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Durrell, Gerald The Drunken Forest London Rupert Hart-Davis 1956 First Edition Original Cloth Fair in Poor dust jacket; First printing. 238, [1] pages. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Library label and writing on front board. Front free endpaper missing. Dustwrapper flaps pasted to endpapers. Library stamps on page edges. Owner's inscription on half-title page. Rear dustwrapper flap is 50% missing. 2" missing at tail of dustwrapper spine. 1.5" chip in rear panel of dustwrapper. A reading copy of the first edition. "Once again Mr Durrell is in quest of the odder of the small birds and animals to be found in the Argentinian pampas and the little-explored Chaco territory of Paraguay. The specimens he collects, ranging from the world's smallest owl to some of its deadliest snakes (including a singularly unagressive anaconda) are quite as bizarre, as amusing, endearing and cantankerously individual as anything that walked, crept or flew through the enchanting pages of 'Three Singles to Adventure' or 'The Bafut Beagles'. " - from dustwrapper blurb. Illustrated by Thompson, Ralph Ex-Library; 8vo Price: 36.80 NZD
