DURRELL (Gerald, 1925-1995, Naturalist, Writer, Conservationist and Television Presenter)

Typed Letter Signed with a “G” and a heart with an arrow going through it, with Autograph Salutation to “My very dear Marge” saying that “it was marvellous meeting you, and the longer you stay in Copenhagen the more it will incite me to come back and attack your wine cellar, but I hope by then you will have some decent records to play! Seriously, though, you entertained us wonderfully well and I am most grateful for all you did, and even if we don’t meet in Copenhagen I hope that you will come over to Jersey one day and get drunk on my wine...”, 1 side A4 on his headed paper with a dodo in a red circle at the top, Les Augres Manor, Jersey, together with a fine unsigned photo by Sven Aage Andersen showing him half length kissing a goat, 8” x 6½”, 8th October

Durrell founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. He wrote approximately forty books, mainly about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals (1956). Those memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into two television series (My Family and Other Animals, 1987, and The Durrells, 2016–2019) and one television film (My Family and Other Animals, 2005). He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.

Item Date:  1969

Stock No:  42434      £575

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