Rhodes

Suggestive autograph carte de visite signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun, written in brown and mauve felt-tip pens, with accompanying envelope.
"dear Buttons. Oui telephonez moi quand tu es à Sauve-qui-pleut et je viendrai te chercher (un coeur dessiné). Larry."
After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Les citrons acides), he arrived in France in 1956 a

Evocative autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun, written in blue felt-tip pen, on the verso of a reproduction of a sculpture depicting a seahorse fountain in Rhodes.
Minor angular fold marks on the postcard.
"Rhodes ! J'arrive à Paris Dimanche 19 pour deux nuits. Sera tu la [sic] ? Disponible ? Je decend chez l'hotel Royale comme d'habitude. Le tournage est fini ce soir ! Ouf ! Love. Larry." ("Rhodes! I'm arriving in Paris Sunday the 19th for two nights. Will you be there? Available? I'm staying at the Hotel Royale as usual. Filming is finished tonight! Phew! Love. Larry.")
After many years spent in Greece, Egyp