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A final posthumous work of autobiography from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and...

The Corfu Trilogy is published for the first time in one volume. The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the rain-drenched jungles of West Africa to the sun-baked plains of South America, Encounters with Animals presents...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Menagerie Manor is a warmly entertaining memoir by one of the twentieth...

Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time 'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more...

Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals is a charming and comic autobiographical novel. Fleeing the gloomy British climate, the Durrell clan move to Corfu carrying the bare essentials of...

The aye-aye - part lemur, part rodent, the beast with the magic finger that lurks in the forests of Madagascar - is one of the world's strangest creatures. Once thought...

Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, published in a beautiful Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time 'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one...

My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. This tv tie in...

A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Whispering Land chronicles naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell's exhilarating expedition to...

Author: Gerald Durrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry,...

The bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood in Corfu by British conservationist Gerald Durrell Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the gates of Jersey Zoo lies a world of glorious chaos — a roaring, squawking, slithering testament...

Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time 'Another tiger-golden day lay ahead of us. It was as though England...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few naturalists have possessed the gift of...

A new standalone edition of the second book in the trilogy that inspired ITV''sThe Durrells In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu,...

'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' - New York Times In his youth, before he became a celebrated writer and poet, Lawrence Durrell spent four...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat do Gerald Durrell, Anthony Burgess, Clement Freud, and Nigel Dempster have in common? They are among the brilliant constellation of British writers and...

Author: Lawrence DurrellBinding: HardbackPublished: faber and faber, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLawrence Durrell's Sebastian Or Ruling Passions presents a profound literary exploration within his acclaimed Avignon Quintet,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A sweeping work of literary fiction, Constance...

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Balthazar, is the second volume of Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet, set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 1940s. The events of each lush and sensuous novel are seen through the eyes...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA luminous work of travel literature and memoir, Reflections on a Marine Venus: A...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This authoritative work of literary criticism presents a comprehensive study of one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Minor chipping and yellowing to DJ, foxxed edges.Few writers have ever possessed such an acute sensitivity...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew writers have surrendered themselves to place with the same intoxicating abandon as Lawrence Durrell, and Spirit...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the shimmering, labyrinthine streets of Alexandria, Egypt, Balthazar is the second and perhaps most philosophically daring instalment of Lawrence Durrell's...

Lawrence Durrell was unquestionably one of the most distinctive, original and compelling literary figures of his age. From his childhood in India and Burma to his bohemian youth in London...

The book titled Clea by the author Lawrence Durrell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title. Clea concludes Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet by...

Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...

Author: Darryl Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Darryl Jones, author of Feeding the Birds at Your Table, reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share...

Author: Lawrence DurrellBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has general wear, pages have foxingSet against the vibrant,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sun-drenched aftermath of World War II, Lawrence Durrell arrived on the island of Rhodes as a...

'Stunning.' - Andre Aciman 'These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' - Elif Shafak Cyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts...

Author: Lawrence Durrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Walking slowly home through the dark avenue of trees, tasting the brackish harbour wind, I remembered Justine saying harshly as she...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew literary friendships of the twentieth century crackle with as much intellectual vitality as the one chronicled in Literary Lifelines, a remarkable...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the labyrinthine world of pre-war Alexandria, where political intrigue and personal betrayal are indistinguishable from one another, Mountolive strips...