaks Greek fluently; he has a wide knowledge of modern Greek history, politics and literature; he has lived in continental Greece and has spent many years in other Greek islands. . Mr Durrell's account of the calamity is revelatory, moving and restrained. It is written in the sensitive and muscular prose: of which he is so consum mate a master.' Harold Nicolson in the Observer. 'Both a controversial and a highly topical book. It is also one of the most evocative accounts of a lovely land scape and its perplexing but likeable inhabitants that I have read for several years.' Peter Quennell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memoir 254 pages including bibliography and index ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5" Wide and 8" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1957 1st ed in DJ. Inside, endpapers and page block clean and unmarked. DJ (now protected) has light chipping and loss to ends of spine. Dispatched from Hove UK.

First edition, first printing. Very good in marked red cloth boards with contemporary ownership inscription. Lacks dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First British Edition, First Impression. A Fine copy in strawberry rose linen cloth, in a Very Good lemon yellow dustwrapper, price-clipped, with one mended chip to front panel. 255pp. with Index, with Illustrations. Q16367.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, third impression, published later the same year. Some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, some slight overall dust staining to largely yellow jacket, not price clipped (16s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 256pp, illustrated. Cyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters Lawrence Durrell (1912-90), yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his youth in Corfu. He settles into a dilapidated villa, and with his poet's eye for beauty, and passable Greek, vividly captures the moods and atmospheres of island life in a changing world. Whether collecting folklore or wild flowers, describing the brewing revolution or eccentric local characters, Durrell is a magician with words and the result is not only a classic travel memoir, but an intimate portrait of a community lost forever. Quite a scarce book.