NMLP P-019027 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Black Book

Lawrence Durrell · The Obelisk Press (Paris) · 1938

Paris Obelisk Press wrappers (1938) are the true first. First US edition E. P. Dutton 1960; first UK edition Faber & Faber 1973 (Durrell having earlier declined an expurgated UK issue).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019027 for "The Black Book" by Lawrence Durrell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019027, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).